A sandy-colored tower glints in the sunlight and dominates the skyline of the Swedish town of Skelleftea as Scandinavia harnesses its wood resources to lead a global trend towards erecting eco-friendly high-rises. The Sara Cultural Center is one of the world's tallest timber buildings, made primarily from spruce and towering 75
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No two decks are created equal, and many decks aren’t even 100% wood. Both composite and PVC decking are made from synthetic materials. So if that’s what they have in common, then how are they different? And which one is best for your future deck? Well, wonder no more. This guide
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A tender is a fixed-price offer to execute a work or supply products. During the first step of this tender procedure, contractors are invited to submit sealed bids for construction or provide particularly planned services or items within a specific time limit. In this article, we will briefly discuss the
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The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has provided more details about its rent-to-own mortgage housing that will attract no interest. As against the previous seven per cent interest paid on an annual basis, the bank said it introduced the non-interest housing to encourage financial inclusion in the country. According to a
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A Stanford University analysis could help policymakers across the U.S. spend billions of dollars in new federal infrastructure funding more wisely. The study, published March 31 in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, presents a first-of-its-kind framework to design the most efficient building mix for an urban district along with systems that
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The Global Cement and Concrete Association has revealed the four countries that will pioneer its efforts to decarbonise completely by 2050. Egypt, which will host the COP27 2022 UN Climate Change Conference later this year, is among the initial group of countries leading an international initiative to decarbonise the global cement
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The Nigerian Institute of Building has called on the National Assembly to pass the National Building Code into law in order to curb the incessant cases of building collapse across the country. In his address at the recent 2022 conference/Annual General Meeting of NIOB, Abuja Chapter, the Chairman of the institute
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A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The word ‘Mansard’ means the actual loft inside the roof, not just the shape of the
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There’s so much of it everywhere that we’ve come to take it for granted. Not any more. Something must be done about the remarkable stuff that’s concrete. Love it or hate it? I’m one of those who love it, but dedicating this issue to concrete wasn’t my idea. It came from
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When a radio talk-show host insisted last year that you can grow concrete, he was mercilessly ridiculed on social media. While his argument was uninformed, does bioengineering mean it could one day be possible to ‘grow’ concrete on a small scale? Concrete is the most widely used man-made material, and second
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