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Mar

Introduction Do you dream about designing a relaxing sanctuary in your backyard including a pool? Well, the 1st thing you should consider is your land’s elevation. To build your pool on a sloped yard, you’ll face some challenges. Sloped yards is a common challenge for building a swimming pool in California. The slope of the

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Mar

Introduction A hillside covered with grass can create a beautiful setting for building your dream house in Texas and California. However, the entire process of turning that dream into a reality is much complicated as compared to building an average dwelling. When you’re constructing your dream house on a slope, you’ll certainly come across various

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Mar

The area inside your home will be limited to some degree no matter how much you maneuver and arrange things. But there are some tricks that you can use, and even special accessories that you can get to help us free up space in your home. If you ate interested in learning how to maximize

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Mar

The 1994 Northridge quake gained record-breaking ground movements. (1.8 g) This was the largest horizontal peak ground acceleration ever measured in Tarzana. The peak ground velocity of 148 cm/s measured in Granada Hills was also the largest one ever measured. Both of the measurements occurred within roughly 15 km of the actual quake. From the

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Feb

Concrete stamping has increased dramatically in demand over the past 50 years. Used in a wide variety of residential and commercial applications, stamped concrete can be used to add aesthetic enrichment to floors, balconies, walls, walkways, decks, patios, driveways, and more. There are numerous reasons why you might want to choose stamped concrete on your

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Feb

Walls are one of the most important attributes of any home or business. They also have an important impact on the design of the building and the design of the layout inside the building. There are numerous ways that you can invest in the unique style of your walls, and one of them is by

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Feb

Any time you choose an architect to develop your new home design, the drawing will undergo a series of prominent steps in building design process From site analysis, through to the construction phase, your home will evolve more and more through each step of the process. Here are the most prominent steps in the home

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Feb

Building systems designs can quickly become crowded with information with more than one system drawn out in them. This makes it difficult to read and work with. Especially in office buildings, where electrical wiring, lighting fixtures, communication networks, and air conditioning ducts all get installed above the dropped ceiling. A more active approach is to

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Feb

Space cooling makes up for 11% of total energy consumption in Los Angeles buildings with more than 50,000 ft2 of space. The majority of these systems get powered by electrical power. However, some of the larger buildings run absorption chillers run by district steam or natural gas. Only lighting, plug loads, and space heating absorb

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Feb

When a fire breaks out in a structure, added risk factors aside from getting burned should get addressed. Smoke can be just as dangerous as fire. In fact, it can be lethal since it restricts visibility and can hinder the evacuation process. As you may already know, smoke produces carbon monoxide (CO), which is a

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Feb

There are numerous HVAC systems that utilize hydronic piping as a mechanism to produce cooling and space heating. Individual fan-coils supply separate zones, while a boiler and a central chiller take on the total HVAC loads as demanded. Two principal system configurations are possible: 1. Separate hydronic piping provides the heating and cooling 2. The

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Feb

Domestic hot water systems, also known as DHW systems make up a very large part of energy consumption in New York City structures. DHW makes up 12% of the total energy utilized by structures subject to the Benchmarking Law. Within the multifamily residential sector, this number increases to 15%. Most domestic hot water systems function