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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.

August 3, 2015 Why Thin Masonry Veneers Are Surging in Popularity Since the 1950s, manufactured stone has been a lightweight alternative to natural stone. It is particularly popular with wood frame walls where building codes ...Keep Reading
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July 12, 2015 Building Green: Creative Approaches to Stormwater Management In place since 1990, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Program focuses on maintaining clean storm sewer systems along with ...Keep Reading
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July 7, 2015 Six Multifamily Features That ‘Wow’ Potential Tenants Many multifamily residents look for the usual benefits of security, comfort, and convenience in their living units. In all likelihood they have also become ...Keep Reading
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July 7, 2015 Multifamily: Tenants Say 'Show Me the Green' Multifamily construction and renovation projects continue to garner a lot of attention whether they are rental apartments or purchased condominium units. The ...Keep Reading
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July 2, 2015 Will Ignoring Construction Safety Be the Downfall of Your Business? In the construction industry, we’ve all had experiences with accidents and injuries on the job site. Whether it was an easily avoided injury or a terrible, ...Keep Reading
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June 23, 2015 How PICPs Are Revolutionizing Stormwater Management Solutions Defined as a system of concrete pavers with joints that allow for infiltration of water through the pavement, PICPs are an engineered ecological system that ...Keep Reading
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June 23, 2015 3 Tips to Leverage Your Stormwater Management System into a Sustainable Design Designing and developing a stormwater solution is a constant challenge due to the two major variables: municipal code and site variability.
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June 22, 2015 Do You Have the Right Stormwater Management Strategy? Development brings changes to the hydrologic cycle. With development comes paved surfaces, which may well be the most ubiquitous structures ever built. In the ...Keep Reading
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June 17, 2015 Thermal Mass: How Physics Contributes to Sustainable Building Design Buildings have become increasingly lighter in weight over the past 100 years, which means that the amount of pure mass in them is reduced compared to prior ...Keep Reading
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June 17, 2015 4 Innovative Ways CMUs are Contributing to Sustainable Building Design Green building design is focused on enhancing the positive aspects of a building site while minimizing the negative impacts that adding a building can have on ...Keep Reading
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June 17, 2015 3 Ingenious Ways Architects are Harnessing the Sun with Sustainable Building Design Solar energy is a workhorse. Sometimes that workhorse pulls for you and sometimes its against you. But one facet of a good sustainable design is harnessing the ...Keep Reading
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June 11, 2015 How the Future of Energy Codes Will Change Construction Energy code changes can be challenging to keep up with. But if recent reports and statistics are any indication of what the future holds, more codes requiring ...Keep Reading
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