LOCUS TRAVELS TO BILOXI WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

For three weeks in May of 2007, Paul and Wynne led 10 University of Minnesota College of Design students on a design/build project in Biloxi, ... and Girls Club to participate in the construction effort, placing their handprints in concrete pavers ... concrete forms, pour 20 yards of concrete, and frame and finish the pavilion. This involved working [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 22:57:37

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Jetson Green: Modern Alley House

222_cropped.jpg Preston, green ninja master over at Jetson Green, writes: Just one mile from downtown Seattle in Madison Valley, ... ) construction Insulated concrete forms (ICF) with high R-value Formaldehyde-free and 100% recycled flooring Zero VOC finishes Click here to read read the rest of this article this is just an excerpt [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 05:11:53

Building ICF - Insulating Concrete Form Construction Saves Energy

Thanks to Greg Smith of PermaCrete for sponsoring this page. Right around July 4th Crude Oil reached $140.00 per barrel ... said it’s a supply and demand issue, that we need to drill more to exceed demand to drive down ... and conservation is the solution. The solution is not to increase the supply of oil like Senator [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 23:13:15

Modern Alley House Goes Super Green

Just one mile from downtown Seattle in Madison Valley, Cascade Built has finished their latest green home, the Alley House ... and features some high-end finishes such as Caesarstone countertops, Kirei doors, and a Liebherr ... Structural insulated panel (SIP) construction Insulated concrete forms (ICF) with high R-value [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 06:33:05

360 Winnett: Foundation

winnett1.jpg Our foundation was constructed using Insulated Concrete Forms, which are large blocks that interlock together like Lego bricks and then filled with concrete. ICF ... , the blocks have an R-value of about 22.4, however the thermal mass provided by the concrete increases [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 23:05:19

Top Penny Stocks For 2009

1. Dayton Superior Corporation ( DSUP ) .57 A Share As Of 12/25/2008Dayton Superior Corporation (Dayton Superior) offers specialized products consumed in non-residential, concrete construction markets. The Company’s products are used to help form, strengthen, move, stabilize, cure or color concrete. Dayton [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 18:28:00

Rock And Water Features

Rock And Water Features By admin | August 29, 2008 Gardens with a gentle slope offer an ideal opportunity for constructing a natrual looking ... , and make small concrete slabs at each side of the level changes on which to bed suitable rocks. Fold over a piece of spare liner to form an extra cushion under the concrete pad. The stream is to make [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 13:46:41

Summer in the garden

Clicking on the photos will enlarge them.It may seem strange to our northern hemisphere gardeners, and even to some in southern Australia, ... , we have more recycled metal in the form of concrete reinforcing steel that Hanno has secured with a metal star peg for the cucumbers to climb up. Garden construction can be very simple indeed.We had to buy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 18:30:00

Rethinking the Context of "Why?"

For a while I've been wanting to post one of my academic writings so as to show what it is exactly I do with the majority of my time ... and essential questions humanity can conceive. In other forms it may appear as “Why am I here?” or “Why ... , calculating seemingly concrete figures, or arguing away the question with constructs equally serve [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 10:15:00

White Cave / Takao Shiotsuka Atelier

Architects: Takao Shiotsuka Atelier Location: Oita, Japan Client: Private Project year: 2006-2007 Site area: 419 sqm Constructed area: 132.6 sqm Contractor: Hokoku Co. Ltd Photographs: Toshiyuki YANO (Nacasa & Partners Inc ... have a rough concrete finish, and the openings express the thickness of the concrete that form [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 16:32:23

Cabin Construction Journal Jan. 16th

  Monolithic Cabin Being moved We finished the concrete spraying yesterday ... the building.  We then placed some concrete blocks down to set it on.  The blocks are going to help ... on painting the interior and starting to form the next dome.  Next week we will continue to do both the new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:05:24

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