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Deep Soil Mixing: How This Construction Technique Prevents Skyscrapers From Sinking
Description Super-tall skyscrapers are being built in cities around the world where they might normally sink. But a process called deep-soil mixing allows builders to give skyscrapers a stronger base. WSJ explains how the process changes the earth, and the risks it...
Learn about Israel’s surprising building spree
Description Discover the latest news in architecture and construction in this week's podcast episode. Learn about Israel's surprising building spree, featuring KPF's 350-metre Azrieli Spiral Tower and a new mass transit system. Plus, we discuss The B1M's April fools...
The Inability to Anticipate Construction Costs: A Widespread Industry Issue
Description Discover why construction budgets rarely align with construction costs, from preconstruction expenses to site conditions.
Understanding the Moisture Sensitivity of Warm-mix asphalt Binders Based on Bond Strength
Description Moisture damage in asphalt mixtures is a result of losing bond strength at the interface of the asphalt binder and aggregate matrix. Selecting materials that resist moisture damage is crucial for warm-mix asphalt (WMA) mixtures. The study found that WMA...
The Time Fred was Sent Down the World’s Deepest Elevator Test Shaft
Description This week we’re talking about the time Fred was sent down the world's deepest elevator test shaft... and it's not in an obvious location. This episode is FULL of amazing factoids.Later in the show, we talk about Dubai's International Finance Centre (DIFC)...
A State-of-the-Art Review on Axial Compressive Behavior of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes Incorporating Steel Fiber and GFRP Jacketing
Description This article reviews the use of fibers to improve the structural response of reinforced concrete-filled steel tubes (CFSTs). Steel fibers significantly enhance load-carrying capacity and ductility, while adding SFs by 1% is more effective than 1.5%. GFRP...
The Leaning Tower of New York City
Description This week we're looking at The B1M's latest video "The Leaning Tower of New York City". One of New York’s skyscrapers, the 204-metre One Seaport – also known as 161 Maiden Lane – on the East Riverfront in Lower Manhattan is leaning over by 8cm. We talk...
Choosing to Repair a Scottish Viaduct Instead of Simply Filling It
Description Bishop & Taylor give two cheers to National Highways for choosing to repair a Scottish viaduct instead of simply filling it in; they discuss latest initiatives in the push for a national retrofit strategy; and they sympathise with a contractor stuck...
The Exchange Building: LiftBuild’s Floor Lifting Technology
Description LIFTbuild, a technology and construction services provider, has developed a novel floor-lifting technology that has significantly expedited the construction process for the Exchange building in Greektown, Detroit. Learn how this technology operates...