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LOHA Designs Energy-Efficient Housing For Los Angeles Homeless
LOHA Designs Energy-Efficient Housing For Los Angeles Homeless The Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA)-designed MLK1101 Supportive Housing in Los Angeles provides a safe and affordable home to homeless people and other vulnerable groups. The project also incorporates...
Structural Fiber Choice For Thin Concrete Pavements Can have a Significant impact on Qualit
STUDY Structural Fiber Choice For Thin Concrete Pavements Can have a Significant impact on Quality In today’s dwindling budgeting scenario, state DOTs strive for long-lasting pavement rehabilitation alternatives that require less in future maintenance dollars.Thin...
Good Vibration is Key to Quality Concrete
Good Vibration is Key to Quality Concrete Internal vibrators, sometimes referred to as “spud” or “porker” vibrators are the most common tools used to achieve concrete consolidation in foundations, columns and walls. In addition to consolidating freshly placed...
Tunnelling Starts on Toronto’s Coxwell Bypass
Tunnelling Starts on Toronto’s Coxwell Bypass TORONTO — The City of Toronto has officially kicked off its Coxwell Bypass Tunnel project.Mayor John Tory and Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, vice-chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee, officially marked...
Smart Concrete | Saving Time at London City Airport
Smart Concrete | Saving Time at London City Airport Contractors working on a huge new concrete deck at London City Airport have used innovative concrete strength prediction technology to help them streamline workflows.Compared to the west London mammoth at Heathrow,...
DoE Paves Way For Expansion of Sustainable Buildings in Abu Dhabi
DoE Paves Way For Expansion of Sustainable Buildings in Abu Dhabi The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE) has announced the completion of the Emirate’s first Energy Saving Performance Contracting (ESPC) pilot project encompassing eight retrofitted government...
Equipment Leader Aided New Concrete Maturity Data Delivery Approach
Equipment Leader Aided New Concrete Maturity Data Delivery Approach As the CEO of PASCHAL, a Danish construction equipment supplier, Jacob Christensen asked a tech company to develop a tool it could use to monitor the concrete pressure inside of formwork it rents...
Living ‘concrete’ Made From Bacteria Used to Create Replicating Bricks
Living 'concrete' Made From Bacteria Used to Create Replicating Bricks A type of living concrete made from bacteria could one day help to reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry.Wil Srubar at the University of Colorado Boulder and his colleagues...
How the New EC3 Tool Raises the Bar on Collective Action
How the New EC3 Tool Raises the Bar on Collective Action Fifty years ago, we were a divided country, but we also went to the moon by agreeing to work together on a common goal. That challenge required stepping out of our competitive silo’s and focusing on something...