Turnkey Solutions for a Better Afghanistan
MBC is restructuring itself to meet the construction demands of a country that has been ravaged by war for the last thirty years, and one that is trying to rebuild itself from the ground up. The endless conflict has destroyed almost everything including housing, schools, roads, water supply and infrastructure of every type. The nation needs engineers and contractors desperately in the reconstruction efforts, and MBC is stepping up to that challenge. We have been proudly serving the nation since 1988, and are committed to becoming a modern world-class engineering and construction company, one with all the design and construction capabilities and technology required for the future of our country.


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BOATING COASTAL ACTION PLAN
This Project will review the existing BCAP and revise it to ensure the plan’s relevance and currency for another five years i.e. 2013 to 2018.
Revision of Boating Coastal Action Plan
PORT PHILLIP BAY ADAPTION PATHWAYS PROJECT
The Australian Government has invested $4.5 million to demonstrate effective approaches to adaptation in the coastal zone. Thirteen projects received funding to develop leading practice approaches to better manage future climate risk to coastal assets and communities. The projects are due for completion in June 2012. The Port Phillip Bay Adaptation Pathways Project is one of three of the successful Victorian bids.
Over the next 12 months the Port Phillip Bay Adaptation Pathways Project will develop a range of adaptation and risk management options to assist councils to adopt the most appropriate actions for coastal asset management over time.
The project is split into two parts. looking at the economics of coastal inundation risks followed by an exploration of future coastal development scenarios and their implications, based on four case study sites.
Part 1 – The Economic Context
Provides a high level view of the expected costs of coastal inundation hazards, including anticipated climate change impacts, compared to the benefits of occupying hazard areas.
Part 2 – Community Pathway and Framework Assessment
Looks at a wide range of adaptation and risk management options and a number of climate change scenarios over time. The exploration of scenerios through workshop sessions will identify a short list of preferred options for the study sites.
The methodologies and range of approaches developed will be able to be used by other coastal councils in developing their adaptation strategies dependent on site context, value and future risks.
CASE STUDY SITES
The case studies include a range of coastal aspects from highly modified urban areas, low lying suburbs to steep catchments. They are:
The project is being led by the Municipal Association of Victoria, the Association of Bayside Municipalities and the Central Coastal Board who comprise the project control group. Partners also include Melbourne Water, the Department of Planning and Community Development, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research and the Cities of Melbourne, Port Phillip and Kingston and the Mornington Peninsula Shire.
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Silt curtains were originally designed to trap sediment during dredging and reclamation works to protect the environment. Today, they are being used for a much wider range of purposes, from dewatering, outfall containment to intake protection and many other projects where sediment control is required.
We recently supplied and installed our Ecobarrier silt curtains at the Louvre Abu Dhabi project site, as a precautionary measure to contain sediment in the event a newly-flooded area required emergency dewatering. The area, located on a waterway, had been reclaimed to enable construction. Upon completion of construction works, the reclaimed area was to be excavated and then flooded. As a precaution, a bund was retained in order to contain the flooded area while the main contractor confirmed there was zero leakage into the newly constructed buildings. In the event of a leak, the pumps would need to be reactivated and the area dewatered again. The silt curtains were installed prior to flooding to contain any sediment from the dewatering process. Following approval of the integrity of the flooded location, the bund would be removed and the newly flooded site would become part of the adjacent waterway.
To describe a more unusual application for silt curtains; we also recently installed silt curtains around a glass-bottomed floating structure to reduce turbidity caused by nearby outfall pipes and dredging works, while pumping clear water into the contained area to improve visibility. While the silt curtains prevented contaminated water from entering the contained area, the clean water pumps improved visibility underneath the glass-bottomed structure within the contained area.
Essentially, wherever sediment control is required in a marine environment, provided the correct model, layout configuration and anchoring configuration is employed, silt curtains can be an effective solution.
Selection Criteria – An Important Factor
The caveat of model selection and anchoring configuration is an important one. There are a multitude of factors that influence model and anchoring selection, from tidal forces and wave height, to water depth, location, seabed condition, layout configuration, equipment, type of construction works, type of sediment, environmental regulations and sensitivity, just to name a few.
Some people refer to silt curtains as “a necessary evil”, although I admit I have heard them called far worse. Environmental protection arguments aside, from a contractors’ perspective, they are an added headache (and cost) to deal with during construction projects – and all too often this headache is amplified by the wrong silt curtain or anchoring model being selected or incorrectly installed. This generally results in the contractor spending time and money on repairing rogue silt curtains – or worse – in site shutdowns by authorities. When you are running a large-scale dredging project at a cost in the tens of thousands of dollars per day, this is not a situation anyone wants to find themselves in.
That is why it is worth spending additional time and sometimes (but not always) additional money, to select the right model from a reputable company who backs their designs with engineering knowledge and practical experience. Speak with the experts who don’t take a one-size-fits-all or a race-to-the-bottom pricing approach; speak with the experts who truly understand the design and environmental considerations of your project and their products. Be concerned if a supplier or manufacturer asks zero questions about your application or site conditions. Manufacturing these barriers poorly is not rocket science, but doing it well is much more difficult. If you are a contractor, choose a manufacturer who encourages feedback on their products’ performance; a manufacturer who wants to make their products more effective, easier to install and less of a headache for contractors.
And don’t be afraid to ask for advice. Even if it starts with “what is a silt curtain”.
As we continue to see more ambitious construction projects, which require new and unique construction methodologies, we expect (and hope) to see more innovative uses for marine protection barriers globally. If the engineering behind the designs is understood, we can push the boundaries of their application – and hopefully see less headaches turn into migraines.
For more information on silt curtains – how they work, model comparison and selection, anchoring, installation or maintenance – please contact us at +971 4 885 3944 or email [email protected].
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Safety should always be near the front of your mind when you do construction work on roads and freeways. One slip or mistake is all it takes for the unthinkable to occur, and you don’t want to put yourself or anyone else in that position. Accidents can even happen when you and your construction crew do everything right.
If you want to reduce the risk and give your team peace of mind, it’s time to explore the benefits of safe work zones. A safe work zone takes advantage of the latest technology to alert you and drivers of possible hazards in the area. These alerts could be the difference that stops an accident and keeps someone out of the hospital.
Benefits of Smart Work Zones
With smart work zone technology, you can complete your projects with increased safety and be in good hands at all times. You can use software that detects the speed of oncoming traffic and alerts you to unsafe conditions. Some sensors can detect overweight vehicles and instruct them to take a different road to avoid a disaster.
With the touch of a button, you can update your signs to inform drivers of what to expect as they travel in your direction. This software can automatically activate warning lights when traffic slows down or stops to reduce the odds of collisions. Using smart technology could be the difference between life or death, so you can see why it’s an investment worth making.
Smart technology is a wise choice for any road construction team that values safety and security. The ability to rent these systems makes the benefits available to almost any construction crew that wants to use them. Signs that warn truck drivers that they are over the weight limit can prevent untold amounts of damage and prevent a fatal accident from taking place, but that is not all.
Smart technology also keeps drivers safe by letting them know what to expect as they approach work zones in the area. Those who have already used this technology are thrilled by the results and pleased with the enhanced sense of security they enjoy, and you will likely agree that using it is a smart move.


