Articles Tagged with ''guide''

Maximizing energy performance to cost in new construction homes is every homebuilder’s goal and every homebuyer’s expectation. Research shows that homebuyers want energy efficiency but also need affordability. For builders committed to maximizing efficiency, fiberglass and mineral wool insulation products offer both performance and cost-effectiveness.

As homebuilders work to decarbonize construction, sourcing low-carbon building materials, including insulation, is an important objective. However, it can be challenging to make informed choices when misleading information about the carbon impacts of products is commonly cited.

The book Cold-Formed Steel Connections to Other Materials: A Design Guide is a comprehensive guide from ASCE, offering engineers practical examples that address the challenges of connecting cold-formed steel to other materials.

The Associated General Contractors of America released April 22 a new, first-of-its-kind decarbonization playbook designed to help firms assess, track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the projects they build.

Silica is a mineral found in many common products and fine silica dust particles can penetrate the lungs, leading to a variety of health complications, such as COPD, lung cancer and more.

The American Concrete Institute, through the work of ACI Committee 506, has released ACI PRC-506-22: Shotcrete—Guide. The newly introduced guide provides information on materials and properties of both dry-mix and wet-mix shotcrete and covers most facets of the shotcrete process, including application procedures, equipment requirements and responsibilities of the shotcrete crew.

Associated Builders and Contractors yesterday released its 2023 Safety Performance Report, an annual guide to safety best practices on construction job sites and comprehensive study of the impact of the STEP Safety Management System.

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 American Concrete Institute and International Concrete Repair Institute have published an updated “Guide to the Code for Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures.”

The Simpson Strong-Tie High Wind Guide includes completely updated allowable load tables per AC13 (ASTM D7147) standards, crucial data for engineers designing structures to resist high-wind events.