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The Building Products Circle

Ask Building Product Questions – Get Answers From The Industry

Help Has Arrived:Your Answer Key To Building Product Questions What Is The Building Products Circle? The Building Products Circle is a community of Building Product DIY, designers, specifiers, dealers, installers, & manufacturers coming together to ...
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Comparing Masonry vs. Wood Frame Construction

Watch CEO Frank Bennardo PE Compare Wood Frame vs. Masonry Construction Each has its pros & cons, which would you pick? Duty calls during Frank’s summer vacation as he took to the neighborhood to witness ...
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Soil To Shell – A Construction Montage

CEO Frank Bennardo PE takes to the skies to document the construction of this 2-story masonry home in a high wind area of South Florida Watch Engineering Express CEO Frank Bennardo PE as he documents ...
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Preparing For Hurricane Season

Understanding the High Velocity Hurricane Zone  It is essential for manufacturers, builders, and contractors in areas prone to hurricanes are well-prepared.  In this blog, we will discuss hurricane season and Florida’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone ...
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Engineering Express Assists With Chronicling A New House Build

Engineering Express has been chosen to partner on a project featuring a 2-story CBS Masonry new house build in a high wind area of South Florida.  We will be providing input on technical aspects of ...
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Storefront Glazing: How to Boost your Business During & After the Pandemic

Floor displays are only a fraction of the equation. Storefront glazing, glass quality, and appearance play a substantial role in attracting customers into a store. It can also help sway the window shopper to make ...
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Tuscan Staircase Disaster

A Modern Tuscan Staircase Renovation

Transforming a Tuscan Eyesore in the Center of the Home to a Modern Showpiece  By Sabrina Bennardo, LCSW When we bought this townhome we knew that one of the first things that had to go ...
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Top 10 Deck Safety Tips

Winter has passed and Spring has sprung! Is your deck ready for the spring and summer seasons? Here are the top 10 steps you can take to check the safety of your deck to ensure ...
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outdoor spaces

5 Creative Designs to Improve Commercial Outdoor Spaces

Designing smooth transitions between inside and out and getting rooted in nature has become increasingly popular throughout residential designs and is rapidly seeping into commercial building designs, as well.
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Roof Designs | Roofing Engineer Plans | Engineering Express

Rooftop Wind Forces Help Page

DETERMINING WIND FORCES ON GROUND & ROOFTOP MECHANICAL UNITS Resources to help design professionals interpret performance evaluations & determine net forces on supporting ground & rooftop structures for mechanical units. Examples of mechanical equipment include ...
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Frank Bennardo PE Early 2000s -small-time engineers

8 Warning Signs of Using a ‘Small-Time Engineer’

I often tell of the warnings to companies that use ‘small-time engineers’ thinking they are saving money & time.  I can tell the story because I used to be that small-time engineer.  That’s me in ...
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On-Demand Engineering – Could This Be the Future?

Innovative Firm Delivers Disruptive TechnologyTo An Age-Old Profession Download this article If you’re in the construction or design industry you know the drill. You have a quick design need. You email your engineer and wait.  ...
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Make A Hurricane Pet Disaster Plan

Click here to learn how to make a pet disaster plan for when a storm strikes
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Deconstructing This Podcast

Deconstructing This

Listen to our Podcast “Deconstructing This” available wherever you listen.  Find more at DeconstructingThis.com 
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LEGO LESSONS FROM ENGINEERING FIRM CEO

LEGO LESSONS FROM ENGINEERING FIRM CEO By Frank Bennardo, PE January 7, 2020 PART 1: THE SETUP It began when I walked by the newly opened LEGO® store at the local mall (it actually started ...
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