Experts
Construction Connections Go Real-time with 5G
Brief The nearly instantaneous speeds offered by 5G technology can be transformative for construction sites, offering real-time, cable-free digital connections and access to highly data-intensive applications. Cradlepoint's James Bristow explores how Taylor...
Concrete Beam Design: How Concrete Beams React to Being Bent
Brief An engineer must take into account when choosing between balanced concrete, under-reinforced concrete or over-reinforced concrete for a beam to support a building. "In most circumstances, under-reinforced section concrete beams are generally preferred to either...
3 Construction Trends to Watch for in 2021
Brief Construction firms will focus on standardizing prefabrication materials and processes as builds become more complex in 2021, Kenny Ingram writes. Other trends to watch include a growing emphasis on total asset lifecycle responsibility and the use of enterprise...
Long-term Study of Bonded Steel Reinforcements on a Concrete Beam Enters 50th Year
Brief Empa engineers are continuing to test a concrete beam built in 1970 with steel reinforcement. After half a decade, the beam is showing no signs of weakness, says engineer Christoph Czaderski. Insight For half a century now, a long-term experiment has...
Modular Architecture:. How Modular Construction is Evolving
Brief Modular construction has been around for decades but continues to evolve, with the latest forms falling into three categories: full stack, off the shelf and options from design-development firms. Hassell senior researcher Daniel Davis explores this world of...
Nondestructive Tests: DThe benefits of maturity testing for Concrete
Brief Nondestructive maturity testing can help yield important information about concrete strength in critical places while accounting for variances in field conditions, writes Scott Grumski, vice president of platform development at Forney. While it cannot replace...
OGRA Presenter Says: Both Steel and Concrete Should be Considered for Bridge Projects
Brief Concrete and steel rate about the same for bridge construction in terms of initial and future costs, life-cycle costs and bridge life, according to a study by Dr. Michael Barker, a civil and architectural engineer and a professor at the University of Wyoming....
Building of the Future(IFMA 2020): The Critical Relationship Between Buildings and Sustainability for the Future
Brief Climate change and lessons from the coronavirus pandemic will figure into and reshape construction of smart buildings, says Chris Collins, vice president of systems transformation for digital energy at Schneider Electric. Collins lays out essentials for future...
How Robots Could Save One of the World’s Most Unusual Cathedrals
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...