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6 Implementing Health-Protective Features in Buildings: Practical Actions—Case Studies--E. Sarah Slaughter
Pages 52-56

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... MOCA provides the data needed by management to make decisions that are both correct and timely: cost estimates, material quantities, construction durations, and detailed construction schedules and staffing requirements for each subcontract. It typically takes about one hour to run a simulation for these construction projects, and several simulations can run simultaneously, producing results for multiple scenarios to the owner and its project team overnight.
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From page 53...
... Also, in Massachusetts, where skilled labor is very expensive, eliminating CMU partitions (and the cost of masons) for this specific project had a tremendous impact on reducing costs -- 32 percent for the interior walls subcontract, 4 percent for related electrical work, and 2 percent for the overall project cost.
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From page 54...
... This project incorporated active shade mechanisms on all windows to track the movements of the sun and adjust window shades accordingly. This system decreases glare and increases the level of natural light that is reflected into the building while reducing the heat gain from the windows.
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From page 55...
... RESIDENTIAL HIGH-RISE This project in Puerto Rico needed to account for both seismic and hurricane loads and utilized a special steel frame with full moment beam-to-column welded connections. The option examined employed a column tree, which consists of beams stubs prewelded to the column, and in the field the beam is bolted to the beam stub.
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From page 56...
... They often require very advanced performance simulation in such areas as airflow, electrical load, and myriad other factors. The third approach is the building library, which works well for hospitals and universities that have campuses composed of a variety of building types some of which may be brand-new while others are hundreds of years old.
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