TyBOTS Robot, Boosts Productivity in Construction Projects

TyBOTS Robot, Boosts Productivity in Construction Projects

Brief  Advanced Construction Robotics has developed technology to tie rebar, and now nine of its TyBOTS are working on projects, tying 1,100 intersections an hour — equivalent to what up to six workers can do. Dusty Robotics is also helping contractors like DPR...
Resilience Plans are Key to Risk Management

Resilience Plans are Key to Risk Management

Brief  It would behoove developers and their contractors to include resilience as a vital risk-mitigation measure, as the threats posed by climate change accelerate and the value of construction disputes in North America soars, write Jessica Mederson of law firm...
Embedded Sensors Could Make Tunnel Monitoring Safer

Embedded Sensors Could Make Tunnel Monitoring Safer

Brief  Denmark-based civil engineering monitoring specialist Worldsensing hopes to eliminates the hazard and expense of installing monitors in tunnels by embedding sensors in concrete segments before installation by a tunnel boring machine. The sensors are placed in a...
Liquid Nitrogen used in Texas Concrete Placement

Liquid Nitrogen used in Texas Concrete Placement

Brief  McCarthy Building Cos. placed liquid-nitrogen-cooled concrete as part of a linear accelerator vault at the three-floor, 85,000-square-foot Northeast Texas Cancer and Research Institute in Tyler, Texas. The linear accelerators required 3,065 cubic yards of...
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