Dog-like robots now on sale for $75,000, with conditions
You can now buy one of those unnerving animal-like robots you might have seen on YouTube—so long as you don't plan to use it to harm or intimidate anyone.
Jun 16, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Emissions from road construction could be halved using today's technology
The construction sector accounts for a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions, in Sweden and globally. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg studied the construction of an eight ...
May 18, 2020
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Renfe inks $6 bn deal to build high-speed train in US
Spanish train operator Renfe on Thursday said it had signed a $6-billion deal with US rail developer Texas Central to design, build and run a high-speed rail line in the United States.
Feb 21, 2020
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Building standards give us false hope. There's no such thing as a fireproof house
Bushfires have killed 33 people and destroyed nearly 3,000 houses across Australia so far this fire season. Canberra is under threat right now.
Jan 30, 2020
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One person's waste glass becomes another person's treasure
In a bid to preserve the world's second most used natural resource—sand—University of Queensland Ph.D. candidate Danish Kazmi has developed a sustainable solution that could reduce its use in the construction industry.
Sep 10, 2019
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Bamboo lights a fire under Australian construction industry
A passion for sustainable construction led University of Queensland Ph.D. student Mateo Gutierrez to explore the potential of bamboo as an environmentally friendly local building material.
Sep 9, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Photovoltaic power from textiles
Imagine a truck tarp that can harvest the energy of sunlight! With the help of new textile-based solar cells developed by Fraunhofer researchers, semitrailers could soon be producing the electricity needed to power cooling ...
Aug 2, 2019
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Construction delays make new nuclear power plants costlier than ever
The cost of building new nuclear power plants is nearly 20 per cent higher than expected due to delays, a new analysis has found.
May 29, 2018
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Mathematical model could revolutionise construction site productivity
A new system for increasing productivity during construction projects has been created by an academic at Northumbria University, Newcastle – with the potential to save construction companies and contractors large amounts ...
Jan 24, 2018
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Small towns in South Africa can benefit from renewable energy projects: Here's what developers should do
South Africa's Northern Cape province has become a prime area for investment in renewable energy. It is host to 59 of the 112 large-scale renewable energy projects secured through the country's flagship Renewable Energy Independent ...
Aug 12, 2024
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In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking. Normally, the job is managed by a project manager, and supervised by a construction manager, design engineer, construction engineer or project architect.
For the successful execution of a project, effective planning is essential. involved with the design and execution of the infrastructure in question must consider the environmental impact of the job, the successful scheduling, budgeting, construction site safety, availability of building materials, logistics, inconvenience to the public caused by construction delays and bidding, etc.
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