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Cinder Block (CMU) vs. Traditional Poured Concrete Wall Foundations
We cov­er the dif­fer­ences between CMU blocks and poured con­crete foun­da­tions so that you don’t have to learn from tri­al and error.
Building Beyond Code with ICF
While it may seem that hav­ing to com­ply with con­stant­ly-evolv­ing build­ing codes is just part of doing busi­ness in a mod­ern soci­ety, that’s not real­ly true.
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Masonry vs. Wood Frame Construction and a Better Option
As tech­nol­o­gy has advanced, new con­struc­tion meth­ods have emerged. Under­stand­ing the tra­di­tion­al mason­ry vs. wood frame rival­ry sets the stage for why a bet­ter alter­na­tive exists.
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Brewery Construction: Build a Highly Durable, Energy Efficient Building
Brew­ery con­struc­tion, like brew­ing itself, is both an art and a sci­ence. The build­ing must not only be aes­thet­i­cal­ly pleas­ing, but also func­tion­al and durable.
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4 Defining Characteristics of High-Performance Buildings
High-per­for­mance build­ings also pos­i­tive­ly impact the envi­ron­ment and pro­vide finan­cial ben­e­fits before and after con­struc­tion.
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Passive Solar ICF Home Plans: Costs and Design Best-Practices
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ICF vs. Steel Framing: Which Is Best For Commercial Construction?
ICFs have been used with great suc­cess for projects such as hotels, the­atres, mul­ti-sto­ry res­i­den­tial, office, retail, mixed-use retail, edu­ca­tion­al projects and all man­ner of pub­lic works and fed­er­al mil­i­tary appli­ca­tions. How­ev­er, some peo­ple argue that Steel Fram­ing is best for com­mer­cial con­struc­tion, so we decid­ed to get to the bot­tom of the ICF vs. Steel Fram­ing face-off.
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Building Stability: How to Construct Strong and Stable Structures
Cre­at­ing durable struc­tures that endure time and nature is a cru­cial aspect of mod­ern con­struc­tion. Ensur­ing sta­bil­i­ty, strength, and stur­di­ness involves more than mate­r­i­al selec­tion — it requires a grasp of con­struc­tion sci­ence.
Essential Elements of Passive House Design
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5 Important Things to Remember for an ICF Home Plan Conversion
The build­ing indus­try has seen a rel­a­tive­ly recent trend of archi­tects, design­ers, and home­own­ers mov­ing away from ener­gy con­sump­tive forms of con­struc­tion and the imple­men­ta­tion of more sus­tain­able, less expen­sive con­struc­tion meth­ods.