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The fact that the budget was USD99,000 does not mean that they can be built for USD99,000. But show the members how the budgets are constructed if you want to make the point.
🚧 Rethinking Surface Preparation: The Hidden Costs of Scabbling 🚧
The quest for the perfect construction joint with limited options available will lead us down the path of traditional practices, not all of which stand up to modern scrutiny. Scabbling, a common technique used to roughen a concrete surface to improve adhesion for subsequent layers, is one such practice that deserves a closer look.
Awareness of the health and safety implications associated with scabbling operations is well known. Employers are obligated to safeguard their workforce from Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) and Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) exposure.
In an effort to reduce occupational hazards, some have tried the use of road headers or peckers affixed to machinery, which pound the surface to minimize and eliminate exposure to such risks. This approach, while innovative, rests on the assumption that a roughened surface ensures a superior construction joint.
Recent studies have shed light on the unintended consequences of scabbling, revealing that these aggressive methods of pounding the surface is doing more harm than good. The process can introduce microcracking beneath the surface, such damage not only compromises immediate structural integrity but also accelerates the deterioration process as they facilitate the ingress of corrosive agents, leading to higher maintenance costs and reduced lifespan.
Techniques such as hydro-blasting and sand-blasting, though less invasive, present their own challenges, including cost implications and potential disruptions to concurrent activities. The use of retarders are only effective within specific timeframes, and limited by health and environmental regulations prohibiting many chemical-based solutions.
In response to these challenges, ShutterStrip has designed and developed Construction Joint Film. This innovative solution, eliminates the drawbacks of all traditional methods.
Construction Joint Film obviates the need for aggressive destructive methods like scabbling, marking a significant advancement in ensuring structural integrity while mitigating health and safety risks.
Construction joint film is attached to the form work via its adhesive backing and can deactivate the concrete laitance for up to 7 days.
ShutterStrip where innovation meets concrete.
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"As they say, in the world of structural glazing, precision and performance are paramount. Sharing that proven DOWSIL™ 993 is designed for the structural bonding of glass, metal, and more, opening a world of possibilities for projects. Ready to elevate your results to new heights! 🏗️✨ #StructuralGlazing#Innovation"
In the world of structural glazing, precision and performance are everything.
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To Scale, Terrain Adaptive Fence Design & Documentation before fabrication using the Fence Genius Technology.
The fence industry leaves much to be desired regarding consumer clarity. This inability to define expectations often leads to disputes with no specific document to clarify finished product expectations. Crew A may build the same fence differently than Crew B. This lack of clarity creates a "Buyer Beware" mentality from spanning the quality of assembly to the way the top of the fence transitions through the jobsite and how the bottom of the fence hugs the terrain.
Fence, especially wood fence, is one of the only construction segments that is typically designed as it is installed. The consumer typically engages a contractor based on a simple image of a similar fence. There is no foundation, floor system, or plumb wall to build to, leaving the finished product to look substantially different from one site to another, and from one contractor to another.
Contractors must install posts in a straight line generally where they want them, but due to grade changes and obstructions, posts are not always placed uniformly spaced along the fence line. Additionally, there are times one fence post has less usable height out of the ground than would otherwise be desired, leaving the contractor to adapt the fence run to this critical post.
This often leaves consumers holding their breath as to how the top and bottom of the fence will transition through their specific jobsite. THAT IS IF.... they even recognize the concern in advance of the installation and uncomfortable dispute, which itself is a very common reason for miscommunication and disdain. Consumers often don't know what they don't know, and a lack of clarity takes away the ability to reach a consensus in advance.
As Fence Genius brings offsite manufacturing methods to the fence industry, the primary reason for Fence Genius, one of the more tangible side benefits of our To Scale, Fence Post to Fence Post Unique fence design & manufacturing web app is our ability to enable the consumer to ask the questions in advance based on true to scale designs, further refining the finished product to their desires before it is installed. This averts many potential unhappy outcomes.
Once the posts are installed and their precise usable height, distance apart, relative rotation, and elevation change are brought into our software, about 60 to 90 seconds per panel location, the user can see in advance exactly how their fence will look once fabricated and installed.
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Designing a cantilever beam involves determining its dimensions, materials, and support conditions to ensure it can withstand the expected loads and deflections.
Via:@structural.engineers/ig
Transforming Challenges into Masterpieces at Swink's Welding!
At Swink's Welding, we're not just experts in structural steel - we're problem solvers at heart. Faced with the daunting task of rectifying another company's oversight, our skilled ironworkers rose to the occasion, demonstrating why we're the go-to experts in the field.
Our latest project was no walk in the park. It demanded meticulous planning, precision, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. However, at Swink's, we believe there's no challenge too great. With determination and expertise, we turned a complex situation into a success story.
Now, this construction site in Malibu, California, stands not just structurally sound but poised to become an architectural marvel. Proudly shaping the future, one steel beam at a time!
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The concept of utilizing ‘AI’ technology in concrete seems like unlikely, but not according to the Florida Department of Transportation. ”I hope our professional community can focus more on reducing the tedium and errors in our design analysis and production processes. Additionally, it should be possible to generate, with little effort, a broader and richer range of basic design concepts for more optimal solutions than currently possible.” https://lnkd.in/d49ZqYjG#concreteconstruction#concrete#fasteners#CONFAST
Explore the fusion of STKO and OpenSees in the paper 'Nonlinear cyclic Truss Model for analysis of reinforced concrete coupled structural walls' by Rodolfo Alvarez Sanchez, Jose Ignacio Restrepo, Marios Panagiotou, Ph.D., PE, and A.R. Santhakumar. Download the full paper via our STKO library. #STKO#OpenSees#structuralanalysishttps://lnkd.in/dDvfSJWY
Interest in 3D-printed housing is on the rise due to environmental concerns, rising labor costs, and a desire to reduce wastage. Integrator CyBe is leading the charge with their use of the HepcoMotion HGS Gantry System to 3D print concrete houses. Check out their innovative approach to construction. #HepcoMotion#3DPrinting#Construction#MachineDesign
Wow! Future looks good 🙌