Site Development Services
Florida Site Development Company Specializing In:
- Clearing and Demolition
- Unsuitable Soil Removal & Replacement, Excavation, Filling, and Grading
- Underground Utilities (water, sewer, storm, infiltration / ex-filtration systems)
- Paving, Curbing, and Striping / Signage
- Erosion Control Installation & Monitoring
- Environmental (mowing, clearing, remediation, swale / canal embankment)
Clearing & Demolition
This service covers Florida projects from 1-1000 plus acre sites and any size structure or area that needs removed.
Earthwork, Excavation, Mass Grading
Includes but not limited to ponds, bldg. pads, roads, parking lots, right of ways, fill import/export and unsuitable material remediation for any size Commercial, Residential and Private project in Florida.
Paving, Curbing, Striping & Signage
Full range of subbase preparation, base installation, asphalt paving, milling, striping and signage, MOT certified for private, municipal and FDOT projects throughout Florida.
Qualified SWPPP inspectors, installation and monitoring of silt fences, floating barriers, inlet protection, water quality testing etc.
- Municipal (Courthouses, Recreation Centers, Sports Fields, Regional Parks, Roads)
- Retail (Theaters, Restaurants, Banks, Hotels, Shopping Plazas)
- Industrial (Distribution Centers, Power Substations, Power Plants, Transmission ROW, Solar Fields)
- Institutional (Schools, Churches, Hospitals, Medical Centers, ALFs)
- Disaster Response (hurricane clean-up, debris removal, tree removal)
- Solid Waste Facilities (LCD, C&D Landfills, Water Treatment Facilities)


There are a number of benefits to asphalt driveways. Among these are cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and durability. However, there are also certain disadvantages to concrete. Here are a few of them. Hopefully, these tips will help you decide which one is right for your home with the help of asphalt driveways perth. Also, consider the amount of time it takes to install each one, and whether they’re important to you.
When comparing costs for asphalt paving versus concrete paving, the most obvious difference is the initial cost. Asphalt is much less expensive than concrete, ranging between $2 and $5 per square foot. However, this cost is only partially representative of what you’ll spend over the lifetime of the driveway. Other costs that can significantly impact the cost are the materials and labor for preparation and construction. For example, some homeowners decide to use reclaimed asphalt for their driveway, which can save them hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
If you’re planning to build a new driveway on your property, you might wonder whether to choose asphalt or concrete. Both materials are durable, but concrete is considerably more expensive. The cost of maintenance on an asphalt driveway is between $2 and $5 per square foot. In addition, asphalt is more easily maintained than concrete, which may require seal coating every three years. Concrete is a mixture of gravel and cement. It must be prepared properly, compacted, and reinforced with steel bars before pouring it onto a surface. Then, the mixture is poured into the desired thickness. The material will take approximately a week to dry, and it is ready to use.
While asphalt tends to be dark and unattractive, recent innovations have made it possible to get creative with your driveway design. Traditional asphalt only comes in two color options – black and gray. The color possibilities for concrete are virtually endless. Concrete can be stained to match the house color or stamped to mimic brick, cobblestone, or complex medallion patterns. It also offers many more design options than asphalt.
Whether you have a brand-new driveway or an old one, you should be aware of the causes of asphalt cracking. Cracks in asphalt are the result of two factors: moisture retention and temperature changes. As the temperature changes, moisture will seep through the surface of asphalt and expand. This causes cracks to form. The most common cause is the winter cycle, where the temperature fluctuates from cold to hot.
Less frequent repairs
While concrete driveways require more frequent maintenance, asphalt requires fewer repairs. Although asphalt needs more frequent sealing, it is relatively simple to patch a crack or resurface it. As an added benefit, asphalt repairs blend in well with the rest of the driveway. Concrete, on the other hand, is harder to repair, and the cracks tend to be noticeable. Even though the latter type of driveway requires more frequent maintenance, it can last for many years.


- Provision of general civil engineering advice.
- Complete subdivision design.
- Urban and rural road designs.
- Preparation of detailed engineers plans for:
- New Roads
- Stormwater Disposal
- Sewer and Water Reticulation
- Sediment and erosion control plans.
- Preparation of final “as constructed” plans.
- Preparation of contract documents for tendering and construction works.
- Evaluation of tenders and appropriate certification.
- Contract administration and management.
- Feasibility studies.
- Preliminary project investigation.
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Sewer line repair is best left to the professionals, but there are some things that are useful for homeowners to know about them. Here are a list of signs of sewer line problems, and some tips on how to keep your line clear.
What can cause sewer lines to crack?
- Old pipes. The older a sewer line is, the more likely it's developed cracks.
- Tree roots. Trees can grow into a sewer line and block it partially or completely.
- Lack of maintenance. Sewer lines should get regular cleaning, to prevent problems from happening in the first place.
- Underground work near the sewer line. A utility company crew or other work crew may have done some work near the sewer line and either disturbed it or put stress on it.
Need more advice troubleshooting cracked sewer lines? Get in touch with us. We're your Access.


Tough operations at the Hüttenhafen site in Bremen
Now that the gantry slewing crane, which had been operating for decades, has been dismantled, Weserport has been using a Konescranes series 6 mobile harbour crane at its terminal 1 since June. The crane’s ability to cope with loads weighing up to 125 tonnes makes it easy to even handle project loads with very heavy individual items. The company’s experience with the crane and with clear controls has been thoroughly positive.
Time for the wheels to revolve
Rhenus Midgard in Nordenham is delighted by its LHM 600 Liebherr crane. The key feature is that the mobile harbour crane moves on 88 wheels, in contrast to the previous gantry crane that was tied to rails. Together with its jib, the crane reaches a height of almost 80 metres and its grab can hold 30 cubic metres of bulk materials. The load capacity of up to 140 tonnes not only moves coal and building materials, but also heavy goods like offshore maritime cables.


Experience a behind-the-scenes look at the City’s water treatment facilities. Plant operators and leaders from the Water Resources Department and Public Works Administration will be in attendance to lead tours and answer questions.
Get a firsthand look at drinking water sourcing and processing at the Cosme Water Treatment Plant:
Saturday, March 14
Cosme Water Treatment Plant
16150 Race Track Rd, Odessa, FL 33556
Learn how wastewater becomes reclaimed water at one of the reclaimed water treatment facilities:
Saturday, March 21
Northwest Water Reclamation Facility
7500 26th Ave. N
Saturday, March 28
Northeast Water Reclamation Facility
1160 62nd Ave. NE
Tours will run 9 a.m.-12 p.m. with the last tour starting at 11 a.m.
Important information for attendees: Please plan to be outside with little to no shade for a considerable amount of walking, wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes and bring sunscreen. Photo ID is required for entry and children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Facilities are not ADA accessible by default, however reasonable accommodations can be made by calling the Water Resources Department at 727-893-7261.
Find more information at stpete.org/WaterOpenHouse.


