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Online Marketing for Architects: Archmark's Ultimate Guide

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Prospects and clients now refer to Google reviews and perform thorough online research when they are considering a new project. On-page optimization: Ensure you’re using relevant search terms in your URL and title tags. Use alt tags to describe images, as images can’t be ‘read’ by search engine spiders.

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You Make Your Own Opportunities | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

If you manage to add these traits to how you go about performing your duties, you will find that you are in an excellent position to take advantage of those opportunities when they present themselves. Hopefully your track record demonstrates your abilities and this is a rare event. Carolyn Chaiko Great blog post. oh brother!

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Online Marketing For Architects 101

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Prospects and clients now refer to Google reviews and perform thorough online research when they are considering a new project. On-page optimization: Ensure you’re using relevant search terms in your URL and title tags. Use alt tags to describe images, as images can’t be ‘read’ by search engine spiders.

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Modern Window Detail - The CHouse Modern | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

More times than not, I simply take record photos and we do a “look ahead” with the contractor to make sure that there aren’t any questions looming that the team isn’t prepared to answer. It’s a very clean-looking window, very good thermal performance and an overall excellent product for the price.

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Building with Structural Insulated Panels. or SIPs | Life of an Architect

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SIPs are a high performance building system where the interior structural portion of the wall is assembled like an ice cream sandwich using a 7/16″ layer of oriented strand board (OSB) as the outside of the sandwich, and in our case, a 5 1/2″ interior cavity filled with styrofoam, which would be the ice cream. R value of 27.48

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

For the record, if it wasn’t already clear, dirt DOES NOT support the grade beam in a pier and beam foundation. An independent testing company came out and check the concrete from two concrete trucks (selected at random) to perform slump tests and to take compression core samples. Blog is great. Bob : Uh-huh … right.

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Considering white marble counter tops? | Life of an Architect

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To set the record straight, I love white marble counter tops a lot. Much of my income is derived from the non-performance of sealers. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.' Oil and highly pigmented liquids (i.e. cranberry or grape) can penetrate and stain the marble and may need to be removed using a poultice.