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Building Solutions

The Building Solutions team at CRH is a group of construction industry veterans with diverse backgrounds — from general contractors, architects, and engineers to business owners, developers, and urban planners. We've seen first-hand how technology, the economy, and politics can affect the construction industry. Through our blog and articles on our website, we provide you with our insights to help you understand these influencing factors and plan for the road ahead.

December 1, 2015 Bringing BIM to Masonry, a Three Part Series Building Information Modeling, or BIM, has risen up and redefined the construction industry. BIM has enabled the construction of more complex projects and ...Keep Reading
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November 11, 2015 Building Lasting Online Relationships in the Construction Industry Imagine your customers raving about your products or service with some of their closest friends. How do we get there? Well, let’s get started.
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November 10, 2015 Why BIM is a Game Changer for Masonry Why BIM is a Game Changer for Masonry Most architects will probably never work on a project with the staggering convolution of a Disney Concert Hall, but they ...Keep Reading
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November 2, 2015 The BIM-Masonry Challenge One of the primary reasons masonry has not been included in BIM software is the sheer complexity of the material.
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October 27, 2015 Why They Fail: How to Prevent Stormwater Management Failures There are loads of stormwater management options available for use in a range of construction projects, each offering its own mix of functionality and ...Keep Reading
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October 20, 2015 Beware the Wildly Optimistic Construction Forecast In the construction industry (and most businesses in general), one of the most dangerous pitfalls you can make is falling into a trap of over-forecasting. This ...Keep Reading
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October 19, 2015 Masonry Past, Present and Future Masonry has been around since our beginnings as builders and users of tools. From its earliest forms, low walls constructed of mud and dried puddles to stones ...Keep Reading
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October 9, 2015 6 Ways to Protect Your Architectural Design from Value Engineering Nightmares When considering innovative building solutions, value engineering (VE) is a term that often comes to the forefront, especially at the point where the project ...Keep Reading
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October 8, 2015 A 99% Watertight Envelope? Not Good Enough According to construction expert Michael T. Kabul,“It is said that ninety percent of all water intrusion problems occur within 1 percent of the total building ...Keep Reading
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September 30, 2015 Innovative Construction Schedule: Rely on a More Humanized Approach When developing a construction schedule, as in most other endeavors, a little advance planning goes a long way. Can you count the number of project managers ...Keep Reading
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September 29, 2015 Permeable Concrete Absorbs 4,000 Liters of Water in 60 Seconds The construction industry sometimes gets a bad rap. Stereotyped for being inefficient, slow to adapt, and having an old school mentality, the industry deserves ...Keep Reading
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September 24, 2015 Green Design and Integrated Environments Bring New Life to Interiors Psychologists and productivity specialists have found that employees—from executives to assembly line workers—benefit from having access to natural lighting ...Keep Reading
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