Tag: Base
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MuleHide SL Base Delivers Smooth Surface for Coating
Coating a gravel built-up roof (BUR) has traditionally been a materials-intensive process, thanks to the extremely thick layer of coating required to create a smooth, level surface. New SL Base silicone surface-leveling coating from low-slope roofing manufacturer MuleHide offers a quicker, lower-cost way to restore rough, uneven roofs. Part of MuleHide’s silicone roof coating system, SL Base is specially…
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Whiting-Turner wins $137M Coast Guard Seattle base work
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Base modernizationValue: $137 millionLocation: SeattleClient: U.S. Coast Guard The U.S. Coast Guard has tapped Whiting-Turner for the first phase of a contract to modernize the branch’s Base Seattle, a key launching off point for Arctic and…
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Factory reset: inside Merit’s new MMC base
In the north-east, Merit is turning construction on its head, designing and building from the inside out. Kristina Smith visited its manufacturing base to find out how. Merit doesn’t deliver just any type of building. It is focused on certain sectors: pharma, biosciences, healthcare, semiconductor, aerospace, battery tech and education. “We have stuck with more…
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Coffee concrete used for base of four-storey high whale sculpture
A base made from a concrete mix using recycled coffee grounds has been used to support a 12m-high sculpture of a blue whale in London’s Canary Wharf. The Whale on the Wharf (Skyscraper) by architect Studio KCA was created from plastic waste recovered from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and has been sited in a…
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BITEC Expands Imperflex Line with New Base Sheet
BITEC, Inc. will be introducing its Imperflex® SA2 two-square self-adhered base sheet at the International Roofing Expo (IRE) in February, in response to contractor requests for a two-square option for installing BITEC’s popular Imperflex self-adhered SBS-polymer modified bitumen system. According to Joel Shealey, president of BITEC, “The SBS-polymer modified Imperflex roofing system offers roofers the convenience of a…