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Minnesota Researchers use ultrasound to manipulate objects
Minnesota Researchers use ultrasound to manipulate objects University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have discovered a new method to move objects using ultrasound waves. The research opens the door for using contactless manipulation in industries such as manufacturing and robotics, where devic...
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New manufacturing process promises cheaper and better Li-ion Battery Cathodes
New manufacturing process promises cheaper and better Li-ion Battery Cathodes Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method for producing a key component of lithium-ion batteries. The result is a more affordable battery from a faster, less wastef...
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Optimise Building Management Systems with Semtech LoRa devices
Optimise Building Management Systems with Semtech LoRa devices Semtech Corporation, a leading global supplier of high-performance analogue and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that Sweden-based Nordic Propeye, an end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider fo...
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Factors increasing the value of Real Estate in Australia’s Gold Coast
Factors increasing the value of Real Estate in Australia’s Gold Coast The Gold Coast is one of Australia’s most popular areas to live in, with good reason! The weather is amazing, the beaches are world-famous, and the city is bustling with excitement. So it’s no wonder that real es...
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Sheds can solve your Storage problems
Sheds can solve your Storage problems When most people think about sheds, they think of them as a place to store tools or lawn equipment. But did you know that sheds can also be used as residential space? Many homeowners are starting to see the benefits of having a shed on their property and are ...
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Top six pieces of Equipment for every renovation project
Top six pieces of Equipment for every renovation project Are you in the process of a renovation project? If so, it’s important to make sure you have the right equipment! For example, if hiring a posi track for construction is necessary, you must check the quality first. In this article, we dis...
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Iteris providing Network Infrastructure Support at Fort Bend Emergency Op’s Center
Iteris providing Network Infrastructure Support at Fort Bend Emergency Op’s Center Iteris, the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, announced that it has been chosen as the prime consultant for a multi-year master contract to design and integrate t...
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Shell and Connect Plus accelerate Decarbonisation of Road Construction
Shell and Connect Plus accelerate Decarbonisation of Road Construction Shell has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Connect Plus – a consortium that includes Edge Orbital Holdings Ltd, Balfour Beatty and Egis Investment Partners, to develop and deploy solutions and technologies to...
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Causeway celebrates winning National Highways Approved Supplier status in the UK
Causeway celebrates winning National Highways Approved Supplier status in the UK Construction technology provider Causeway Technologies has been selected by National Highways as part of its new £1bn Information Technology Commercial Framework (ITCF). This follows a detailed selection process in whic...
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Sydney Build Expo 2023 confirms Climate Resilience and Sustainability stages
Sydney Build Expo 2023 confirms Climate Resilience and Sustainability stages The Sydney Build Expo has confirmed that Climate Resilience and Sustainability will both be key themes for next year’s event set to take place at the ICC Darling Harbour on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th March 2023. In addition...
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Heavy Equipment Shipping 101 – How to choose the right company
Heavy Equipment Shipping 101 – How to choose the right company If you’re a civil engineer or working in the construction sector, you know there are some tools you must have to operate efficiently—and these are heavy equipment. You can use these machines for excavation, heavy lifting, tra...
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Scotland based Munro announces all-electric 4×4 Vehicle
Scotland based Munro announces all-electric 4×4 Vehicle Munro Vehicles, a manufacturer of all-electric 4x4s, and Scotland’s only volume production car company, has unveiled its first vehicle, the Munro Mk_1. Designed, engineered, and built in Britain, the Munro MK_1 is the world’s most capable...
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Yas Marina F1 Circuit in Abu Dhabi resurfaced in just two weeks
Yas Marina F1 Circuit in Abu Dhabi resurfaced in just two weeks First opened in 2009, the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi is now a key part of the Formula One (F1) season, often holding the final race for the World Constructors’ Championships and World Drivers’ Championships. The inaugural race in 2...
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Powerhouse Energy Management acquired by Radius
Powerhouse Energy Management acquired by Radius Radius, a global mobility and connectivity leader headquartered in Crewe, has today announced the purchase of a majority stake in Powerhouse Energy Management, a Belfast based energy management company. PEM helps companies across the UK and Ireland opt...
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Largest Timber Campus in Europe takes shape with ten Liebherr Tower Cranes
Largest Timber Campus in Europe takes shape with ten Liebherr Tower Cranes Birds singing, a park with 1,000 planted trees and modern workplaces surrounded by an abundance of wood: this is the vision for “Arboretum”, the largest timber campus in Europe. Ten Liebherr EC-B series tower cranes are invol...
