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Bigger is better. You've heard this maxim before, but it's never been more true than when it comes to interior design trends in windows and doors. Large, glass-paneled doors, measuring up to 60 feet tall and beyond 45 feet wide, are becoming the popular choice for homeowners. This expansive display of glass is particularly common on the West Coast and in mountain areas where blending outdoor and indoor living spaces makes sense.
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ScienceDaily
A new molecular gel recipe is at the core of a prototype for a more accurate lead paint test. The new test is more clear and accurate than its counterparts. It consists of a vial that holds paint thinner and a sprinkling of certain salts that, when combined with the right concentration of lead, form a gel.
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Jamsill Guard® is an adjustable sill pan flashing designed to prevent water damage from window and door leaks. Made from high impact ABS plastic, Jamsill Guard® will not deteriorate or corrode over time. Our multi-piece telescoping design allows on-site adjustability to fit all rough openings and features sloped weep areas to help evacuate moisture to the exterior of the structure. Jamsill Guard® is bonded together on site using PVC cement, creating a one-piece sill pan flashing beneath your door or window.
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Builder
As housing demand continues to grow, the rate at which the volume of home building can expand is constrained by the availability of lots, labor, and lending. And the trend for lots is one of tight market conditions. Survey data from the NAHB economics group confirms that the availability of lots is deteriorating as single-family construction expands and multifamily production remains at high levels.
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6sqft
You know that moment of awkwardness when you're sucked in to a totally irrational game of chicken with up to three other human beings while attempting to do something as simple as enter your office building through an innocuous-seeming revolving door? While it was reportedly first patented in 1888 by a man who couldn't deal with having to hold regular swinging doors open for the ladies, the revolving door comes with its own means of sorting us according to levels of everyday neurosis.
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For Construction Pros
Contractors face constant challenges to their budgets and schedules on each and every project they are a part of. They make hundreds of decisions every day that contribute to the success of the job. When project owners seek Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certifications, those decisions become even more paramount as the consequences of any one of those decisions could affect the granting of LEED credits.
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By Nate Budde
 While safety on construction sites has dramatically improved over the last several decades, no such strides have been made in construction payment. The payment chain features a cover-your-(butt) mentality that has given rise to liability-shifting payment devices. Where is the love? If the industry can rally around emphasizing safety on construction sites for the good of everybody, why can't the industry rally around fair payment for the good of everybody?
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Construction Dive
About 87 percent of the country's multifamily construction used wood framing in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Builders used steel framing, wood's closest competitor, about 4 percent of the time, with concrete, concrete insulated forms and other framing methods making up the balance. Therefore, earlier this month, when the city council in Sandy Springs, GA, decided to ban wood construction more than three stories high and larger than 100,000 square feet as of Aug. 16, that curve ball took the industry by surprise, particularly since there has been an uptick in high-rise planning using all wood.
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