The Rampura Expressway project is yet to enter construction six years after it was approved by the government.
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) finally signed a deal with the Consortium of China Communications Construction Company Limited and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CCCCL-CRBC) on Sunday. The consortium will have four years to implement the mega project.
The public-private partnership (PPP) project aims to upgrade the Hatirjheel-Rampura-Banasree-Amulia-Demra Highway into a 4-lane expressway to reduce traffic congestion in Dhaka.
Despite the delay in laying the groundwork for the project, Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary Md Nazrul Islam was optimistic that construction would be completed by the 2025 deadline.
However, transport experts cited the lack of progress of similar PPP projects already being implemented in the country as evidence that the wait may be far longer.
Prominent transport expert Prof Shamsul Hoque said the main reason for the delay so far in the Rampura Expressway project was the inefficiency and corruption of the RHD.
“As it is a PPP project and foreign investors are involved, the authorities should be more transparent. Unexpected delays always negatively affect investors,” he added.
“When government authorities take unexpected time, the appointed construction firm also becomes more unwilling to implement the project,” he told Dhaka Tribune.
Enamul Haque, member of the parliamentary standing committee on the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry, said PPP projects were finally gaining momentum in recent years as they have become more popular among investors.
“When the PPP system was started in 2009/2010, it was not very popular enough. Nowadays, many investors are interested in implementing projects through PPP,” he said.
“It is our success that we have already signed deals to implement some major infrastructure projects through PPP and now all the projects are progressing quickly. For example, a part of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway will be opened by this year,” said Sultana Afroz, CEO of the PPP Authority Bangladesh.
The Rampura Expressway is the third PPP project to develop infrastructure in Bangladesh under the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry. The first and second projects are far behind deadlines, according to the PPP Authority.
The Dhaka Elevated Expressway was the first PPP project under the Bridge Division. It was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on July 20, 2011 and scheduled to be completed by 2014. However, progress of the project is still below 50%.
Work for upgrading the 48km Dhaka Bypass Road into a dual carriageway was inaugurated on December 27, 2019. The work is scheduled to be completed by 2022, but the RHD wishes to extend the deadline to 2024 as the progress of the project is below 10% after 2 years.
Confusion in the tender process
The government took the Rampura Expressway project in 2015. THe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved it in principle on January 26, 2016.
On 01 July 2018, three Chinese companies and an Indian company were shortlisted to submit their proposals to the technical evaluation committee formed by the RHD.
The RHD committee selected CCCCL-CRBC even though the consortium was not the lowest bidder. As a result, the PPP Authority formed a review panel that recommended the fixing of certain inconsistencies.
The RHD then selected CCCCL-CRBC as the contractor of the project and sent the proposal to the cabinet committee without addressing the review panel’s concerns, so the cabinet sent it back to the RHD. After the necessary changes, the deal was finally signed.
All of this took more than three years.
According to the agreement, the construction firm will bear the entire construction cost of around Tk2,094crore and get returns from tolls on the highway for 25 years.
Meanwhile, the government will bear Tk1,209 crore for acquiring land, resettlement, consultancy services, and expenses of the project implementation unit.
Land acquisition is yet to be completed as the RHD has not completed procedures for the rehabilitation of people living in project areas.
Nur-e-Alam, superintendent engineer of RHD, said: “We have already sent a proposal to the deputy commissioners for acquiring land. Hopefully, it will start soon.”
According to the project documents, the Hatirjheel-Rampura-Banasree-Amulia-Demra Expressway is a 13.5km four-lane controlled access toll highway, including 9.4km of elevated sections, from Rampura point of Hatirjheel to the junction with the National Highway N1 (Chittagong Road) and National Highway N2 (Sylhet Road).
Around 30,000 vehicles are expected to use the highway each day in 2025.


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Precast concrete is a construction product produced by casting concrete in a reusable mold which is then cured in a controlled environment, transported to the construction site and then lifted and set into place.
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The average annual snowfall across the country is around 28 inches.
Glenview, Illinois gets more than three feet of snow every year.
Plowing, shoveling, scraping and putting down snowmelt chemicals is a part of life for six to eight months. Snow removal is time-consuming, labor-intensive, exhausting and awful. When the temperature drops down to negative twenty degrees, spending any amount of time outside is downright dangerous. Bundling up in layers of sweaters, heavy boots, thick jacket, gloves, hat and scarf to keep warm makes it difficult to move around. There’s also the issue of where to pile all that snow. The drifts get huge, and we still need to be able to access the garage. I just recently invested into a snowmelt system, and it’s such a relief. My house is outfitted with a boiler and radiant flooring. The boiler is located in the basement and heats up water that it pumps through a series of pipes concealed beneath the floor. The heat from the pipes radiates across the surface of the floor, gradually rises upward and warms up the whole room. Radiant flooring is extremely effective and energy efficient. The snow melt system operates similarly to the radiant flooring. I now have a network of pipes installed beneath the pavement of the front steps, walkways, garage floor and driveway. The system activates in response to temperature drop and moisture. Hot water travels through the pipes, radiates heat and melts away snow and ice. I no longer need to shovel or worry about slipping and falling on icy surfaces.


Make Your Commercial Building a Smart
If you are a property manager or building owner, you may be interested in making your facility
into a smart tech building. The best way to accomplish this goal is to work with a smart tech
company that specializes in commercial buildings ฟิล์มอัจฉริยะ. Make sure the company you work with is
focused on your goals and not on selling you things you don’t need. Read on to discover the
advantages of smart technology for your building. The next time you’re in the market for a new
facility, consider making it a smart tech building.
Building sensors are crucial for a smart building. They monitor things like lighting, occupancy,
motion, and air quality privacy film. The information collected by these sensors can then be processed by an
analytic software. Once the data is collected, smart buildings can automate energy management
for both occupants and building owners. This technology can reduce your building’s energy bills
and help you lower your carbon footprint. Smart buildings are not just about saving money,
Adding “smart” to everyday objects makes them seem more intelligent. Smart buildings are part
of smart cities and smart infrastructures. In addition to energy savings, smart buildings can help
improve the health of an entire community. Aside from helping the environment, they can also be
a boon to business. Smart cities are expected to become more efficient as people and products
move around. The technology is changing our everyday lives. Smart cities mean more efficiency,
reduced costs, and higher productivity.
While smart technology does have some drawbacks, the benefits far outweigh these costs.
Smart building systems improve building upkeep and HVAC efficiency. They also prevent fights
over thermostats. These technologies can also help buildings comply with health and safety
regulations. Smart buildings also help businesses cut down on their environmental impact and
carbon emissions. So, you should take advantage of this technology. If you’re looking to make a
smart building, why not give it a try?
Smart buildings use the Internet of Things (IoT) to help improve building performance. They
increase occupant and tenant productivity, boost security, and provide sustained savings in
operations. Several sessions will focus on the Internet of Things and how it can enhance
building performance. There will also be sessions about how to use this technology and the
latest advances in technology. A smart building ecosystem is a win-win situation for building
managers and tenants. When implemented correctly, it can be an excellent investment for the
future of your property.
While many benefits of smart tech buildings are not readily apparent, the advantages of using
connected systems are clear. These systems can help protect your building against security
breaches and even alert your facilities department of a faulty escalator. In addition to
incorporating connected devices, smart buildings can also help you access existing systems and
tap into global reporting on facility operations. By combining these technologies, you’ll be able to
see patterns and trends that can improve your business.


