The third episode of AEC TechTV is packed with news and insight from the AEC tech domain. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep tabs on what’s new and noteworthy. 01:17 News, Aarni Heiskanen 04:31 Digital twins, Cristina Savian 11:40 Exceptional BIM, Vaughan Harris 18:41 CHAOS Architects, Rodrigo Castro 22:50 Next Steps, Sam Cowley 26:58 Spherical Block, Brian Kern 31:23 More news, […]
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Tall mass timber buildings have been gaining steam across the globe over the past few years, but their detractors argue that they are at a much greater risk of burning to the ground than traditional tall structures made of steel and concrete. The National Fire Protection Association has recently adopted provisions to allow for taller mass timber buildings within NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code and NFPA 101 Life Safety Code.
According to ConstructConnect, U.S. nonresidential (NR) construction starts year to date in 2020 have been -26.9% compared with January-August of last year. Table 1 ranks the Top 20 states by their NR construction dollar volumes.
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CEMEX”) (NYSE: CX) announced today that, through CEMEX Ventures, its Corporate Venture Capital unit, it has signed an agreement with Carbon Clean, a leader in low-cost modular carbon dioxide capture and separation technology, aimed at developing a carbon capture solution for the cement industry that lies below the line of $30US/ton […]
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Two cranes collided Wednesday at a construction site in Austin, Texas, causing one of them to partially collapse and injuring at least 22 workers who were sent scrambling for safety, authorities said.
The Hospital BIM Open 2020 conference on October 28-29, 2020, will be fully virtual. The two conference days will not only offer excellent presentations and keynotes but also networking with other professionals. Register now at a limited-time special price! On the conference platform, you can network and interact with other participants from your home or […]
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Cladding and insulation manufacturer Kingspan has raised €750m (£680m) through a green private placement – a lending initiative designed to support environmentally friendly investments. The move gives the firm a total of €2bn (£1.8bn) of cash and committed undrawn facilities. Green bonds come with clear information…
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HS2 has begun trials of a software system designed to cut both the cost and carbon impact of infrastructure construction. The tool applies artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to estimate the financial and carbon implications of competing designs, direct from design models. HS2 said the approach,…
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Cladding remediation work is at risk due to a shortage of available fire-safety expertise, MPs have warned. The Public Accounts Committee has called on the UK Government to set out a plan to tackle the shortage of fire engineers and other experts so that it…
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Those heady first years after leaving school are a crucial time in a young person’s life. Goodbye, classroom; hello, brave new world. I have been lucky enough never to be unemployed; by the time I graduated in 1986, the mass unemployment of the era was…
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