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Posted by admin on March 4, 2020 | Comments Off on Quoin Corner Winter-Spring
Quoin Corner Winter-Spring
The Thermal Performance of a masonry mass wall has been known for centuries. The Anasa-zi People of Southwest America¹ constructed cliff dwellings that took advantage of the ther-mal performance of masonry walls a thousand years ago. They usually built these dwellings facing the south and used the overhang from the cliff to provide protection from […]
Read MorePosted by admin on September 24, 2019 | Comments Off on Initial Cost of Construction
Initial Cost of Construction
Introduction For the Portland, Oregon cost comparison it was decided to use union wages based on the local construction climate. The reader is referred to the Initial Cost of Construction Study, Multi-Residential Structures, October 2017 original report for a complete discussion on study design and methodology. (See www.buildingstudies.org.) Study Results and Discussion The results of […]
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