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Recommended book(s) on alternative solid waste disposal systems
Can anyone recommend any good books on alternative solid waste disposal systems? We can use them here in the VI. From what I've read in the building code is that you have the septic, but instead of...
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Building Inspectors?>*^&%##
Tell him you analyzed the wood to be Eastern Yellow Pine, the hardest, strongest and extinct (except for a few protected stands in Maine) wood species ever used in construction. Then when you go to...
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too funny...
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Is this happening in your area?
So long as the royalty project I'm working on gets finished and sold before the bubble bursts I'll be happy...
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Thursdays New York Times
Nice images in slide show that goes with "architecture & carcetcture. TB
 
Nailing Question - Stud To Sole pLate
In the California Building Code book the nailing schedule specifies that the nail size for stud to sole plate should be (4) 8d nails if toenailed, or (2) 16d nails for end nailing. I'm assuming that...
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Architect Thom Mayne wins Pritzker Prize
MONICA, CALIFORNIA - Thom Mayne, an architect known for his convention-bending designs, has won architecture's most prestigious prize. Mayne, 61, is the first American to win the Pritzker Prize in 14...
 
Thats right.....
Here in south FL the winter is the *season*, lots of people come down from up north, and clog the thoroughfares. Locals and transients seem to have developed a genetic defect that causes them to...
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Sense in architecture
Hi First you develob and refine , the result being "H" and "T" "U" and "I" profiles, they come out in strait lines being the strongest and most efficient ,weight versus volume. Special building...
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the point being???
Don't know why this made the news... the same thing happens thousands of time every day in thousands of bars around the world... The latest news and headlines from Yahoo! News. Get breaking news...
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NEW SCHOOL---UMBAU
new school of architecture umbau school
 
Build A Better Mousetrap
Ever heard of ants? Notan
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A study has revealed.....
Are those guys PAID to do those studies? If yes, kindly provide me with a link where I can apply, I am very qualified :-) Cheers Daniel
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Is World Trade Center Replacement A Fiasco?
WORLD trade centre, attacked the USA. Since when was the US the world?
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What does this mean?
Frog's don't really have hands. So they don't need side pockets to put their hands in. If they had side pockets, that would mean they had hands. Frogs, being small, worry about excessive recoil. If...
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