by GCO | Feb 25, 2020 | experts
Sustainable is seemingly the buzzword across industries, with the concept having spilt over onto the UAE’s construction industry as well. Dubai was awarded the ‘platinum rating’ in the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Cities certification by...
by GCO | Feb 25, 2020 | experts, News
Over the past two decades soft ground and mixed face TBM tunnels have increased in diameter such that the term ‘large diameter TBM tunnel’ has become common usage. However, there is no actual definition of what constitutes ‘large.’ Therefore, in this article ‘large’...
by GCO | Feb 24, 2020 | experts
The emergent environmental sensibilities in today’s C-suites require new kinds of CEOs who are willing to establish far-off goals for their companies that they won’t personally accomplish—and who seek unaccustomed and sometimes uncomfortable collaboration with other...
by GCO | Feb 22, 2020 | experts
In our current state, artificial intelligence and generative design are some of the most exciting advances in engineering technology. However, should we be fearing that our jobs as engineers and designers can quickly be stolen? Are robots the new engineers? Having...
by GCO | Feb 19, 2020 | experts
200 Amsterdam, by Elkus Manfredi Architects, is a residential skyst craper thareaches a maximum height of 668 ft (203.6 m) on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. However, this may not be the case for much longer, as a State Supreme Court judge has declared that it...
by GCO | Feb 19, 2020 | experts
Having been utilized as early as the Roman era in buildings of almost every scale, it is almost impossible to think of a building that does not have at least one concrete element. In fact, it is the most widely used construction material in the world, due to its...
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