Why do all new apartment buildings look the same?

Oh? I’ll have to mention that to him. Also there was a crazy fire at one point too…wondering if it’s related

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The fire fundamentally changed the nature of how wood frame construction is done. I think that it had to do with eliminating continuous vertical timbers through floors.

Fire-stopping between floors after plumbing/electrical penetrations, and fire breaks within truss floor systems so fire can’t spread horizontally or vertically within a framed wall or floor.

Essentially just compartmentalizing any open cavities within a framed structure

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You have a GC license? I have some work that needs done…

Yes but I don’t work on other peoples houses. Just my own. Professionally, I’m on the civil construction side of things.

I’m an Civil/ENE PE, but don’t know enough about residential construction to come close to passing a GC test. Need to look at pushing a gabled roof out to a full dormer on the rear. Oh well…