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SiteScape acquired by FARO
SiteScape acquired by FARO FARO Technologies, a global leader in 4D digital reality solutions, today announced the acquisition of SiteScape, an innovator in LiDAR 3D scanning software solutions for the AEC and O&M markets. SiteScape enables LiDAR-equipped mobile devices to easily capture indoor...
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Talbert Manufacturing’s Removable Gooseneck Trailer turns 75
Talbert Manufacturing’s Removable Gooseneck Trailer turns 75 Talbert Manufacturing, a North American leader in specialized heavy-haul solutions, celebrates the 75th anniversary of the release of its non-ground bearing removable gooseneck trailer. First introduced in 1947, the removable goosene...
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Construction of Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3 accelerated by PERI Customised formwork
Construction of Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3 accelerated by PERI Customised formwork At the south end of Frankfurt Airport, Terminal 3, with its futuristic design, is currently one of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects. Upon completion of construction in 2024, up to 19 million travellers will...
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JCB introduces the smallest Compact Loadall with the largest cab
JCB introduces the smallest Compact Loadall with the largest cab JCB is introducing the 514-40, its smallest Loadall telescopic handler to date, with a cab height of just 1.8m and a width of 1.56m. However, the compact machine benefits from the largest operator’s cab in the class, sharing its core D...
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CIFA at the Big5 Trade Show in Dubai
CIFA at the Big5 Trade Show in Dubai CIFA, a global concrete manufacturing company for over ninety years, is participating in the Big5 exhibition in Dubai, booth SS2 D88. CIFA has a historical participation in the Dubai show, because the Middle East has always been a very important Region with a tru...
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Essential considerations for Designing Green Buildings
Essential considerations for Designing Green Buildings With domestic and residential buildings accounting for a significant percentage of the world’s carbon emissions, it’s unsurprising to see the construction industry transitioning to more sustainable building methods, as well as retrofitting struc...
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New sustainable Green Gantry in Austria made from Wood
New sustainable Green Gantry in Austria made from Wood With the “Green Gantry”, Kapsch TrafficCom introduced a gantry made from local and renewable resources that paves the way for sustainable road infrastructure with its positive carbon footprint. Everyone is familiar with the sight of...
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UK based Connected Kerb chosen for Smart Charging Pilot in New York
UK based Connected Kerb chosen for Smart Charging Pilot in New York Charge Enterprises has announced that Connected Kerb, a UK based manufacturer of EV smart charging solutions for a connected future, has selected Charge Infrastructure as its installation provider for a pilot project in New York Cit...
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PHCo clean and worry-free heat solutions to feature at CONEXPO-CON/AGG
PHCo clean and worry-free heat solutions to feature at CONEXPO-CON/AGG Attendees at CONEXPO-CON/AGG, March 14 – 18, 2023, will find a simple option for improving their asphalt operation’s heat requirements when they visit Process Heating Company (PHCo) at the Las Vegas Convention Center, booth #C330...
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Safety Reports in the Digital Age
Safety Reports in the Digital Age Keeping the workplace safe and employees healthy are some of the most crucial responsibilities of employers in the construction industry. Risks such as stray electrical wiring, operating heavy machinery, and fall hazards at a construction site can cause serious inju...
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Thatcham Research partners with Toyota to develop a Hydrogen Hilux
Thatcham Research partners with Toyota to develop a Hydrogen Hilux Thatcham Research is working closely with Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd and a consortium of specialist industry partners to develop a hydrogen version of Toyota’s iconic Hilux pick-up. To prepare the Hilux for the UK market, Th...
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Velodyne Lidar announces beta launch of Vella Software Products
Velodyne Lidar announces beta launch of Vella Software Products Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced the beta launch of its Vella family of software products. Vella enables Velodyne’s customers to accelerate development of lidar-based vision solutions for autonomous applications. Using the online pl...
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ADS-TEC Energy launches Charging System with Battery and Advertising Display
ADS-TEC Energy launches Charging System with Battery and Advertising Display ADS-TEC Energy today announced ChargePost, one of the most compact, battery-based charging systems enabling ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging, on existing power connections, without the need to extend existing grids...
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Hyundai Heavy Industries wins Nine CES 2023 Innovation Awards
Hyundai Heavy Industries wins Nine CES 2023 Innovation Awards Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group announced that it has won nine awards at CES 2023 Innovation Awards for its next generation technologies. This achievement recognizes HHI Group’s continued dedication to bringing world-class inno...
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To Arbitrate or Litigate?
To Arbitrate or Litigate? When preparing a construction contract, it’s easy to give little thought to its dispute resolution provisions. You might use the unamended wording of the published contract that has been chosen for the project (like the JCT, FIDIC or NEC), or you might copy and paste...
