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Hiring: How to find the right employee

Floor Covering News

We all know about the well-documented challenges business owners face when making hiring decisions in today’s environment—especially when it comes to finding “skilled” or “specialized” labor. The post Hiring: How to find the right employee appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Before you make that hire, proceed with caution

Floor Covering News

By Laurie Baatz—We all know about the well-documented challenges business owners face when making hiring decisions in today’s environment—especially when it comes to finding “skilled” or “specialized” labor. The post Before you make that hire, proceed with caution appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Documenting Architecture with Photos

Life of an Architect

the change in elevation is the difference between the high one – where the wood flooring will get installed – and the low one – which is where we dropped the floor so that our stone tile would be flush set with the finished floor. This is looking up at the second floor on the backside elevation.

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Thomas O’Brien: Black and White

The Perfect Bath

(The other was the well-documented 1999 Kips Bay Showhouse). The black and white marble scheme establishes an urban, retro and graphic signature with shiny nickel trim and huge slabs installed from floor to ceiling that had to stand up against the original Beaux Arts architecture of the building.

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A Day in the Life of an Architectural Intern

Life of an Architect

We knew that the bulk of the main and upper floor air handling was contained in a low roof that we were “planning” to turn into an out-door deck. In the end it seemed that all parties came to a solution that would allow for an outdoor deck and a proper air supply. 1:45pm Bob and I were left to measure the house.

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Estate Project – Preston Hollow

Life of an Architect

We are breaking the scope of work for the entire project into several smaller projects but for the last month, we have been focused on the documenting and detailing the four additions. This should be an interesting project to run through and document and I hope it has some interest to you as well.

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Modern Residential Framing

Life of an Architect

This is technically a “floating” slab because the slab floor isn’t poured integrally with the grade beam walls. There is quite a bit of steel in this house – it’s to accommodate the uninterrupted spans that we have as well as the walls that are entirely made up of floor to ceiling glass.

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