Austin-Area Apprentices Gather for 2022 Apprentice

On Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, apprentices gathered to celebrate Apprentice Appreciation Day at NECA 2022 Austin, sponsored by Milwaukee Tool and the Electrical Training Alliance. The event featured special programming with speakers for apprentices working at all levels of electrical construction.

Following the morning’s presentations, apprentices were offered free admission to the trade show floor and all 36 trade show

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Danish design-for-living study aims to promote happiness

Danish design-for-living study aims to promote happiness
Fifteen percent of your happiness depends on your home environment, says the Happiness Research Institute

Published in partnership with Danish think-tank The Happiness Research Institute, Ramboll’s Happy Home report builds on the Institute’s own research which found that 15% of happiness is influenced by a person’s home environment.

The Happy Home project identified the five factors within the home and

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Treviicos shores up the levee in Florida

This year, ground engineering specialist Treviicos expects to finish a decade-long project to shore up the 230km Herbert Hoover Dike in southern Florida. Rod Sweet reports.

Life around Florida’s biggest lake, Lake Okeechobee, has always been risky. Water levels rise during the rainy season from May to October. And when farmers began cultivating the rich soils around it in the

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How to Improve Pumpability of Lightweight Aggregate

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Pumping lightweight aggregate concrete is challenging due to the high water absorption of the aggregate in it which results in issues such as segregation, slump loss, inconsistent mix, etc. Therefore, engineers and contractors should consider appropriate strategies to overcome problems associated with pumping lightweight aggregate concrete.

ACI 213R-03 recommends several measures to improve the pumpability

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First Standardized Solar Asset Ratings Introduced

DroneBase, a California-based provider of intelligent aerial imagery for high-value infrastructure, with customers in the solar, wind, construction and critical infrastructure industries, announced the first set of solar asset ratings, in conjunction with expansion of its solar scanning to cover all of North America.

            The solar industry is scaling on a significant level, thanks in part to the Solar Energy

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