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AWS releases new Database and Analytics capabilities at AWS re:Invent
AWS releases new Database and Analytics capabilities at AWS re:Invent At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services today announced five new capabilities across its database and analytics portfolios that make it faster and easier for customers to manage and analyse data at petabyte scale. These new capabili...
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Manitou adds Emissions Compliance Verification to CESAR security marking scheme
Manitou adds Emissions Compliance Verification to CESAR security marking scheme Manitou, one of the earliest adopters of the industry’s own security marking scheme CESAR, is one of the latest companies to recognise the additional benefits of the scheme’s recent development – ECV (Emissions Com...
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Bentley Systems acquires IBM Maximo Managed Services company Vetasi
Bentley Systems acquires IBM Maximo Managed Services company Vetasi Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that its Cohesive Group digital integrator business has acquired Vetasi, a leading international consultancy specializing in enterprise...
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Duality Robotics and AWS explore True City-Scale Simulation
Duality Robotics and AWS explore True City-Scale Simulation Until now, simulation has generally involved a trade-off between scale and fidelity. Simulating large swaths of the physical world requires vast computational resources, which limits the scale of feasible simulations. On Tuesday, November 2...
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Sensata Tyre/Tire Mounted Sensor delivers data, safety and performance
Sensata Tyre/Tire Mounted Sensor delivers data, safety and performance Sensata Technologies, announced it has developed a new Tire Mounted Sensor for vehicle and tire OEMs to deliver enhanced safety, performance, and data insights. Sensata’s Tire Mounted Sensor is the next step in the evolutio...
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Optical Sensor Technology can reduce Hydrogen safety risks
Optical Sensor Technology can reduce Hydrogen safety risks In the pursuit of clean and renewable energy, hydrogen plays an important role. But a major challenge facing this transition is that the gas is explosive when mixed with air. For this reason, it is crucial to be able to detect hydrogen leaks...
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UK Manhole Ladder Specifications put the industry at risk
UK Manhole Ladder Specifications put the industry at risk LEADING manufacturer of bespoke steel solutions Wrekin Products has reported that the latest British Standards (BS) for vertical manhole ladder specification are not being universally followed and is urging engineering specifiers to be vigila...
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Plantworx to inspire Engineers of the Future with Primary Engineer
Plantworx to inspire Engineers of the Future with Primary Engineer The biennial Plantworx Construction Equipment Exhibition and the CEA have once again teamed up with the educational organisation, Primary Engineer, to work with primary schools in the Peterborough area, on a new and exciting STEM con...
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Yanmar CE announces new Certified Used Program
Yanmar CE announces new Certified Used Program Yanmar CE is at the forefront of sustainable business practices, as it unveils its new Certified Used Program. Redefining the boundaries of what used equipment can achieve, the program offers the same level of performance, quality and operating experien...
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Global Polymer Concrete Market forecast to reach $757.7m by 2026
Global Polymer Concrete Market forecast to reach $757.7m by 2026 The Global polymer concrete market is forecasted to reach USD 757.7 Million by 2026, according to a new report by Reports and Data. A significant rise in the demand for polymer concretes has been observed in the recent period. The prim...
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Ferrovial completes and opens $3.7b I-66 Managed Lanes Toll Road in Virginia
Ferrovial completes and opens $3.7b I-66 Managed Lanes Toll Road in Virginia Ferrovial, through subsidiary Cintra, has opened, on schedule, the I-66 Managed Lanes toll road in the state of Virginia, which leads to the outskirts of Washington D.C. The inauguration was celebrated with the traditional...
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New Nanoparticle structure opens the door to special material properties
New Nanoparticle structure opens the door to special material properties Alex Travesset doesn’t have a shiny research lab filled with the latest instruments that probe new nanomaterials and measure their special properties. No, his theoretical work explaining what’s happening inside those new nanoma...
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Semiconductor shortage coming to an end with a flood of chips
Semiconductor shortage coming to an end with a flood of chips The semiconductor shortage that has plagued the automotive industry for much of the last two years may soon be turned on its head, says in-vehicle connectivity pioneer VNC Automotive, as a lack of chips critical for high-tech features sud...
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Range Energy to bring Electric Trailers to the Commercial Trucking Market
Range Energy to bring Electric Trailers to the Commercial Trucking Market Range Energy, the hardware company bringing powered trailers to the commercial trucking market, announced $8M in seed capital today from UP Partners, R7, and Yamaha Motor Ventures. The company recently completed its software a...
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Autonomous Vehicle study explores AI’s impact on surrounding traffic
Autonomous Vehicle study explores AI’s impact on surrounding traffic The CIRCLES Consortium, consisting of Vanderbilt University, UC Berkeley, Temple University and Rutgers University-Camden, in coordination with Nissan North America and Tennessee Department of Transportation, concluded a five...