Nuflow has the ability to repair pipes without the hassle of pipe excavation or causing damage to infrastructure by digging.
"No Excavation" drainage repair that can be used to fix drains without destroying the surrounding environment.
Using this technology, drains can be repaired under busy roads without interrupting traffic flow, or under your house slab, driveway or garden, saving you the misfortune, inconvenience and expense of digging up your valuable property.
Nuflow drain repair is a permanent solution which has a structural strength greater than that of the original pipe, therefore stopping the drain from collapsing and eliminating further costs and excavation. The internal pipe will permanently seal the wall of the pipe, leaving a very smooth bore and eliminating any additional root intrusion into the affected area.
Nuflow pipe rehabilitation is rapidly becoming the preferred method of repairing drains and pipelines due to its cost savings and minimal impact on the surrounding environment. We are able to install either a metre patch or a line up to 40 metres at one time, and we can reline around bends and junctions.
Blueline can solve issues with leaking or blocked storm water and water pipes without excavating, meaning minimal damage and disruption to your home and no being stuck with expensive infrastructure repair bills.
Have you noticed:
Toilets and sinks are filling up fast and receding slowly?
Drainage overflow outside the house?
Wet spots appearing on walls?
Pooling on floors?
These signs all indicate you could have a blocked drain or leaking pipe.
First we investigate the lines using the latest in scoping cameras and cleaning equipment. This will help us determine what the best course of action may be for you.
At Klee Plumbers, all of our work is 100% transparent to you, our valued customer. Pipe reliningThis means that we share all of your video and photo information so that you can advise us on the solution that serves you best.
Basically, we scope your lines and offer options for the methods of repair, and allow you to compare and decide. At no time are you under any obligation to buy from us or to hire us. Of course we do charge for the camera and/or pipe cleaning work, but if you do decide to hire us, and we hope that you will, the cost of the inspection is included in your replacement costs.
When we are getting ready to reline your pipe, we start by re-televising the pipe and perform a pre-video. While our initial video was for evaluation purposes, the second one provides exact measurements and details that we need to build your cured-in-place pipe.
At this stage we custom fabricate a new pipe liner that is size and dimension-specific to your requirements. The precise nature of our methods ensures an average diameter reduction of only 4 millimetres.
The new pipe will be cured under pressure to ensure a tight and constant fit. Research has proven that cured-in-place pipe will actually improve the flow of liquid by up to 30%.
We then manufacture your liner using our two-part epoxy in Pipe reliningour workshop, in a quality controlled environment. Upon completing the fabrication of your liner we impregnate the material with the mixed epoxy resin. Here’s where we use our proprietary technologies to ensure that your new cured-in-place pipe is going to be 100% reliable and trouble-free. At Klee Plumbers we are so confident in this technology that we offer our 40 YEAR WARRANTY!
At the job site we string in a winch line through the main to the nearest manhole or access point where we set up a winch as a means to pull in the liner. This allows us to position it within the lateral and install it from your existing clean-out without excavation. This gives us a pull-in point to connect to our liner from the clean-out to the winch cable, where we then pull the liner in its soft flexible uncured state within your pipe to the exact points where we need to start and stop the liner.
Pipe reliningOnce in place, we use heat and pressure to round out and create a thermal reaction to cure the resin and transform it into a hardened plastic permanent pipe. When the resin sets in place, we remove the installation materials and your new seamless jointless pipe is ready for use.
You now have a seamless, joint-less epoxy resin enhanced cured-in-place pipe that is as good if not better than new. The new pipe is designed and engineered for a minimum 40 year sewer life. Our products have been designed and tested to exceed specifications for any new pipe installations, and are capable of being used on their own without any other host pipe to support them. We follow up with a recorded post video upon cleanup and provide "before" and "after" videos on CD or DVD for your records, together along with a written warranty.


When you talk about wastewater treatment plants, in many cases, you are talking about facilities that are built, operated and maintained with taxpayer dollars.
So keeping these plants running smoothly and efficiently depends greatly on using the right parts and timely replacement of those parts.
That’s why Emerson Bearing formed a special wastewater treatment facilities division. To keep pumps, drives and valves in a water treatment plant working efficiently 24/7 requires bearings and chains of the highest standard. Emerson Bearing’s offerings include chrome, stainless steel and engineered thermoplastic components.
Worldwide sourcing provides products at several price points. In addition to standard products, related and specialty products to improve efficiency for bearing replacement at wastewater treatment plants are available. For example, Emerson Bearing sells the Craft Split Roller pillow block, which allows for rapid replacement, reducing downtime and costs.
As part of the new division, wastewater treatment customers have access to industry specialists for recommendations on the right bearing.


About the Capital Facilities Plan
Goal CF1: To assure that capital improvements necessary to carry out the comprehensive plan are provided when they are needed.
Policy CF1.1: Provide capital improvements to correct existing deficiencies, to replace worn out or obsolete facilities and to accomodate desired future growth, according to the Six-Year Financing Plan contained in this element.
Policy CF1.2: Coordinate land use and public works planning activities with an ongoing program of long-range financial planning, to conserve fiscal resources available to implement the capital facilities plan.
- 2014 - 2020 CIP - pending


We are well on our way with our Off-Grid plans for our property. We’ve designed our gravity water system. This is a 2 part system. This is part 1. Here is a picture of our potable, fresh water spring. It’s called Kyler’s Spring because he found it and developed it. It currently gets about 4 gallons per minute. 5760 gallons per day! THAT is a lot of water. It will be piped down to a ram pump that will pump up to a 1500 gallon tank that will then gravity feed to our house.
Part 2 is developing a weir and dam to harvest some of our creek water. This water will be our irrigation water and will get piped down to the ram pump and up to a 1500 gallon tank and then gravity fed to all our gardens. Which WE CAN’T WAIT TO PLANT! This is a picture of the old cistern on the creek, the water went from the dam to this cistern and then pumped down to the waterfront properties below. When we bought this property, the water rights came with it! The waterfront properties abandoned this water system for another one down the road. This is where we will put the ram pumps.
So, we will have 2


