by GCO | Jul 13, 2022 | leadership & management
Brief When facing “this horrible outcome or that miserable one” leaders can reframe the situation by asking a series of questions, try to see the bigger picture and follow their values, even if the decision is tough, write Karin Hurt and David Dye....
by GCO | Jul 13, 2022 | News
Brief A tool called Zesty.ai assesses a property’s wildfire risk and assigns a score based on its age, roof type, materials, nearby vegetation and the slope of the surrounding land. The company intends to add functions that will measure risks from other natural...
by GCO | Jul 13, 2022 | experts
Brief Estimates of annual losses from hurricane damage may understate the real total by more than 80%, thus undervaluing hurricane-resistant construction, according to MIT researchers. The error is traced to the failure to take into account the density of a...
by GCO | Jul 12, 2022 | News
Brief Researchers in the UAE and India analyzed the effect of a series of nanoparticles, including carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide, on concrete water permeability and chloride infiltration in a study published in Materials Today, and found the use of...
by GCO | Jul 12, 2022 | Buildings & Structures
Author(s) Asaad M. Armanuos, Hossam E. Moghazy, Martina Zeleňáková and Zaher Mundher Yaseen Abstract Among the well-known approaches for controlling seawater intrusion during extensive freshwater abstraction from coastal aquifers is the construction of...
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