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Tunnelling improved with ZK 750-Diameter Centrifuge Skid-Mounted System
Tunnelling improved with ZK 750-Diameter Centrifuge Skid-Mounted System ZK supplied four sets of LW750x3200B centrifuge systems for engineering slurry to a construction machinery company, which ensured the smooth progress of the project, effectively reduced pollution to the environment, and saved co...
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Smart Valve automatically detects and isolates Pipeline ruptures
Smart Valve automatically detects and isolates Pipeline ruptures A smart valve that automatically isolates pipe ruptures caused by accidents was developed for the first time in South Korea. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, an institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Scien...
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AI can now manage Power Supply of Smart Buildings
AI can now manage Power Supply of Smart Buildings A smart building is a system in which heating, air conditioning, power supply, water supply and all other infrastructure components are automated. One of the key tasks in the implementation of such projects is a control system that will provide cheap...
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Baron Weather empowering the Esri Partner Network with Weather Intelligence
Baron Weather empowering the Esri Partner Network with Weather Intelligence Baron Weather, Inc., the world leader in superior weather intelligence joins the Esri Partner Network (EPN) with packages that provide location-specific past, present, and forecast weather data with unparalleled accuracy. As...
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Ricardo and InoBat to supply Automotive Battery Systems for Electrification
Ricardo and InoBat to supply Automotive Battery Systems for Electrification As part of its mission to support the decarbonisation of the global transport and energy sectors, Ricardo, a global strategic environmental and engineering consultancy company with specialisms in niche manufacturing and indu...
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Research finds Concrete breaks down in Vegetable Oil
Research finds Concrete breaks down in Vegetable Oil Factories in various industries use vegetable oils. These can be both edible oils and technical ones, which are used, for example, for lubricating parts. Oils are often spilled on the concrete floor. When they come into contact with the main compo...
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Cool approach could make Heat Resistant Materials
Cool approach could make Heat Resistant Materials High-entropy alloys are a new class of alloys that are composed of four or more metallic elements in approximately equal amounts. For example, conventional commercial aluminium alloys typically consist of more than 95 percent aluminium. Although they...
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Kyocera develops Automotive Night Vision System with Infrared and GaN Laser Devices
Kyocera develops Automotive Night Vision System with Infrared and GaN Laser Devices Kyocera Corporation announced that it has developed an Automotive Night Vision System that can accurately identify collision-risk objects in low-visibility driving conditions, such as at night, or in rain, snow, fog,...
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Eaton introduces new TVS X3100 supercharger
Eaton introduces new TVS X3100 supercharger Intelligent power management company Eaton today introduced its Twin Vortices Series (TVS®) X3100 supercharger for aftermarket applications. A new design based on both the R-Series and V-Series rotors, the X-Series was developed specifically for aftermarke...
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Easily synthesized Chemical Filter could scrub CO2 from Power Plant Smokestacks
Easily synthesized Chemical Filter could scrub CO2 from Power Plant Smokestacks How can we remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from fossil-fuel power plant exhaust before it ever reaches the atmosphere? New findings suggest a promising answer lies in a simple, economical and potentially reusabl...
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Bio-based alternative to petroleum-based Asphalt Additive could extend pavement life
Bio-based alternative to petroleum-based Asphalt Additive could extend pavement life It all started about 12 years ago when a high school teacher visiting Iowa State University for a summer program asked to help with a research project. Iowa State engineers Eric Cochran and Christopher Williams thou...
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Hexion ArmorBuilt™ could protect Trees from Wildfires
Hexion ArmorBuilt™ could protect Trees from Wildfires Hexion successfully participated in three prescribed wildfire canyon burns in partnership with California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Stella-Jones Corporation, the National Sci...
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Your Smartphone could collect Bridge Structural Integrity Data
Your Smartphone could collect Bridge Structural Integrity Data A new study involving MIT researchers shows that mobile phones placed in vehicles, equipped with special software, can collect useful structural integrity data while crossing bridges. In so doing, they could become a less expensive alter...
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New machine-learning technique could help reduce Potholes
New machine-learning technique could help reduce Potholes Researchers have developed new “intelligent compaction” technology, which integrates into a road roller and can assess in real-time the quality of road base compaction. Improved road construction can reduce potholes and maintenance costs, and...
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Designing next-generation Metals for longer-lasting Batteries
Designing next-generation Metals for longer-lasting Batteries How can studying metals manufacturing lead to longer-lasting batteries and lighter vehicles? It all comes down to physics. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are investigating the effects of physical forces on met...
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