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05/26/10	ASHRAE Study Finds Energy-Efficiency Guides Help Designers Make 30% Energy Savings A series of guides written by leading building organizations to advance energy efficiency are on target, helping designers achieve 30% energy savings over the minimum code requirements of Standard 90.1-1999.
05/19/10	Structural-Design Documents Aiming for Simplification By Nadine M. Post in Orlando Writers of standards—both for general structural design and, in particular, structural steel design—rolled out their 2010 versions this month, completed in time to be referenced in the upcoming 2012 edition of the model “International Building Code.”
05/07/10	Alaskan Tower Demolition Starts LORAN System Decommissioning By Jim Parsons With cracks as sharp as the frozen Arctic air, a 1,357-ft steel communications tower in Port Clarence, Alaska, tumbled to the ground on April 28, the first step in the U.S. Coast Guard's decommissioning of its network of LORAN radio navigation facilities across the country.

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04/21/10 Contractor Plans To Offer Fix For Troubled Seattle Tower
04/21/10 ‘Link’ Beam With Steel Fibers Needs No Diagonal Rebar
04/14/10 Contractor Disputes Owner’s Decision To Raze Ailing Tower
03/24/10 University Claims Structure Fails To Meet Seismic Code
02/24/10 Minneapolis Ballpark Construction Manager Pulls Off Squeeze Play
02/04/10 Poor, Often-Homemade Concrete Blamed for Much Haiti Damage
01/06/10 Texas Stadium To End in ‘Cheddar Explosion’
11/25/09 Faulty Tower’s Implosion Will Set New Height Record
10/28/09 Supporting University’s Glass Dome Tests Foundation Crew
09/23/09 Concrete Advocate Answers A Long Line of Critics
08/26/09 Porous Concrete Replaces Traditional Drainage Systems
06/17/09 New Rig Allows Contractor To Dig Deep and Slipform Core
05/15/09 Italian Quake Investigators: Reinforce Europe's Old Masonry
03/25/09 Crews Gear Up for Two High-Rise Jobs in Europe
03/11/09 Planned Community Calls for Intertwined Farmland, Homes
02/18/09 New Development Process Greeted with Mixed Feelings
02/18/09 New Green-Concrete Process Combines Seawater, Flue Gas
01/14/09 Innovative Adaptations Prop Up U.K. Viaduct Bearing Job

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