What Sizes Are St Helens Plant Road Plates Available In?
St Helens Plant manufactures and supplies steel road plates and anti skid road plates in standard sizes of; 8’ x 4’ and 6’ x 4’.
Bespoke specifications are available on request, road plates can be manufactured to any desired specification. All road plates either standard dimensions or bespoke specifications are supplied with a full materials test certificate and user guide.
What Thicknesses of Road Plates are Available?
Steel road plates and anti skid road plates are available in a wide range of thicknesses and widths.
- 6ft x 4ft x ½” – half inch standard thickness
- 8ft x 4ft ¾” – 3/4 inch standard thickness
For more details, advice or to place an enquiry – contact us.
What is the best way to store Road Plates?
Anti skid road plates and steel road plates are recommended to be stacked on top of one another in a uniformed manner.
Road plates treated or nontreated are weather resistant and capable of withstanding harsh environmental conditions. It is also advisable when storing road plates, no other tools or equipment are stacked on top or against the plates. This reduces the risk of warping, defects and damages.
Road plates can be stored outdoors or indoors, if you are keen to preserve the longevity of your road plates we advise you stow them correctly and safely – within a secure, sheltered area if indoor accommodation is not possible.
Are Road Crossing Plates Affected By Weather?
Road crossing plates, steel or anti skid coated are manufactured with the objective of providing a portable road surface. All road plates manufactured by St Helens Plant have the ability to endure harsh environmental conditions such as low temperatures, high temperatures and rain.
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Since the waste quantities all around the world are constantly increasing, designing better waste management systems and improving the existent ones becomes an imperious task, if a more sustainable living is to be attained.
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First and foremost, when imagining and designing a waste management system, two of the most important aspects that need to be covered are the transpiration and storage of the actual waste. By having proper transportation and storage for the waste, multiple risks and hazards can be successfully avoided, thereby making the waste management safer and more environmentally friendly.
Depending on the location of the waste sources, a collecting scheme needs to be implemented. This needs to account for the distribution of the waste sources in a given town or settlement, and should assign a number of containers for several waste types, in accordance with the local material characteristics. Once a solid collecting scheme has been implemented, the most efficient transport and travel route needs to be identified in order to maximize efficiency and offer the best possible solution for collecting and transporting waste.
The quicker the waste is brought to the storage compounds, the better, since the time spent in containers can prove to be detrimental, especially when dealing with hazardous waste.
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Opening the West Cobb Medical Center in Austell, Ga., would be news enough because it is Kaiser Permanente’s third medical facility in Cobb County, and the 13th in the burgeoning Atlanta metropolitan area. What makes it more remarkable is that it is KP’s first facility in Georgia constructed with an environmentally conscious “green design” – from its recycled metal shingles to its rubber flooring.
The 26,000-square-foot facility is part of a construction plan that will see KP invest close to $24 billion in approximately 4,000 current and future construction projects between now and 2014. The scale of the capital outlay creates an enormous opportunity to utilize green construction techniques, which create buildings designed to operate with maximum energy efficiency and with reduced environmental impact.
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- Metal shingles made from recycled steel were used on the backside of the medical building. If the building needs to be expanded, these shingles can be removed and recycled, or reused at another location.
- The building’s reflective thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) roof is more environmentally friendly than traditional petroleum-based roofing products and reduces utility costs while conserving resources.
- Carpet made with Ethos backing, which is manu-factured by C&A Floorcoverings in nearby Dalton, Ga. This carpet features a PVC-free backing that was developed specifically for Kaiser Permanente and is less toxic than PVC-based products.
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- Coreless toilet paper and touch-free automated paper towel dispensers that reduce excess paper waste. Additionally, toilet paper and paper towels are made from recycled paper.
- More than 100 newly planted trees provide shade and ambiance around the facility.
“We will continually work to improve the environmental friendliness of our 12 existing medical facilities throughout metro Atlanta,” Ouellette said. “We believe what’s good for our environment is going to be good for our members, our employees, and the community as a whole.”
In addition to the West Cobb center, Kaiser Permanente is building new facilities in two other Atlanta-area locations. A medical center near Stonecrest Mall in Lithonia off Interstate 20, and a Northwest Gwinnett County location in the Sugar Hill/Buford area, are both expected to open later this year. These facilities also will feature elements of green design and construction.


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Chip enlisted the help of some buddies from work and hired a guy for the use of his concrete pump, this spreads the concrete around the various sections of the foundation.
The morning of, two concrete trucks show up and the rocks in the concrete were too large for the concrete pump. Chip sent only one truck back for concrete with smaller rocks and with the other purposely left on site (to make the most of their time) the crew set to wheel barreling the concrete into the designated spots. The guy Chip hired huffed and grumbled but surprisingly jumped right in to lend a hand and was a wealth of knowledge to boot. The second truck arrived as correctly ordered and the concrete pump was put to use and the guys, starting at 9am, finished by noon and spent the remainder of the day out on the lake. What a day!
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Smart Cities: Union Minister of Urban Development, Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday declared nomination of 98 cities in the Smart City Challenge. The first 20 cities to be developed as Smart Cities will be announced Thursday, Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said Wednesday. Two other cities will be announced later. Govt has earmarked Rs 48,000 crore for development of 100 smart cities. While Uttar Pradesh gets most of them, nine state capitals including poll-bound Bihar’s Patna, are missing from the list. Uttar Pradesh got 13, Tamil Nadu 12, Maharashtra 10, Madhya Pradesh 7, Gujarat and Karnataka 6 each, and Andhra Pradesh and Bihar get 3 each. Each smart city would get a Central assistance of Rs 100 crore per year for five years.
Each smart city would get a Central assistance of Rs 100 crore per year for five years.
These cities were selected through intra-city competition evaluated on parameters such as service levels, financial and institution capacity, past track record and reforms.
“Smart Cities need smart people. We need people’s co-operation to move forward in our mission. Our prime motive is to enhance urban life. The mission is very practical and realistic,” Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said as he made the announcement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the criteria and guidelines for 100 Smart Cities to be selected through city challenge competition in June 25. “Barring Jammu and Kashmir, all states have finalised the names of proposed Smart Cities through competition. So there are total 99 cities being selected across the country,” sources in Ministry said.
Smart Cities Development(few):
- Smart cities will be developed to have been basic infrastructure through assured water and power supply.
- sanitation and solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public transport, IT connectivity, e-governance and citizen participation.
- 100 senior officers of Army, Navy, Air Force and civil service, including 25 foreign officials, participating in a course on ‘National Security and Strategic Studies’ at the National Defence College here(Naidu was addressed).
In the subsequent years, the government will announce 40 cities each to be developed as Smart Cities as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to develop 100 Smart Cities in the country.
The Centre will provide Rs 200 crore per city in the first year, followed by Rs 100 crore each year for the next three years to as many as 20 ‘top’ cities. The remaining cities will be asked to address deficiencies before participating in the second and third rounds of the challenge.
A special purpose vehicle (SPV) will be created for each smart city, wherein the State/UT and urban local body will have 50:50 equity.
The Cabinet had approved an outlay of Rs 48,000 crore for the Smart Cities Mission in April last year.
The project intends to promote adoption of smart solutions to enhance the quality of urban life and provide a clean and sustainable environment.
Govt unveils smart cities list; 13 cities from Uttar Pradesh, 3 from Bihar included
List of states and number of cities that have been nominated by the government
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 (Port Blair)
Andhra Pradesh 3 (Vishakhapatnam, Tirupati, Kakinada)
Arunachal Pradesh 1 (Pasighat)
Assam 1 (Guwahati)
Bihar 3 (Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Biharsharif)
Chhattisgarh 2 (Raipur, Bilaspur)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1 (Silvassa)
Daman and Diu 1 (Diu)
Delhi 1 (NDMC)
Goa 1 (Panaji)
Gujarat 6 (Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Dahod)
Haryana 2 (Karnal Faridabad)
Himachal Pradesh 1 (Dharamshala)
Jharkhand 1 (Ranchi)
Karnataka 6 (Mangaluru, Belagavi, Shivamogga, Hubballi-Dharwad, Tumakuru, Davanegere)
Kerala 1 (Kochi)
Lakshadweep 1 (Kavarrati)
Madhya Pradesh 7 (Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain)
Maharashtra 10 (Navi Mumbai, Nashik, Thane, Greater Mumbai, Amravati, Solapur, Nagpur, Kalyan-Dombivali, Aurangabad, Pune )
Manipur 1 (Imphal)
Meghalaya 1 (Shillong)
Mizoram 1 (Aizawl)
Nagaland 1 (Kohima)
Odisha 2 (Bhubaneshwar, Raurkela)
Puducherry 1 (Oulgaret)
Punjab 3 (Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar)
Rajasthan 4 (Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota, Ajmer)
Sikkim 1 (Namchi)
Tamil Nadu 12 (Tiruchirapalli, Chennai, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Vellore, Salem, Erode, Thanjavur, Tirunelveli, Dindigul, Madurai, Thoothukudi)
Telangana 2 (Greater Hyderabad, Greater Warangal)
Tripura 1 (Agartala)
Uttar Pradesh 13 (Moradabad, Aligarh, Saharanpur, Bareilly, Jhansi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Agra, Rampur)
Uttarakhand 1 (Dehradun)
West Bengal 4 (New Town Kolkata, Bidhannagar, Durgapur, Haldia)
* Jammu & Kashmir has asked for more time to decide on the potential cities)
* 12 cities have been shortlisted from Uttar Pradesh against 13 cities nominated for Smart City project


