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Renovation adds touristic flair to prestigious Kentucky farm
Renovation adds touristic flair to prestigious Kentucky farm
 
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Construction company settles $1.2M racial harassment, retaliation suit
Construction company settles $1.2M racial harassment, retaliation suit
A Baltimore-headquartered construction firm and general contractor will pay $1.2 million to a class of former workers to settle a race harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
 
 
 
 
FDOT names construction firms for one of Tampa's busy interchange projects
FDOT names construction firms for one of Tampa's busy interchange projects
The Lane Construction Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of the Webuild Group, and its joint-venture (JV) partner Superior Construction, are the preferred team to modernize the Westshore Interchange (I-275/SR 60) in Tampa, Florida.
 
 
Washington arts hub to celebrate regional history through local material use
Washington arts hub to celebrate regional history through local material use
Currently under construction, the Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles, Washington, embraces the region’s timber history with the use of wood and natural materials throughout the 3,809-m2 (41,000-sf) building.
 
Henry Ford Health selects firms for Detroit hospital campus expansion
Henry Ford Health selects firms for Detroit hospital campus expansion
Henry Ford Health has selected the architectural, engineering, and construction management firms to design and construct the transformative hospital campus expansion in Detroit, Michigan, to spread over more than 92,903 m2 (one million sf).
 
 
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Why and how to employ air curtains at industrial doorways
Why and how to employ air curtains at industrial doorways
Air curtains separate the indoor and outdoor environment at open doorways; for example, they can prevent warm air from entering the workplace in summer. In winter, air curtains can not only prevent cold air infiltration through open doorways, but they can also employ electric, steam, or hot water heating with onboard coils to maintain comfortable doorway area temperatures.
 
 
Acoustic panels reduce excessive barking noise in dog shelters, keeping animals calmer
Acoustic panels reduce excessive barking noise in dog shelters, keeping animals calmer
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MOISTURE IN SLAB ON GRADE
Where does moisture in concrete go? Hopefully, it evaporates and leaves the slab. So, what happens when you take a slab on grade and put in a very efficient vapor barrier on top of a well-drained subbase?
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SPECIFYING CUSTOM MILLWORK
Our office does work that includes a lot of custom millwork and metal work and I typically have things spread out between finish carpentry, architectural woodwork, casework, decorative metal, etc., but some of the custom work does not fit neatly in any of those sections and we typically see it in the millworker’s scope. I was wondering what others do when it comes to millwork specifications. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
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