a diverse digital database that acts as a valuable guide in gaining insight and information about a product directly from the manufacturer, and serves as a rich reference point in developing a project or scheme.

When your child reaches 12 to 18 months of age, you’ll need to start making the transition from bottles to sippy cups. The American Pediatrics Association recommends transitioning from the bottle when your baby is around one year to help prevent tooth decay. You can start sippy cup training much earlier to help make the transition more manageable in the long run.

RV garages need to be big enough to hold your RV or many RV’s, but they might also need to be able to allow enough room for storage or to be used as a workshop.

The federal government has an important role to play as well. Congress can help ease a chronic labor shortage in the housing industry that is resulting in higher construction costs, increased home prices and reduced economic output. Lawmakers must make it a priority to promote job training programs to prepare individuals for careers in home building and pursue immigration policies that complement ongoing vocational training efforts and help fill labor gaps while protecting the nation’s borders.

Before being laid down in place, the parts of the steel beams are being joined together on the project site by 12 workers that are specialised in this type of work, under the supervision of an engineer that has been sent specifically by the factory that is manufacturing the beams. When the parts will be joined, they will form the completed beam which will be lifted and put in place, with the shortest beam weighing 13 tonnes, and the longest beam weighing around 31 tonnes.

I had hired the firm last year to scan a seven-story masonry building in Baltimore to check for “out of plumb” movement due in part to earthquake activity. So, when I got stumped on this self-storage conversion project, I considered calling them in again. The work was going to take a full day, as someone would have to visit the jobsite—a two and a half hour drive each way, plus scanning time. At $5,000, the proposal exceeded my budget, so I needed a new plan.

Four of the cases were closed, six plan checks have been submitted, two permits have been issued and one retrofit has been completed. Under the program, the retrofits for URM buildings must be completed by next month, while the retrofits to concrete tilt-up buildings must be completed in August of next year.

"This was really an opportunity for a new start and fresh ideas," adds Pett. "We’re still maintaining our focus on using products from local farms and supporting the community. But, there’s lots of room for really creative new ideas."

The next phase of the investigation was to review potential remedial concepts to address the lateral stability of the existing building. Requirements for a successful retrofit scheme included ongoing operation of the facility during construction and maintaining overall building function and esthetics once the project was complete. Although temporary relocation of the courthouse services and construction of a new building at the site was considered, the preferred approach of the main stakeholders was to retrofit the existing building. However, this is not a frequent or common solution. Four schematic seismic retrofit options for the existing building were considered and are outlined below.

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The blackened interior of the blacksmith’s workshop has been covered with a white limewash, a technique traditionally used for farm buildings, in a process the architecture studio described as "turning the building inside-out".

5 Investigates first revealed the widespread decay in the concrete beams and columns holding up the Alewife Garage last summer.