by GCO | Apr 20, 2021 | News
Brief Boston Dynamics’ four-legged Spot robot can autonomously follow a human leader through a construction site using software from Trimble and Piaggio Fast Forward. The robot can then retrace the original route and adapt on its own as surroundings change....
by GCO | Apr 20, 2021 | News
Brief Endo Architect and Associates has designed a two-story house in Tokyo with a reinforced concrete frame and seismically resistant panels. The structure has a hydronic underfloor heating system that stores heat in the concrete slabs. Insight Endo...
by GCO | Apr 20, 2021 | Materials
Author(s) Fadi Althoey and Md. Akter Hosen Abstract In a sustainable approach, it is essential to reduce waste materials for improving the urban environmental performance leads to development in the livable, sustainable, and greener city. In pursuit of this...
by GCO | Apr 19, 2021 | Buildings & Structures
Author(s) Peng-Yu Chen, S.M.ASCE; Zheng Yi Wu, M.ASCE; and Ertugrul Taciroglu, M.ASCE Abstract Soft-story buildings are seismically vulnerable during earthquakes. The identification of such buildings is vital in seismic risk mitigation to assess the seismic...
by GCO | Apr 19, 2021 | Urban Engineering
Author(s) Zhengbo Zou, S.M.ASCE; Semiha Ergan, A.M.ASCE; Dafna Fisher-Gewirtzman; and Clayton Curtis Abstract Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and this trend appears to be growing. Despite a need to understand how design elements...
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