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: Chapters: Euler-Bernoulli beam equation, Finite element method, Stress analysis, Second moment of area, Moment distribution method, Timoshenko beam theory, Influence line, Virtual work, Direct stiffness method, GRAITEC, . CE Structural Analysis I – Moment Distribution Method examples Example 1: Using the moment‐distribution method, determine the moments at the ends of each member. Draw the moment diagram. Let E = 29, ksi. The moment of File Size: KB.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS. MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD INTRODUCTION Also called Hardy Cross Method. Analysis of statically indeterminate beams and frames. From the s until when computers began to be widely used in the design and analysis of structures, the moment distribution method was the most widely used method in practice.5/5(2). Chapter 11 Analysis of Indeterminate Beams and Frames by the Moment Distribution Introduction Development of the Moment Distribution Method Summary of the Moment Distribution Method with No Joint Translation Analysis of Beams by Moment Distribution Modification of Member Stiffness /5(1).
structural analysis and design books and papers (even though somewhere in German), STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AT AIRCRAFT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STAGE Reza Mansouri, M.S. Demonstrate the effectiveness of moment distribution method through four case studies. This will be done by considering and evaluating the strength and limitation of these. Problem 1 Moment Distribution Method | Moment Distribution Method Working Rules | Analysis of Indeterminate Structures By Displacement Method [ HINDI ] Structural analysis - 2 Moment Distribution.
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The plastic moment distribution method, or moment balancing method can be used as a direct method of designing a structure subjected to several loading combinations. As the distribution proceeds simultaneously for all loading combinations, suitable plastic moments of resistance may be assigned to each member in the structure.
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The moment distribution method falls into the category of displacement method of structural analysis. In the slope deflection method, the end moments are computed using the slopes and deflection at the ends.
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Purchase Structural Analysis - 1st Edition. Print Book & E-Book. ISBNFor the analysis of non-sway frames, the moment distribution method may be applied in the exact same way as for beams. The only difference is that there may be more than two elements attached to each node.
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The moment distribution method for beams may be summarized as follows: Use a distribution factor of zero for a fixed support and for a pinned support with only one connected member. Determine the fixed end moments for all members that have external loads applied between the end nodes.
Use Figure from Chapter 9. Structural Analysis III 2 Dr. Caprani 1. Introduction Overview Background Moment Distribution is an iterative method of solving an indeterminate structure. It was developed by Prof. Hardy Cross in the US in the s in response to the highly indeterminate skyscrapers being built.
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Hundreds of thousands of bridges across America do not comply with the standards they were designed for.
According to the Federal Highway Authority (FHA), there are more than 600,000 bridges in the country. More than 100,000, or 16% of them, are considered to be deficient, meaning they’re not up to the FHA standard.
Of those deficient bridges, 71,880 are considered “functionally obsolete,” which means that they don’t meet current design standards, and/or carry a level of traffic that exceeds the level it was built for.
The remaining 28,800 are considered “structurally deficient,” meaning important bridge elements have deteriorated and carrying capacity may have been reduced. The FHA says this “does not imply that a bridge is unsafe,” but adds that these bridges need significant maintenance to remain in service, and need major rehabilitation or replacement in the future.
Save our Bridges, however, an organization advocating for infrastructure overhaul of US bridges, says there are 7,980 bridges that have been deemed structurally deficient and “fracture critical,” which the FHA defines as having at least one “steel member in tension, or with a tension element, whose failure would probably cause a portion of or the entire bridge to collapse.”
Which bridges near you are dangerous?
Using FHA information, Save our Bridges has compiled a map of all of these bridges, which includes information such as when the bridge in question was built and how many people cross it on a daily basis. The map is available as an iPhone app.
Meanwhile, look out for local efforts, such as this app from Michigan state with which users can share the locations of dangerous bridges in the state.


Claire Perry MP visited Pewsey Station this week to meet Network Rail project staff and welcome the start of the works to replace the 45 year old footbridge between the up and down train platforms. The £465,000 project will deliver a new bridge that is safer and more convenient to use by October this year.
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Open-plan houses are popular amongst many homeowners. More and more people seek to renovate or extend their homes to facilitate an open structure that creates more space and brings in more natural light.
If you want to remove a wall in your home, you need first to determine if it is a load-bearing wall or not, as this will have implications on how you need to manage its removal, even if only temporarily. Some internal walls can be removed quickly and easily, but load-bearing walls cannot.
So what is a load-bearing wall? Why are they important? And how can you tell if a wall is load-bearing?
Join us as we find answers to these questions and more.
What is a load-bearing wall?
A load-bearing wall – sometimes known as a structural wall – is a wall that supports the structure of a building and holds a significant portion of its weight from the top of the building down to the bottom. Load-bearing walls are key to the structural integrity of a building, and removing them without due care and consideration will likely lead to severe damage or even collapse.
Due to the integrity of load-bearing walls for a building’s support, you need to be able to ascertain which walls are load-bearing and which are not.
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How can you tell if a wall is load-bearing?
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- Look for walls above it. Load-bearing walls often have other walls, posts, or support beams directly above them. Similarly, if you can see a knee wall (a small wall supporting the roof) or ceiling joists (a horizontal beam that sits beneath the ceiling) directly above or connected to a wall, it is likely load-bearing.
- Look below it. If you can see the floor joists on the ground beneath the wall, check the direction they run in. You can usually see the floor joists from the basement ceiling and looking up to the floor above or by looking down to the floor below from the attic. Load-bearing walls are usually perpendicular to the floor joists.
- Exterior walls. Outside walls must be load-bearing as they need to support the roof of the building. However, if a house has had extensions or renovations, some of the walls that are now interior walls might have once been exterior walls (or external walls) and will still be load-bearing.
- Check the floor plan. The floor plan of a property should be able to help you identify load-bearing walls. Check to see if walls on different floors are directly stacked on top of one another. If they are, the lower-level walls are likely load-bearing.
- Check the central internal walls. If you have a big house with an internal wall at the centre of it, it could well be load-bearing. The bigger a house is, the further apart the exterior walls are, and it may, therefore, need an additional load-bearing wall in the middle. If your central internal wall is parallel to a central basement support beam, then it is probably a load-bearing wall.
- Check for steel girders and beams. Builders will sometimes use a steel girder or a vertical beam in addition to a load-bearing wall. This can also often mean that any surrounding walls are also load-bearing as they combine with the girder or beam to provide support.
- Ask a professional. You can always contact a builder, structural engineer, or another construction professional to determine if a wall is load-bearing or not. If the property has recently been renovated, then see if you can contact the tradespeople who worked on it at that time, as they will have a good understanding of the house.
- Racking or buttressing walls. Some walls might not hold loads from the roof, upper walls, or floors and may appear non-load bearing. However, the wall may still provide horizontal stability, so they should be treated as load-bearing walls too.
Can you remove load-bearing walls?
If you want to build an extension, knock down a wall, or renovate your property, you may need to determine if certain walls are load-bearing before you remove them. Load-bearing walls can be removed, but it requires careful and professional consideration before doing so to ensure the structural integrity of the building remains in place.
You (or your builder) will need to create temporary supports on both sides of the wall before you remove it to maintain the support of the load it bears. You will also have to put in additional supports or beams to carry the weight of the structure above it.
A non-load-bearing wall can usually be removed without the need to create additional support, but you should always seek the advice of a structural engineer if you are unsure.
If you are unsure as to which walls in your home are load-bearing and which are not, make sure you get a professional inspection. If you need to remove a load-bearing wall, hire a builder to do it, as getting it wrong could lead to your home collapsing.
Increasing numbers of homeowners are constructing a more open-plan design in their homes as they make the house feel bigger and fill it with natural light. An open-plan design is feasible in most buildings, but you need to know which walls are load-bearing and which are not before you make any modifications, as improper removal can damage the structural integrity of the building.
Follow our guide to locate the load-bearing walls in your home and make sure any renovations you undertake are done safely and properly.


