Content tagged with "construction-industry"
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Article
November 25, 2008
Don't get stuck wondering about composites
Adhesives distribute stress
evenly along the bond line.
Photo courtesy of Henkel Technologies.
With the price of metals increasing, manufacturers are modifying their designs to offset their rising costs. At the same time, more consumers want to purchase vehicles based on gas... Read more...
Article
April 15, 2008
Curving out a niche
In celebration of its 50th anniversary in April 2005, McDonald's® opened a 24,000-square-foot restaurant in Chicago. The fast-food chain wanted to highlight both its past and its future, and to that end the restaurant features the red and white colors of founder Ray Kroc's first building,... Read more...
Article
November 7, 2006
Using job shop habits for a custom project
Like any good businessman, Ed Sauvola wants to take his company in a successful direction. That's why this instructor-artist-welder-machinist was interested in the challenge of designing custom welding fixtures for a manufacturer in his area. Sauvola (see introductory photo) has plenty of... Read more...
Article
September 12, 2006
Stud-maker throws church building a curve
The 60-ft.-dia. hybrid frame—made of a plate steel skeleton and light-gauge steel ribs—converges from a platerolled base to an 8-ft. dia. plate steel compression ring in the dome's apex. Architecture firm Williams/O'Brien Associates Inc., Minneapolis, was pleased to be... Read more...
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