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Patent examiners granted the U.S. Air Force a 20-year utility patent for a strong, quick-setting concrete using fly ash on Tuesday. Newly minted U.S. Patent 10,800,703 lists Jeffery Eichler, Kara Griffith, Derek Lovingood, and Michael Henley as the inventors of the...

The strategy, which has been unanimously approved, sets out principles for how the council’s future technology services should be designed, sourced and delivered. The City of Edinburgh Council has adopted a new three-year digital strategy to progress its ambitions for...

Researchers in Japan are taking a common-sense approach to integrating 3D printing into their construction industry. Most companies that focus on 3D printed civil engineering structures do one of two things: they either build a giant 3D printer in a warehouse that...

Back with yet another tiny home I am currently dreaming about – the Natura by The Tiny Housing Co! The tiny house movement promotes living sustainably, you use only what you need in terms of resources and space which doesn’t hinder your quality of life and also allows...

Construction has begun on a new mixed-use office tower by Foster + Partners that will catch the eye with an unusual triangular shape.The building will also integrate greenery in the form of multiple terraces and a public garden area. Named Avenida Cordoba 120 due to...

Though pictured here in a drab industrial unit, the Bay Tree Tiny House will be situated on an isolated New Zealand beach with spectacular scenery. In response, Build Tiny created a light and airy beach house on wheels with glazing situated to maximize the view and an...

Daily temperature swings can make water freeze and expand, then thaw and contract. Because concrete is porous and absorbs liquid, these changes often make its surface flake and peel. But researchers say a new process can help prevent such deterioration. “The primary...

The historic 8th Street Arch Bridge in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota is part of the city’s vision for its Big Sioux River Greenway. The bridge and the river have been important combined assets for Sioux Falls for over 100 years, and while use of the river has...

SEATTLE -- The old Battery Street Tunnel -- what used to be one of the busiest arteries in Seattle -- is now "filled to the grates" with concrete as one of the final pieces in the years-long project to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct gets checked off the list. WSDOT...