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	<title>Steve Hill Construction Consulting, Inc.</title>
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	<description>Practical Solutions To Building Performance Issues</description>
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		<title>Water drops suspended in mid air</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Low pressure shower head?
 
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		<link>http://shccinc.com/2009/07/12/water-drops-suspended-in-mid-air/</link>
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		<title>Finally</title>
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Finally; a camera that can stop water drops in mid air!  And you can zoom in on the drops and they don&#39;t pixilate.
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		<link>http://shccinc.com/2009/07/12/finally/</link>
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		<title>Stopping By The Salton Sea At Sunset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was heading home from an inspection in El Centro the other day and decided to take the route through Imperial Valley. While passing the Salton Sea, I noticed the reflection of the setting sun on the water and several birds. I&#8217;m still trying to get used to my new digital SLR so I thought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2009/01/24/stopping-by-the-salton-sea-at-sunset/</link>
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		<title>Construction Defect Firm Corruption Investigation In Las Vegas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal and local law enforcement officers raided nine sites around the valley on Wednesday in a sweeping probe into possible collusion between homeowners associations and businesses benefiting from construction defect lawsuits.
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The raids are part of a &#8220;pending public corruption case,&#8221; according to Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman Dave Staretz, who refused to release details. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/09/30/construction-defect-firm-corruption-investigation-in-las-vegas/</link>
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		<title>Agency Fights Building Code Born of 9-11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Code Council has recommended incorporating tough new requirements for 2009 that apply to tall skyscrapers. The code is specifically intended to address some of the issues believed to be most detrimental at the World Trade Center on 11 Sept 2001. Curiously a major objector to this standard is the federal government&#8217;s own General [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/09/10/agency-fights-building-code/</link>
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		<title>2007 California Building Code Available For Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Public.Resource.Org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to making the governing laws of the U.S.A. available to the public that those laws apply to. As they point out here, there are numerous companies that profit greatly by making these documents available (West Law, Lexis Nexis), but at a high cost. It is the opinion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/07/05/2007-cbc/</link>
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		<title>Tom Hanks Loses Home Construction Lawsuit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been in a dispute with Ketchum, Idaho based Storey Construction, Inc. over the construction of their Sun Valley, Idaho home. Hanks and his wife were ordered to pay $1.85M to the firm in 2004, but filed a request for arbitration, alleging latent defects. After the first request for arbitration [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/06/27/tom-hanks/</link>
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		<title>Watch Fire Researchers Torch Homes, Offices and Warehouses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wired Magazine has a video gallery profiling the testing and analysis work conducted at the NIST&#8217;s Building and Fire Research Laboratory&#8217;s Fire Dynamics and Smokeview software modeling and laboratory fire testing experiments. The BFRL provide invaluable data for manufacturers, contractors and others in the building industry to further fire safety standards and practices. And how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/06/21/fire/</link>
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		<title>Concrete Testing at Yankee Stadium and Freedom Tower Is Scrutinized</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Manhattan prosecutors are investigating whether the leading concrete testing company in the New York area, which has been hired to measure and analyze the strength of the concrete poured at some of the biggest construction projects in the city, failed to do some tests and falsified others, officials involved in the inquiry said on Friday.
&#8220;The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/06/21/concrete-testing/</link>
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		<title>How Not To Transport A Ladder</title>
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		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/05/24/how-not-to-transport-a-ladder/</link>
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		<title>Photos: The Contractor Read the Plans a Tad Too Literally&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The great folks over at the Washington Construction Law Blog posted a series of photos entitled, &#8220;the contractor read the plans a tad too literally.&#8221; Although humorous, this is actually a common situation that has led to more than a few construction defects. Sometimes the construction documents produced by the architect are a little vague [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/05/24/photos-the-contractor-read-the-plans-a-tad-too-literally/</link>
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		<title>Sacramento Business Journal: Construction Defect Litigation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting article by Kelly Johnson from the Sacramento Business Journal that discusses the state of the construction defect litigation industry with regards to the key factors that are currently in play: the home buying slowdown, SB800, and the insurance industry.
California&#8217;s residential construction industry is approaching uncharted waters as a housing slump, tight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/05/21/sbj_cd-lit/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In a case that is being closely watched in the multi-family housing industry, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday released its opinion affirming the lower court’s holding that the 2-year statute of limitations for a private civil action alleging violation of the Fair Housing Act’s accessibility requirements for design and construction is triggered, i.e., [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/05/13/garcia-v-brockway/</link>
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		<title>The 50 Major Engineering Failures 1977-2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A fascinating list of the most significant engineering failures over the last three decades compiled by Muhammed Abduh at the Integrity Engineering Blog.



