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| House passes the Bird-safe Buildings Act |
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| This bipartisan bill is designed to reduce bird mortality by calling for federal buildings to incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features. |
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| UPCOMING DEMO-CASTS |
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| Marco Beverage Systems Demo-cast |
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| Marco Beverage Systems |
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| July 23 @ 1 PM ET |
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| Featured |
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| Robotic assisters render heavy masonry wall units weightless |
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| Aware of the highly competitive nature of government contracts, Jimmy’Z Masonry carefully factors time, labor, and material costs into the complex bidding process. Zack Zuidemas, vice-president for Jimmy’Z Masonry, reflects back on the various factors that helped him eventually win the Naval Station Great Lakes (NSGL) new barracks project bid, including options to increase onsite efficiencies. |
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| Installing bollards into existing concrete |
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Over the past few decades, construction has taken an increased role in public safety and security. “Use at your own risk” is still true, but good site design is expected to mitigate those risks. Bollards have taken a larger role in offering protection or guidance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guidelines, widely adopted by civic institutions in several countries, offer ways to prevent terrorist and ram-raid thefts through perimeter security. Popularized in Sweden, vision-zero guidelines, offer environmental strategies to decrease traffic injury and fatality. Safety, security, and asset protection strategies may call for bollards, but the little posts are often designed to blend in. Due to their short stature and small footprint, they can be easy to forget.
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| Inside CSI |
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| LET'S BUILD CAMP TO HOST ADVANCED PROGRAM FOR ALUMNAE |
| Let’s Build Construction Camp for Girls will host an advanced camp July 27-31 for young ladies that have been with the organization for multiple years. The advanced camp was created as an opportunity to immerse the campers into the entire process of designing and building a project. Partnering with Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley, this project also became a valuable fundraiser bid item during their “Toast For Hope” fundraising event.
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| SPECS ON OWNER-BUILD CONTRACTS |
| I usually work with (full-length form or short form) specs on projects with General Contractor or Construction Manager contracts, but now, I have to do specifications for an O-B Contract. My question is, talking about sections content, Does the specs have any change on O-B projects? |
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