by GCO | Nov 18, 2020 | experts
Brief Barcelona’s famed and enormously complex Sagrada Família basilica has been under construction for 138 years, enduring many complications over the decades. But help has arrived with the very modern use of computers and robotics that can execute the highly...
by GCO | Nov 12, 2020 | experts
Brief Suffolk Construction has been using Microsoft Teams to keep its 2,500 employees connected in the office and on work sites. The company uses the platform to collect and monitor screening information related to the coronavirus, to interact with architects...
by GCO | Nov 4, 2020 | experts
Brief Building-material sustainability boils down to the environmental burden of production, placement and maintenance, Sarah Buckley writes. Buckley explores sustainable materials and other sustainability factors, along with the top three materials and their costs...
by GCO | Nov 2, 2020 | experts
Brief Two industrial robots helped build a glass brick vault for the “Anatomy of Structure” exhibit in London last March. The structure illustrated a concept developed by two Princeton professors that posited robots could be used to simplify complex...
by GCO | Nov 2, 2020 | experts
Brjief No-fines concrete, or NFC, is strengthened with single-sized coarse aggregates that are bound by a thin layer of cement paste. NFC is primarily used for load-bearing, cast-in-place external walls or for concrete floors. Insight No-fines concrete (NFC) is...
by GCO | Oct 30, 2020 | experts
Brief Smart Cities can prepare for future advances in transportation automation and connectivity by investing in and integrating market-ready artificial intelligence solutions, write transportation experts Pierluigi Coppola and Federico Cheli. Cities must also...
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