Umm Said Qatar &#8211; April 3, 1977 (Weld Failure, Gas Processing Plant, 3 killed, US$ 76,350,000/179,000,000)
Abqaiq  Saudi Arabia &#8211; April 15, 1978 (Corrosion, Gas Processing Plant, US$ 53,700,000/117,000,000)
Ekofisk Norway &#8211; March 27, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/05/11/50-major-engineering-failures/</link>
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		<title>Creative Home Engineering &#8211; One of a Kind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This doesn&#8217;t have much to do with construction defects, but it is interesting nonetheless. Creative Home Engineering creates secret passageways, and they do it with style. Below is a quote from an older article that appeared in Phoenix&#8217;s East Valley Tribune:
&#8220;After crossing the short hallway to the master suite, she shows off her bedroom, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/05/01/creative-home-engineering-one-of-a-kind/</link>
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		<title>Ghosts From The Boom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Las Vegas Business Press:
The number of local construction-defect lawsuits has risen alongside the valley&#8217;s population. And one reason for this may be the heavy regulatory burden assumed by the area&#8217;s building and safety officials who oversaw all the area development.
County officials say that at the height of the building boom some inspectors were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/04/27/ghosts-from-the-boom/</link>
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		<title>Taming the Billable Beast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ABA Journal has an article in the February 2008 issue by David Gialanella, discussing the billable hour alternatives employed by some innovative law firms.
The billable hour is the dandelion of law practice: pervasive and not so popular.
So, when seeking to avoid the neg ative effects of a system that provides the profits for many a firm, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/04/23/taming-the-billable-beast/</link>
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		<title>Case Seen As &#8216;Groundbreaking&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A case heard last week by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals involving a North Las Vegas apartment complex has potential for &#8216;groundbreaking&#8217; ramifications, a local attorney for one of the defendants said Monday.
&#8220;An organization for disabled citizens has sued multiple defendants who had any part in designing and building Craig Ranch Villas, formerly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/04/19/case-seen-as-groundbreaking/</link>
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		<title>Philippe Starck Tells Magazine Design Is Dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the AFP:
Renowned French designer Philippe Starck says he is fed up with his job and plans to retire in two years, in an interview published in a German weekly on Thursday.
&#8220;I was a producer of materiality and I am ashamed of this fact,&#8221; Starck told Die Zeit weekly newspaper.
&#8220;Everything I designed was unnecessary.
&#8220;I will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/04/14/philippe-starck-tells-magazine-design-is-dead/</link>
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		<title>Worlds Largest Collection of Construction and Contractor Jokes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Weve gathered all the best construction jokes from all over for your amusement.
Here you will find construction worker jokes, architect jokes, engineer jokes, plumber jokes, funny worksite jokes, blonde construction worker jokes, project manager jokes, you name it, if its a joke about construction, here it is.
If you have a joke that isnt in here, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/04/14/worlds-largest-collection-of-construction-and-contractor-jokes/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Big Dig&#8221; Settlement Reached</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The lawsuit over the controversial public works project, the Big Dig, has concluded with a settlement. The project has been plagued by construction defects resulting in damage and in one case, the loss of a human life.
The two companies that managed the design and construction of the costly Big Dig project here will pay more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/01/24/big-dig-settlement/</link>
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		<title>If These Walls Could Talk&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If these walls could talk, the previous homeowner wouldn&#8217;t have felt the need to leave a letter.
The secret room in the old mill home on Whitten Street in Greenville&#8217;s Dunean section contained a handwritten letter from the previous owner titled, &#8220;You Found It!&#8221;
&#8220;Hello. If you&#8217;re reading this, then you found the secret room. I owned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/01/20/hidden-room-hidden-danger/</link>
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		<title>Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Blamed On Error In Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Undersize gusset plates in the Interstate 35-W bridge in Minneapolis were &#8220;the critical factor&#8221; in the bridge collapse last year that killed 13 people and injured 100, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
Chairman Mark Rosenker said the plates, which connected steel beams, were roughly half the thickness they should have been because of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/01/20/bridge-collapse/</link>
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		<title>Construction Defect Card Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buildings rot &#8211; it&#8217;s a matter of fact rather than a matter of time.
Defects like leaking roofs and windows, breaking insulating, concrete cracks, unfinished finishes and many more wait to be discovered before warranty ends. However, it&#8217;s not only the buildings&#8217; age, but the result of increased planning and cost pressure. Even new erected buildings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2008/01/20/construction-defect-card-game/</link>
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		<title>Medieval Help Desk</title>
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Ernest Svenson, an attorney in New Orleans at the forefront of using technology in the legal industry, recently taught a CLE for Louisiana attorneys on the concept of Digital Workflow. As part of the reference materials for his talk, he used the above clip that highlights the perils of new technology, from the perspective of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2007/12/24/medieval-help-desk/</link>
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		<title>Andreas Bittis: TranslucentConcrete</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently it is possible to use optical fiber as an admixture in concrete to create a translucent material that retains the structural and plastic properties of concrete but allows limited light to pass through. Just imagine what Frank Lloyd Wright would have done with a product such as this:



&#8220;TranslucentConcrete is a combination of optical fibres [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2007/12/18/translucentconcrete/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Schaffer Mediation Presentation</title>
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		<link>http://shccinc.com/2007/12/18/schaffer-mediation-presentation/</link>
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		<title>Fall Design Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some links to some interesting articles related to residential construction, design and innovative new products:

$50 Million for Drywall? Serious Materials is a company that is best known for sound attenuation construction products. Recently they announced development of a new type of drywall that will take 90% less energy to produce resulting in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2007/11/11/fall-design-links/</link>
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		<title>Frank Gehry &#8211; Construction Defect Lawsuit Defendant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is suing renowned architect Frank Gehry, alleging serious design flaws in the Stata Center, a building celebrated for its unconventional walls and radical angles.
&#8220;The school asserts that the center, completed in spring 2004, has persistent leaks, drainage problems and mold growing on its brick exterior. It says accumulations of snow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shccinc.com/2007/11/07/frank-gehry-construction-defect-lawsuit-defendant/</link>
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		<title>Dual Glazing Fisticuffs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This story sort of speaks for itself. In the UK, home improvement salesman do not appreciate soliciting multiple quotes.
&#8220;A double glazing salesman launched a violent assault on a customer moments after discovering they had spoken to a rival company, a court was told yesterday.&#8221;
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		<link>http://shccinc.com/2007/10/25/dual-glazing-fisticuffs/</link>
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