While floor preparation and moisture testing (including ASTM F1869-16a, ASTM F2170-19a, and ASTM F710-19e1) have become standard practice, these critical steps can be overlooked due to tight timelines, limited budgets, inexperienced contractors, uninformed architects, designers, specifiers, or installation subcontractors who lack adequate knowledge or training.
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Radon is a problem found throughout the country, especially in Colorado and northern states bordering Canada. Levels tend to fluctuate based on weather and ventilation, so great variances can exist between regions, structures, or even rooms within the same building.
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Design and consultancy firm Arcadis has released its 2016 “Global Construction Disputes,” which shows cost and time involved in solving construction disputes is rising in some parts of the world, but these expenses have decreased in North America for the third year in a row.
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