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When To Hire a Structural Engineer over a Civil Engineer

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If you are undertaking a new construction project, renovating a home extensively, or carrying out other construction works, you may need to hire a civil engineer, structural engineer, or both. Because of how involved some of these projects can be, it is best to get in touch with a civil engineering firm in St.

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The Role of Architects in Construction Projects

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Meetings and discussions with different team members and engineering professionals take place before the design approval. Some topics that must be discussed during those meetings are client requirements, expected budget, site characteristics, safety and local planning regulations. Cost Estimation. Documentation and Drawings.

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Kadre Architects creates colourful transitional housing in California desert

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hectare) site near a highway, the complex consists of five buildings surrounded by pathways and park space. It is operated by Hope the Mission The site offers 38 housing units, each consisting of a single room with two bunk beds. Set on a flat, four-acre (1.6-hectare)

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Ecology centre in coastal Maine is "model of holistic sustainability"

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In every aspect of its design, the building responds to COA's ambitious goals for sustainability, from macro issues of siting, massing and systems' design to micro issues of material selection and detailing," the architectural studio said.

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Olson Kundig uses glass bridge to connect office buildings near Atlanta's BeltLine

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The 1,100,000-square-foot (102,193-square metre) two-building structure was completed in 2023 by Seattle-based studio Olson Kundig on a significant historical site from the Civil War. Operable glass walls are operated via a steel pulley-and-cable system, which can be found in many of Olsen Kundig's past designs.

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HGA creates two mass-timber buildings for Bowdoin College in Maine

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Mills Hall contains an event space Both buildings were constructed using a timber frame system, which HGA estimates has reduced the "building's embodied carbon footprint by approximately 75 per cent when compared to a traditional steel structure". The photography is by Michael Moran.

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Sasaki completes waterfront transformation and public park in the Port of Los Angeles

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Set between the existing Banning's Landing Community Center and a future restaurant site, the Waterfront Promenade is approximately 1,300 linear feet (396 metres) of pedestrian boardwalk. Quality control and cost estimating: Integrated Engineering Management Marine and electrical engineer: Moffatt & Nichol MEP: P2S Inc.