Acoustical Values Added to AWC’s DCA 3
The American Wood Council (AWC) has released an updated version of Design for Code Acceptance (DCA) 3 – Fire-resistance Rated Wood-Frame Wall and Floor/Ceiling Assemblies, which now includes sound transmission characteristics of floor/ceiling assemblies. A free pdf version of DCA 3…
This company wants to turn your windows into solar panels
What if every window in your house could generate electricity? One Redwood City, California-based startup thinks its technology can achieve that by transforming the way solar power is collected and harnessed. Ubiquitous Energy has developed transparent solar cells to create its…
Emerging Water Technology Symposium confirms rescheduled dates
The co-conveners of the 2020 Emerging Water Technology Symposium (EWTS), which was scheduled for May 12-13 in San Antonio, have confirmed that the rescheduled event will take place on May 11-12, 2021, at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio. “We’re…
Construction industry seeks tax holidays as COVID-19 vice tightens
COVID-19 has changed the way Ryan Leech’s company works. He owns Brxton Masonry, a commercial and industrial masonry contractor. To keep his workers safe from infection, he’s imposed policies for daily cleaning of equipment, trailers, lunch facilities and vehicles. Employees are…
US construction spending down 1.3% in February
As reported on ABC News, spending on U.S. construction projects fell 1.3% in February with housing and nonresidential construction both showing weakness even before the coronavirus struck with force in the United States. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the February decline followed…
How fire causes office-building floors to collapse
Engineers and technicians at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) spent months meticulously recreating the long concrete floors supported by steel beams commonly found in high-rise office buildings, only to deliberately set the structures ablaze, destroying them in a…
Bird Construction marks 100 year legacy
Bird is proud to mark its centenary year of building Canada 100 years after commencing its first job on March 29, 1920. Hubert John Bird founded the company in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan with two partners, after returning from World War I…