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Structural Health Monitoring with Inverse Crack-Tip Elements
Structural Health Monitoring with Inverse Crack-Tip Elements Structural health monitoring (SHM) has long been the backbone of maintaining critical infrastructure. From towering bridges to aircraft fus...
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Structural Safety gets a Hi-Tech Makeover with Nano-Optical Sensor Films
Structural Safety gets a Hi-Tech Makeover with Nano-Optical Sensor Films As buildings and infrastructure age, the need for effective, efficient structural monitoring has become critical. Traditional m...
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Solar Canopy Structure for Devon Leisure Centre supports 287 Photo-Voltaic Panels
Solar Canopy Structure for Devon Leisure Centre supports 287 Photo-Voltaic Panels SIG Building Solutions has extended its successful working relationship with Exeter based SunGift Solar through the su...
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Acrow long-span Mabey Delta Bridge installed in South Lanarkshire
Acrow long-span Mabey Delta Bridge installed in South Lanarkshire Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today one of its Mabey Delta™ structures has be...
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Aerogels could Cool Buildings and Protect from Electromagnetic Radiation
Aerogels could Cool Buildings and Protect from Electromagnetic Radiation Aerogels, known for their porosity and low density, are solid materials that offer versatile functionality — from gobbling up f...
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The psychology of Cities without Walls
The psychology of Cities without Walls Although he built his career around buildings, Fengqi “Frank” Li likes to break down walls. Li was trained as an architect, but he doesn’t box himself in. Curren...
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New 100 percent Silane Penetrating Water Repellent protects Concrete Surfaces
New 100 percent Silane Penetrating Water Repellent protects Concrete Surfaces Water repellents play an important role in concrete maintenance and corrosion protection by blocking out certain corrosive...
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Cornerstone Building Brands set new Metal Building Standards
Cornerstone Building Brands set new Metal Building Standards Cornerstone Building Brands’ latest metal building innovations continue to make waves in the industry, providing fast, affordable, durable...
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Scrap Aluminium and the ShAPE of future buildings
Scrap Aluminium and the ShAPE of future buildings The circular economy just closed the loop on scrap aluminium, thanks to a new patent-pending technology developed at the Department of Energy’s Pacifi...
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New super-cooling Nanofibre Roofing Film could cool Buildings
New super-cooling Nanofibre Roofing Film could cool Buildings The summer of 2023 was by far the hottest in history. People were seeking solace in air-conditioned spaces or donning cooling attire. Here...
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Nanocellulose-based Aerogel Film could keep buildings cooler
Nanocellulose-based Aerogel Film could keep buildings cooler The global demand for cooling energy has seen a surge in the 21st century. Notably, the use of air conditioners and electric fans accounts...
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Cooling and warming buildings with Chameleon-inspired Coatings
Cooling and warming buildings with Chameleon-inspired Coatings As summer turns to fall, many people will be turning off the air conditioning and firing up heaters instead. But traditional heating and...
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Damping models could enable faster construction of buildings
Damping models could enable faster construction of buildings Multi-storey buildings are assembled over cautiously to withstand wind strengths, researchers have found. This is because there are several...
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Relocatable Buildings – How to Buy and Enjoy the Benefits
Relocatable Buildings – How to Buy and Enjoy the Benefits The world is evolving at a fast pace and every innovator is working around the clock to provide better solutions that are useful and sus...
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Modular Buildings the perfect Construction Solution
Modular Buildings the perfect Construction Solution Rising material prices, labour shortages, interest rate hikes and rainy weather have created a perfect storm for the construction industry in the pa...
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Korean Sensor Technology detects Ground and Structural Collapse
Korean Sensor Technology detects Ground and Structural Collapse The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has developed a smart sensor that detects signs of ground or structure...
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Smart Portable Sensing System monitors Precast Structures during delivery
Smart Portable Sensing System monitors Precast Structures during delivery The multimetric portable system uses an IoT sensor to simultaneously measure strain and acceleration of the structures real-ti...
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New techniques allow better understanding of the structure of materials
New techniques allow better understanding of the structure of materials Since the initial discovery of what has become a rapidly growing family of two-dimensional layered materials — called MXenes — i...
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Major US cities new require new large buildings to treat and recycle their used water
Major US cities new require new large buildings to treat and recycle their used water OriginClear Inc., the Clean Water Innovation Hub™, announces that decentralized water treatment, long pione...
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Paradigm shift needed to forecast corrosion within Civil Engineering Structures
Paradigm shift needed to forecast corrosion within Civil Engineering Structures The most common cause of degradation and failures of reinforced concrete structures is chloride-induced corrosion of its...
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PERI InSite Construction Pressure Monitoring wins major awards
PERI InSite Construction Pressure Monitoring wins major awards The PERI InSite Construction (ISC) Pressure Monitoring Set for formwork systems has won the British Construction Industry Award for Produ...
