Materials is becoming increasingly important across global construction, infrastructure and industrial technology, influencing how projects are visualised, coordinated, delivered and managed over time.
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From planning and design to field execution and asset management, this topic sits at the centre of digital change across the built environment, helping teams improve visibility, accuracy, coordination and long-term performance.
Red Stag Materials is run by of a dedicated team of industry professionals with over 90 years of experience in UK infrastructure and the highway maintenance sector. They...
An innovative new material from Tenneco powertrain business group delivers wear-resistant performance with greatly reduced cobalt content, helping engine manufacturers mi...
Instarmac Group plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Shorrock as its new Managing Director from 1 April 2020. Mark has extensive experience within the const...
Sika records double-digit growth and achieves a new sales record of CHF 8.11 billion (Swiss Francs) / US$8.3 billion in the 2019 business year. This equates to an increas...
Last week Skanska laid fully recyclable, graphene-enhanced asphalt on a busy main road in Curbridge for Oxfordshire County Council, in a trial that sees this material use...
Sika has agreed to acquire Adeplast SA, a major manufacturer of mortars and thermal insulation solutions in Rumania. The acquisition will significantly strengthen Sika’s...
Globally, after the packaging industry, the construction industry is the largest market where polymers are used. It accounts for almost 20% of the world’s polymer product...
Award-winning concrete block manufacturer Besblock has signed a sponsorship deal with Shropshire Disabled Cricket Team after a chance meeting in a barber shop. Besblock M...
Pavement preservation specialist Crafco has completed formulation enhancements and is rolling out a large-scale pavement sealer lineup to various regions across the natio...
Flip a lobster on its back, and you’ll see that the underside of its tail is split in segments connected by a translucent membrane that appears rather vulnerable when com...
Applying just a bit of strain to a piece of semiconductor or other crystalline material can deform the orderly arrangement of atoms in its structure enough to cause drama...
What if we could use mushrooms to warm our homes? Or use shape-memory alloys to make our infrastructure more sustainable? Volvo Construction Equipment has taken a look at...
In order to evaluate a material’s ability to withstand the high-radiation environment inside a nuclear reactor, researchers have traditionally used a method known as “coo...
When you deform a soft material such as Silly Putty, its properties change depending on how fast you stretch and squeeze it. If you leave the putty in a small glass, it w...
A groundbreaking new SuDS sustainable drainage material is offering a simple and versatile solution to removing toxic heavy metals pollution from highways. Developed by t...
Soils form the structural foundation for almost all construction work, making soil testing very important as failure to test soils adequately and correctly would introduc...
Scientists at Aston University have developed Bio-Bitumen, a new way to convert organic bin waste such as decomposed food, paper and plastic into a substance suitable for...
The 2018 edition of the international exhibition for construction and infrastructure was a lively and vibrant event, confirming the growth perspectives of a sector driven...
MIT researchers have developed hardware that uses electric fields to move programmable droplets of chemical or biological solutions around a surface, mixing them in ways...
Researchers at MIT have developed a process that can produce ultrafine fibers — whose diameter is measured in nanometers, or billionths of a meter — that are exceptionall...
When bonding two pieces of metal, either the metals must melt a bit where they meet or some molten metal must be introduced between the pieces. A solid bond then forms wh...
The reluctance of oil and water to mix together and stay that way is so well-known that it has become a cliché for describing any two things that do not go together well....
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