Q&A: Peter Matthiessen
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Last week, the South Florida Water Management District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers agreed on how to split the costs of Everglades restoration projects after years of negotiations.
Award-winning writer and environmental activist Peter Matthiessen has written extensively about the Everglades, including his most recent novel, Shadow Country.
And he talked recently with WUSF's Baobao Zhang.
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If you own property in Sacramento CA, you must be aware of the value of your property. Everyone works hard to see to it that they are making the most of their space. For those with properties in sloppy areas, it is advisable to have a retaining wall for your landscape.
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Wooden construction in its most specific and defining sense will remain the distinguishing field at Legno&Edilizia. The spotlight will be on the leading
producers of structures and materials for wooden homes and manufacturers of wood processing machinery, as well as all of the other players involved in designing and building environmentally friendly constructions.
As usual, Legno&Edilizia will offer a comprehensive overview of the entire wooden construction industry, from initial handling of timber (trading, imports, distribution and sawmills) to processing machinery and accessories for optimizing individual components.
• Timber: imports, distribution and trading • Wooden frameworks for civil uses and public systems • Wood carpentry: beams and panels • Machines and tools for the use of wood in construction • Wood for working, semifinished goods, formwork and frames • Prefabricated wooden homes and external structures • Safety systems • Software, certification and design firms • Fastening systems • Wooden walls • Sawmills.
The first new addition at Legno&Edilizia 2017 will be a whole area especially for wooden flooring. The aim is to present a comprehensive, exhaustive range for architects, construction firms and private individuals. Interior design schemes will help to bring out the best of flooring featuring all kinds of forms, woods and finishes, including solid wood, laminated wood and panelling.
The goal behind the area is to raise awareness of the products and their performance and characteristics, as well as the best way to fit them, using the best fastening methods and products for the foundations and the environment. A key contribution to the topic will unquestionably be played by outdoor flooring.
• Technical and industrial flooring • Ceilings, staircases and wooden panelling • Door and window frames • Production machines • Treatment machines • Environmentally friendly stains, varnishes, fillers and glues • Parquet flooring • Insulation materials.
Roofing and coverings have always been a key part of Legno&Edilizia. Nonetheless, it is important to give even more prominence to architectural features that play a crucial role in the construction of private and industrial buildings, from the classic sloping roofs with tiles to laminated or solid wood roofs, for both rebuilding after extensions and roof repairs and renovations.
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An essential new addition at Legno&Edilizia 2017 will be a specific focus on the world of doors and windows.
Doors, windows, frames, production machinery and installation accessories play a crucial role in the design and construction of buildings in both structural
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Wooden doors • Wooden windows • Components and accessories • Wooden and wooden/aluminium doors and windows • Frames • Coverings for doors and windows • Dormer windows and skylights • Frames for pocket doors.


As a construction project manager, I asked myself this question constantly.
Having overseen countless construction projects throughout my career, I was always looking for ways to save time and streamline the building process.
I realized that costly and time-consuming site visits got in the way of making faster and more informed decisions.
The solution to these problems was obvious — we needed a tool that would allow everyone on our team to see any part of the site whenever they needed to see it.
The images needed to be clear.
✔ The rendering needed to be accurate.
✔ And the technology needed to be simple.
You can’t imagine my excitement when I discovered a technology that could do all this and more.
With Matterport, we can make a 3D rendering of any space. Commonly used in the real estate industry, the technology allows anyone to do a virtual walkthrough of a location.
When I saw how clear and accurate these renderings were, I knew it was exactly what the construction industry needed to run faster, smoother, and more informed decisions.


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According to the conclusions of the company BLACKWOOD, the cost per square meter in the complex LEGEND will increase by 20% just in the process of construction, and then the price will rise by 10% each year. The apartments block LEGEND. is a truly unique facility in Jurmala, and the only one of its kind. It is located on the most expensive land in Latvia, its personality is emphasized by the architectural design, and its quality level is maintained from the time of designing to construction, including the process of operation and maintenance.
Location, architectural uniqueness, interior design, quality construction and materials, environmental and human-friendliness, safety, site infrastructure, service - the apartment complex LEGEND. claims the highest rank in the premium class of the Baltic real estate for each of these positions. Developments of this kind are traditionally considered to be the safest investment in real estate in the world. Their supply is limited, but interest in them is always high. This property is not "aging", it only grows in value.