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Digital Twins to Decarbonize Buildings and create a real world Metaverse
Digital Twins to Decarbonize Buildings and create a real world Metaverse Digital Twins are forecast to form the essential building blocks of a Metaverse which connects the physical world with the virt...
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Ringway Jacobs installs Temporary Bridge at Hulcote Mill in Bedfordshire
Ringway Jacobs installs Temporary Bridge at Hulcote Mill in Bedfordshire Ringway Jacobs Central Bedfordshire Council Highways team are involved in a project that is underway in Hulcote where they have...
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How to build cost-effective Offsite Structures
How to build cost-effective Offsite Structures Contractors and builders are said to be always in search of ways to bring down the costs of project construction. It’s believed that it’s one of the only...
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Mabey Bridge supplying modular Bridge structures to Forestry and Land Scotland
Mabey Bridge supplying modular Bridge structures to Forestry and Land Scotland Mabey Bridge, an Acrow Group company specialising in modular steel bridging, is pleased to note it has reached a framewor...
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MIT study helps builders reduce carbon footprint of truss structures
MIT study helps builders reduce carbon footprint of truss structures Buildings are a big contributor to global warming, not just in their ongoing operations but in the materials used in their construc...
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Synthetic Actinide Tetrafluoride Electronic Structures
Synthetic Actinide Tetrafluoride Electronic Structures Actinide tetrafluorides exhibit significant variations in their electronic structures despite having nearly identical crystal structures. Scienti...
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ULMA launches GARAGE BEAM SYSTEM for cast-in-place multi-story parking structures
ULMA launches GARAGE BEAM SYSTEM for cast-in-place multi-story parking structures The recent addition of the GARAGE BEAM SYSTEM to ULMA Construction’s portfolio simplifies and reduces concrete c...
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How long it took to paint the World’s most iconic buildings
How long it took to paint the World’s most iconic buildings There are, of course, many different trades involved within the construction industry, from surveyors to bricklayers to roofers. But...
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Building and Fire Safety Regulations post-Grenfell vary between England and Scotland
Building and Fire Safety Regulations post-Grenfell vary between England and Scotland Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the UK Government has been reviewing and taking steps to reform our buil...
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How metal buildings retain their structure even when hit by storms
How metal buildings retain their structure even when hit by storms Damaging winds and natural disasters are part of the world’s reality. From time to time, they’re bound to occur, whether you live in...
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ClearSpan Structures expands into Commercial Building Rental Solutions
ClearSpan Structures expands into Commercial Building Rental Solutions ClearSpan Structures unveiled their new commercial building rental offering today. Previously, the company’s structures were only...
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Designing the optimal wooden structure for the unique Metsä Pavilion
Designing the optimal wooden structure for the unique Metsä Pavilion The structural design of the Metsä Pavilion has been optimised to be as simple as possible so this unique structure could be create...
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ClearSpan Structures streamlines manufacturing facility and boosts customer satisfaction
ClearSpan Structures streamlines manufacturing facility and boosts customer satisfaction ClearSpan Structures, the leading manufacturer of metal and fabric building solutions, announced that it has co...
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BAM acquires stake in Irish modular homes specialist MHI
BAM acquires stake in Irish modular homes specialist MHI Royal BAM Group’s Irish operating company has acquired a non-controlling share in leading modular homes provider Modern Homes Ireland (MHI). MH...
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MIT computer program can translate 2-D drawings into DNA structures
MIT computer program can translate 2-D drawings into DNA structures Researchers at MIT and Arizona State University have designed a computer program that allows users to translate any free-form drawin...
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Weholite structures awarded HAPAS certificate in first for industry
Weholite structures awarded HAPAS certificate in first for industry When is a pipe not a pipe? When its diameter is greater than 900mm and it’s installed under a road. This paradoxical riddle is what...
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ClearSpan pre-Engineered Structures the perfect solution for a fast start-up
ClearSpan pre-Engineered Structures the perfect solution for a fast start-up Sometimes, the less time that needs to go into designing a fabric building, the better for businesses looking to get a stru...
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Hartford DPW replaces wooden salt shed with ClearSpan fabric structure
Hartford DPW replaces wooden salt shed with ClearSpan fabric structure Established in 1784 and appointed the sole capital city of Connecticut, USA, in 1875, the city of Hartford covers 17.3 square mil...
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Eth Zurich invents technique for making an ultra-thin concrete roof
Eth Zurich invents technique for making an ultra-thin concrete roof Researchers from ETH Zurich have built a prototype of an ultra-thin, curved concrete roof using innovative digital design and fabric...
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Super stable, earthquake resistant formwork design for the tallest cooling tower in Greece
Super stable, earthquake resistant formwork design for the tallest cooling tower in Greece On site at one of the biggest projects in Greece in recent years, construction of the lignite-fired power pla...
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