Tag: Good
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Is two dishwashers in a kitchen a good idea or not?
If you seem to live in a perpetual cycle of loading and unloading the dishwasher, you may be wondering if two dishwashers in a kitchen a good idea. I know it’s something I’ve certainly considered in the past when designing a kitchen and one I’d think about again. But, with energy efficiency and rising water…
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Why buying a house without a survey isn’t a good idea
Homebuying without a survey could be an appealing idea. It would save money in a process where the costs that come on top of the purchase price of the home itself mount up. And it’s not just the fee for a survey when you’re buying a house that can make you think twice. With housebuying…
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Bradley’s ELVARI® Washroom Accessories Win GOOD DESIGN® Award
The Elvari® Washroom Accessories Collection by Bradley Company, innovator of commercial restroom products for more than 100 years, has received the prominent 2024 GOOD DESIGN® Award. The internationally recognized award is presented by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The…
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An Outlook on 2025 – Is 2025 Looking Good For Concrete Contractors?
Full disclosure here, Concrete Contractor is not the only magazine I (attempt to) manage. As also editor of Rental I get a chance to connect with a very different angle of the construction industry. Rental’s readers are the equipment and general tool rental stores you frequent whenever you need that specialized equipment needed to solve that one special problem that one…
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Finding Good Hires From Outside the Asphalt Industry
During my first year in the asphalt industry, I’ve found that my favorite part of the job lies in my initial conversations with people who are also in the industry. More often than not, people ask me “how did you end up in asphalt?” When I relay my story, I’m met with a similar story…
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The 9 Kitchen Trends Of 2025 That You’ll Want In Your Home Forever (Yes, They’re That Good)
Welcome to our biggest post of the year! That’s right, nearly every year our annual kitchen trend post is the most popular which equally feels like a huge honor and responsibility as the gal that’s been writing them for the last 6 years. As we always say, when it comes to “trends” and more permanent…
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Why we need good (digital) leaders
As with all aspects of our personal and professional lives, digital transformation is a prevalent force for change in the AEC industry. Digital innovations can help us create a built environment fit for today’s societies. The competitive imperative for firms to embrace digital change is now unquestionable. But while the forces and inevitability of digital…
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Oskar Smeds of Congrid on the Paradox of Good Quality Documentation
Oskar Smeds of Congrid (https://congrid.com) talks about quality management in construction and the role of digitalization in it. The presentation is from the WDBE Comunity Session on May 27, 2021, organized in collaboration with AEC TechTV. The post Oskar Smeds of Congrid on the Paradox of Good Quality Documentation appeared first on AEC Business. View…
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Keeping it Clean: Analytics Can Benefit Contractors—So Long as They Maintain Good ‘Data Hygiene’
Construction firms receive a flood of information these days—everything from sales pitches in their email inboxes, to cover stories in industry magazines—about the potential for data analytics to revolutionize what they do. And it’s true that under the right circumstances shifting from siloed spreadsheets to advanced data warehouses and analytics engines can yield transformative insights.…
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Giving Heating Control to Residents is Good for the Environment
Heating in EU households accounts for 79% of the total energy consumption. In cold climate areas, like Finland, the percentage is even higher. Enermix set out to test how room-level control in district-heated apartment houses would affect the comfort of living and energy consumption. Janne Heinonen, Enermix “Our mission is to digitalize Finnish buildings, especially…