American Concrete Institute Publishes Updated Guide to Selecting Proportions for Normal-Density and High-Density Concrete
FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan - The American Concrete Institute has released an updated version of ACI PRC-211.1-22: Selecting Proportions for Normal-Density and High-Density Concrete—Guide. This guide to concrete proportioning provides background information on, and a procedure for, selecting and adjusting concrete mixture proportions. The update is a significant and timely major revision of the guide. ACI Committee 211–Proportioning Concrete Mixtures, has revised the entire guide to include t...
Downtown Miami Re-Roof Project Completed Quickly and Efficiently with Polyglass Multi-Ply Roofing System
M3 Roofing is a residential and commercial roofing company in Miami, FL, run by the husband-and-wife team, Xavier and Michelle Molina. This family-operated business is known for its commitment to excellence, quality, and customer service. When called on to complete a 6,000-square-foot re-roof project for the Brickell View Terrace Apartments in Miami, M3 Roofing selected a self-adhered, multi-ply roofing system from Polyglass for the job. Project Background Brickell Terrace is a five-story...
The Masonry Society releases 2022 Edition of TMS 402/602
Following a 6-year development schedule, The Masonry Society (TMS) has completed and published the 2022 edition of TMS 402/602 Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures. This updated edition of TMS 402/602 includes numerous changes and additions such as completely revised veneer provisions that are more rationally based and a new Appendix on the use of GFRP (Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer) reinforced masonry.These and other major changes will be reviewed in a 5-session...
X-rays allow us to quickly develop high-strength steels
Dr. Harishchandra Singh, an adjunct professor at NANOMO and the Centre for Advanced Steels Research at the University of Oulu in Finland. He is standing next to steel components in the spectroscopy lab at NANOMO. SASKATOON – Synchrotron analyses could be used to fast-track the development of novel high-strength steel designs. Knowing how strong a piece of steel is, especially the stainless steel used in everything from cars to buildings, is vitally important for the people who make an...
Steel Tube Institute Resource Approved as the Standard Guide for Checking Tolerances of Hollow Structural Sections
GLENVIEW, Ill.: The essential technical guide, “Methods to Check Dimensional Tolerances on Hollow Structural Sections” from the Steel Tube Institute (STI), is approved as the standard guide for measuring tolerances according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). This resource makes it easy for producers, service centers and fabricators to correctly measure tolerances of hollow structural sections (HSS). “All of us at STI are thrilled to share our expertise and define indus...
EW Howell Construction Group Completes New Projects for Village Community School and Harlem Academy, Two Prominent Manhattan K-8 Private Schools
(Plainview, N.Y. – July 25, 2022) – EW Howell Construction Group, one of the region’s leading builders, announces the completion of expansion and renovation work at two prominent private schools in Manhattan. The builder served as General Contractor for constructing a new, 30,000-SF home for Harlem Academy at 655 St. Nicholas Avenue and also led the expansion of Village Community School at 272 W. 10th Street. EW Howell served as general contractor for the construction of a new, five-story, 30...
Rosendin and Jacobsen Complete Nation’s Largest Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic
Phoenix, AZ (July 22, 2022) –America’s leading construction companies teamed up to build the largest new medical center for Veterans. Electrical contractor Rosendin partnered with top-ranked general contractor Jacobsen Construction to build a state-of-the-art VA Outpatient Clinic, located in Phoenix, Arizona. Construction teams spent nearly three years building the new 5-story U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic at the corner of 32nd Street and Van Buren Street in central Ph...
NEx and ExxonMobil to Collaborate on Advancing Nonmetallic Building Materials
FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan (July 18, 2022) NEx: An ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials is eager to announce ExxonMobil Upstream Integrated Solutions Company and ExxonMobil Chemical Company – a division of ExxonMobil Corporation (hereinafter ExxonMobil) as a Gold Supporting Member. ACI and ExxonMobil organizations will work together to help drive NEx’s mission to collaborate globally on the use of nonmetallic building materials to drive research, education, awareness, and...
Design District success continues with launch of new creative workspaces
Mole Architects’ iridescent building adds more colour to increasingly dynamic creative ecosystem On Greenwich Peninsula, Design District’s evolution continues with the opening of Mole Architects’ second building, a striking and sustainable 580m2 rhomboid structure that seems to change colour as you move around it. Designated D2, the new building’s five workspaces are all now occupied, home to a brilliantly eclectic collection of creative businesses, spanning fashion, photography, cycling...
National Design-Builder Clayco Celebrates Groundbreaking of X Phoenix II, a New 26-story Residential High-rise in Phoenix’s Downtown Core
[PHOENIX] – Today Clayco, a full-service, turnkey real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build and construction firm, celebrated the groundbreaking of X Phoenix II, a new 26-story mixed-use residential high-rise located at 201 W. Van Buren in Phoenix’s downtown core. Designed by Clayco subsidiary Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC), this 632,442-square-foot project is owned and developed by Chicago-based developer, The X Company. The new Clayco-built tower will be located adjacent to th...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
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