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| Trahan Architects reveal design for Arkansas park |
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| Global architecture firm Trahan Architects and urban design practice Spackman Mossop Michaels unveil designs for the renewal of Luther George Park in Springdale, Arkansas. |
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| Pantone selects gray and yellow as colors of the year |
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| Conveying a marriage of strength and optimism, Ultimate Gray and Illuminating, a bright yellow, are Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2021. |
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| UPCOMING DEMO-CASTS |
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| Thermal and Acoustical Insulation: Understanding Vapor and Thermal Barriers |
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| International Cellulose Corp |
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| Jan 14 @ 1 PM ET |
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| Redefining Rooftop Storm and Hail Resistance with DensDeck® StormX™ Prime Roof Boards
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| Georgia-Pacific |
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| Jan 20 @ 1 PM ET |
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| Considerations and challenges for prefabricated wall panel enclosures |
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Prefabricated panels can accelerate construction schedules, provide better quality control of the wall components, and reduce costs. |
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| Rejuvenation of suspended ceilings |
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| The ceiling is the most visible surface in most rooms. Inevitably, aesthetics is one of the ceiling’s major functions. The most common type of suspended ceiling in non-residential buildings has a T-bar ceiling suspension system or grid with lay-in ceiling panels. Commercial-grades of these products tend to be durable in terms of serviceability, but the aesthetic function is prone to premature failure.
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| RETAINAGE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY |
| I have noticed some design professional consultants who have a cavalier attitude toward retainage in construction contracts (understandably) object strenuously when an owner attempts to impose retainage on the consultant in a new professional services contract. Retainage in professional services contracts is unnecessary, as is retainage in most purchase contracts (where an owner as “buyer” directly purchases materials or equipment from a “seller”, usually a manufacturer or wholesaler). Yet, some consultants do not appreciate why contractors object to having five or 10 percent, or more of their earned value held for months.
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| 5 WAYS YOU AND YOUR TEAM CAN BENEFIT FROM USING SPECS 101 |
| Collaboration continues to blur the lines between traditional job roles in the construction process. Specs 101, a new six-part virtual series brought to you by CSI, identifies the underlying elements of construction specifications and how they coordinate with other construction documentation and the different project team members who write and read them.
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