Tag: Making
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The 11 things that are making your kitchen look dated
Timeless kitchen design is something every homeowner strives for, but at times kitchen trends can seem to come and go faster than it takes to take out an old kitchen and get a new one fitted – so, if your have started to notice your own space looking a little dated, don’t feel too bad.…
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Making Pour Over Coffee At Home
We get a surprising number of questions about how we make our pour over coffee (and even requests for a video tutorial). We aren’t baristas by any means, but we love an easy, affordable, and delicious cup every day. So we’re sharing how our system checks all of those boxes – without ever tasting bitter…
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Making Pour Over Coffee At Home
We get a surprising number of questions about how we make our pour over coffee (and even requests for a video tutorial). We aren’t baristas by any means, but we love an easy, affordable, and delicious cup every day. So we’re sharing how our system checks all of those boxes – without ever tasting bitter…
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The Making of London’s Sarah Hepburn Stylists Studio
Interior design in a hair salon goes far beyond aesthetics. Behind a vibrant and characterful space like the new Sarah Hepburn Stylists salon in Islington, London, lies a complex choreography of technical decisions, relationships with contractors and subcontractors, budget adjustments and construction challenges—often tackled within tight timeframes. The design involved the full renovation of an…
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Making unsafe buildings safe again: the realities of cladding remediation
Facade specialist Kris Zakrzewski MCIOB reports from the front line of construction’s most complex projects Image: Dreamstime Cladding remediation on higher-risk buildings (HRB) is one of the greatest challenges facing the industry today. As a senior project manager working on facades, I witness firsthand how these schemes place pressure on every stage of delivery. Delays often…
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How Propane Is Making Off-Road Fleets Cleaner on a Budget
For many years, diesel has reigned supreme in the world of off-highway vehicles and equipment, but as fleet operators continue to adapt to rising costs across industries as well as tightening long-term emissions standards, alternative fuels are becoming more prevalent. From electric to biodiesel to hydrogen, various alternative fuel types offer benefits and trade-off, particularly…
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Making Volumetric Modular Construction Work
Is volumetric modular construction on the verge of a breakthrough, or will it remain experimental or occasional, as it has so far in many countries? Finnish contractors have used concrete prefabricated building frames regularly since the 1960s. Now, we’re seeing growing interest in volumetric modular construction, especially for certain types of spaces. My early experiences…
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Hackitt: “Industry is making a big deal of Gateway 2 delays”
“What I fear most at this stage is that we will go backwards, and that would be a travesty because what I see in here is industry making a big deal of the delays that are currently taking place at Gateway 2. I recognise that, but I also recognise that they play their part in…
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Making BIM Data Actionable with Knowledge Graphs
BIM has long been promoted as the central digital representation of a construction project, encompassing everything from geometry to schedules, costs, and specifications. That’s possible, but are there better alternatives? Even experienced BIM practitioners acknowledge that managing all design and product data within a modeling software is not feasible. Models become huge when trying to…
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Making BIM Data Actionable with Knowledge Graphs
BIM has long been promoted as the central digital representation of a construction project, encompassing everything from geometry to schedules, costs, and specifications. That’s possible, but are there better alternatives? Even experienced BIM practitioners acknowledge that managing all design and product data within a modeling software is not feasible. Models become huge when trying to…