According to J.K. Dineen at the SF Chronicle: With five months to go before a Sept. 15 deadline to pull permits for the work, owners of nearly 52 percent of “tier three” buildings — wood-frame structures of between five and 15 units — have yet to submit permit applications. That’s the first step in the … Continue reading As deadline approaches, majority of San Francisco’s mandatory seismic retrofits not yet even permitted
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View from the Top: West Coast’s tallest building(*) makes its mark on the San Francisco skyline
With 1.4-million square feet of habitable space, spread out among 61 floors, the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco is projected to be the tallest building "West of the Mississippi" topping out at 1,070 feet above ground. (It should be noted that while the top of the spire at the Wilshire Grand in LA will reach … Continue reading View from the Top: West Coast’s tallest building(*) makes its mark on the San Francisco skyline
TreeHugger: California High Speed Rail Line to Begin Construction
The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board voted last week to begin construction on the line that will connect Los Angeles to San Francisco. This is big news. Especially since high speed rail has proven so surprisingl...
Hemcrete ? A Hemp-Lime Composite Insulation for Walls
Hemcrete is poured into forms, tamped, cured, and then both sides stuccoed with lime plaster. Photo: Lime Technology, Ltd. Click on image to enlarge. Tradical Hemcrete is a non-structural, rigid, insulating, composite wall fill comprised (by weight) o...
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Image via Wikipedia Here are some of the more interesting recent stories in construction, construction law, construction defects, building science, green building, technology, marketing and business development: A Nevada state judge has reduced CityCenter general contractor's
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