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An Act Authorizing Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Appropriating Funds Therefor, And For Other Purposes
- This bill is aimed at further improving the “Build-Operate-Transfer” (BOT) law by expanding its coverage and providing more incentives to the private sector who become partners of the government in infrastructure projects.
- To ensure consumer protection, it gives paramount consideration to the affordability of user fees and efficiency of public services when awarding PPP projects.
- It limits the projects to be implemented as PPP projects to hard infrastructure charging user fee or tariff and excludes social infrastructure projects such as prisons, education and health facilities, and other infrastructure projects like government buildings, tourism projects, power projects, climate change mitigation and adaptation measures.
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The Chicago Regional Committee on Underground Corrosion (CRCUC) functions as a Technical Committee and constitutes a clearing-house for the exchange of engineering information on corrosion problems arising in the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and 4 counties in Indiana.
The CRCUC will only work as a clearing house for cases relating to corrosion. The individual member companies will keep any records that are required, as required by DOT.
The CRCUC is a service created by and in service to the operators of underground facilities, for which Cathodic protection is required, in a communal effort for the betterment of public safety and to comply with
cfr192 and 195. This service in no way imparts any responsibility or liability on the part of the CRCUC or its supervising members for the proper operation, engineering, or construction of Cathodic protection equipment.
By agreeing to participate and utilize the CRCUC, all members are hereby accepting the bi-laws agreed upon and shall not hold the CRCUC liable for any damages done to their pipelines.
§192.473 External corrosion control: Interference currents.
(a) Each operator whose pipeline system is subjected to stray currents shall have in effect a continuing program to minimize the detrimental effects of such currents.
(b) Each impressed current type cathodic protection system or galvanic anode system must be designed and installed so as to minimize any adverse effects on existing adjacent underground metallic structures.
§195.577 What must I do to alleviate interference currents?
(a) For pipelines exposed to stray currents, you must have a program to identify, test for, and minimize the detrimental effects of such currents.
(b) You must design and install each impressed current or galvanic anode system to minimize any adverse effects on existing adjacent metallic structures.
Bi-Law: All cases will be removed from the active list after 2 years from being initially opened, unless they are being actively worked on.


The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has evidence that taxpayers are being butchered—metaphorically speaking. Add a slaughterhouse to the long and growing list of incomplete, bungled, or wasteful projects in the nearly 14-year, $100-billion Afghanistan rebuilding effort.
In August 2012, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $12-million contract to Afghan company AREEB-REC Joint Venture to construct a slaughterhouse and supporting facilities in Kabul province. The U.S. military command deemed the slaughterhouse a high-priority project essential to meeting the dietary needs of the Afghan National Army (ANA).
But in October 2013, USACE terminated the project. On further reflection, the military decided that an existing slaughterhouse in Kabul could support the ANA. In fact, the decision paper recommending termination, quoted in the SIGAR report, implied that the new slaughterhouse should not have been built in the first place:
The new construction would…include refrigerated storage so the meat could be saved and transported frozen. The Afghans do not typically refrigerate meat, instead preferring fresh meat. Further to this they have demonstrated an inability to successfully maintain refrigerating equipment in the long term. When the slaughterhouse was first put out for bid it called for modern equipment that would not be considered Halel [permitted under Islamic dietary guidelines] and would not be used….If the new slaughterhouse is built it is anticipated that the state of the equipment and the cleanliness would quickly degrade below Western standards and will be viewed by taxpayers as a “waste” of funds, especially since the ANA have managed to continue to feed their soldiers adequately over the last 3 years. Currently there is no indication that the Afghans have a requirement for this facility.
By that point, USACE had paid the contractor $1.25 million on a project that was only 10 percent complete. USACE later paid the contractor an additional $295,000. When SIGAR visited the construction site in April 2014, it found “a largely open field” with “a partially completed security perimeter wall and wall foundation, one column to support a guard tower, and a water well.” (See SIGAR’s inspection pictures.) The well had not been properly capped, leaving the ground water supply exposed to potential saboteurs.
During the nine months of construction, AREEB-REC Joint Venture had numerous performance problems, according to SIGAR. The company undertook construction that had not been approved, did not comply with quality control requirements, failed to provide project submittals in a timely fashion, and provided submittals that were incomplete or did not conform to contract requirements. USACE even suspended all work on the contract at one point because of AREEB-REC Joint Venture’s unsatisfactory performance.
Despite the performance problems and completing only a small fraction of the work, AREEB-REC Joint Venture is seeking an additional $4.2 million. USACE told SIGAR that it opted for termination for convenience, instead of termination for default, because not all of the site problems were the fault of the contractor. Termination for convenience gives the contractor the right to request a settlement that would compensate it for work performed, preparations for future work, plus a reasonable allowance for profit. As a result, taxpayers could be on the hook for nearly $5.8 million for an abandoned, unfinished, and ultimately unnecessary slaughterhouse in eastern Afghanistan.
We’ll know the final bill by December. That’s when USACE expects to wrap up settlement negotiations. Given USACE’s track record of kid-glove treatment of contractors involved in botched Afghanistan construction jobs—think unused solid waste incinerators, a hazard-filled teacher training facility, and a structurally unsound ANA garrison—we won’t be surprised if the contractor gets most of what it wants.


The Perkins Township Highway Department is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of township roadways, parks and cemetery. Our staff strives to deliver services in a professional, efficient manner.
The department's eight employees maintain 50 miles of roadway, 60 acres of parks and the Perkins Township Cemetery. Maintenance responsibilities include snow and ice removal, street sweeping, street and curb repair, drainage, leaf removal, tree trimming, street sign maintenance, mowing and landscape maintenance.
Employees have demonstrated a commitment to better service by participating in continuing education such as the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) through the Ohio Department of Transportation. The purpose of the LTAP is to train local government personnel in the latest, state-of-the-art technologies in the areas of roads, bridges, safety, regulations and transportation.
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Two major construction projects are underway that, once finished, promise to make access to Santa Monica’s beaches safer by providing protected bike lanes and wider sidewalks.
Construction on the Colorado Esplanade, which will add a cycle track and wider sidewalks from the future 4th Street Expo stop along Colorado Avenue to the Pier, has already began. On the north side of the city, the California Incline renovation project will get underway in April. The Incline is a nearly century-old bridge that connects the Palisades Bluffs to the beach at California Avenue. It will be closed for approximately a year.
Once both projects are complete — both the bridge and the Esplanade should take about a year to complete — they will offer much improved access for people walking and biking down to the beach and the Pier.
With Expo expected to open next year, the Colorado Esplanade will create a safer street for people getting on and off the train by giving more space to people walking or riding bikes in the stretch of Colorado Avenue from the Expo station.
“The Colorado Esplanade will create a spectacular gateway linking Southern California’s regional rail system to Santa Monica’s vibrant Downtown and Pier,” said Susan Cline, acting director of Santa Monica’s Public Works Department.
“A rich canopy of shade trees, festival lighting and custom paving will create unique public space with widened sidewalks for pedestrians, dedicated bicycle lanes and improved vehicle circulation,” she said. As of March 24, eastbound traffic has been permanently removed from Colorado Avenue.
In late April, crews will start work on replacing the California Incline. The current bridge, built in 1930, has to be replaced because it is not up to current seismic standards, Cline said. But officials are taking the opportunity to turn the new bridge into a multimodal access point from the Palisades Bluffs to the beach.
The current bridge only has a narrow sidewalk along one side and no dedicated bike lanes, but the renderings show the new bridge will have separate paths for people walking and bicycling. A concrete barrier will separate bicyclists and pedestrians from car traffic.
As part of the project, engineers will be shoring up the bluffs’ stability, Cline said, as well as adding 16-feet of separated bike lanes and walkways on the bridge.
In the meantime, though, people trying to get to the beach or Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) by car will have to use one of two routes farther south, officials said.
Southbound traffic on PCH will be directed to Moomat Ahiko Way offramp on to Ocean Avenue, whereas westbound traffic will be directed to the I-10 Lincoln Boulevard exit. Interactive maps are available on the city’s website. Whenever possible, walk, ride or bus to your destination.