the practice of making unsolicited calls to customers or consumers in an attempt to sell products or services. Cold calling is disliked, particularly by individual...
The article discusses about usage of steel and wood in construction. If you are building a house using concrete masonry for the foundation and cold-formed steel framing for the floor, you need to be concerned with possible corrosion problems due to the direct contact between steel and concrete. Connecting conventional...
Cold-formed steel has been widely used in commercial buildings, especially in non-load bearing partitions and curtain wall applications. In both commercial and residential construction, cold-formed steel sections are increasingly finding use as primary structural members, such as beams, floor joists, roof trusses, and load-bearing walls. Despite the availability of cold-formed...
Builders who have combined insulating concrete forms and cold-formed steel framing in homes complain of a lack of information on making the connections. This publication is intended to alleviate these problems by providing construction details and schedules for the connection of cold-formed steel frame walls, floor decks, and roofs to...
Cold-formed steel has been widely used in commercial buildings, especially in non-load bearing partitions and curtain wall applications. This report investigates regulatory requirements, available test data, and typical practices relating to acoustics and fire protection of cold-formed steel framing. This document starts by providing an overview of fire and acoustic...
The use of cold-formed steel in the structural system of residential construction has taken hold in some site building markets but it potentially offers far more value to the manufactured home industry. This report documents a prototype home, consisting of a structural frame made entirely of cold-formed steel components that...
For centuries home builders in the United States have made wood their material of choice because of its satisfactory performance, abundant supply, and relatively low cost. However, over the past several years, lumber prices have experienced unpredictable price fluctuations that affect affordability. Builders have also voiced concerns with lumber quality....
Byline: DAVID PRIZINSKY Polar Products Inc. in Akron is expecting approval this year of its second patent, this one covering a cold massage tool used by athletic trainers, including those with the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. ...
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