Wood: Building on an abundant natural resource
Forests in the EU can help green the European construction industry and bolster a continent-wide push for architectural improvements.
Mar 8, 2024
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Engineering
Forests in the EU can help green the European construction industry and bolster a continent-wide push for architectural improvements.
Mar 8, 2024
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Engineering
Researchers at UBC Okanagan are revisiting old building practices—the use of by-products and cast-offs—as a way to improve building materials and the sustainability of the trade.
Feb 23, 2024
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Engineering
A new, independent field investigation into the aftermath of the Turkey–Syria earthquakes has found that a drive for profit has pushed all players within the construction industry to take shortcuts, with building stock ...
Feb 9, 2024
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Engineering
The world faces an increasing shortage of housing and an escalating climate emergency. These urgent global issues call for quick action and innovative solutions.
Jan 12, 2024
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Engineering
To achieve the goal of a climate-neutral Switzerland by 2050, strategies and processes with a negative CO2 balance are necessary. These so-called negative emission technologies (NET) are intended to counterbalance the remaining ...
Jan 8, 2024
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Engineering
Australian cities are not equipped to deal with the shocks and stresses of the near future.
Nov 22, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Shelby Bean could not help but feel a bit jealous.
Oct 31, 2023
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Engineering
Researchers have successfully grown bacterial cells in potential sand-based construction materials, as detailed in a paper published by Research Directions: Biotechnology Design.
Aug 7, 2023
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Engineering
New eye-tracking technologies being developed by Australian engineers to identify building defects early in the construction process could save companies millions of dollars, time, and resources.
Apr 11, 2023
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Engineering
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has developed the world's first shear-thickening-fluid–based (STF) stemming solution. This is the first time that an STF has been developed into a blasting construction ...
Mar 22, 2023
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