Concrete's properties as a material have made it an essential part of today's construction methods. Alongside its many advantages, however, this universal favorite has its share of drawbacks—the most prominent being that its heterogeneous nature makes it difficult to dimension components and structures on the basis of simulations. Cracks induced
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Large-scale construction projects usually involve extensive coordination. In practice, however, the way in which information is exchanged between construction stakeholders often ends up being an inconsistent multi-step process. Now, a consortium project under the technical and scientific leadership of the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE is working on
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MIT research scientist explores how cool pavements can offer climate change solutions in more than just the summer. As cities search for climate change solutions, many have turned to one burgeoning technology: cool pavements. By reflecting a greater proportion of solar radiation, cool pavements can offer an array of climate change
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Experiments to utilise waste heat generated by data centres to warm nearby buildings is under way from Swiss research body Empa. Data centres typically consume huge amounts of energy – a significant proportion of which is used to cool the facilities due to the enormous amount of waste heat that is
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In the beginning, all that Stephan Schlamminger wanted to do was to write down an equation that would help him obtain a more precise value for G, the gravitational constant that determines the strength of the attraction between massive objects. To gauge that attraction, Schlamminger, a physicist at the National
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The Lagos state government says the developer of the three-storey building that collapsed in Onike area of Yaba, Lagos state, will be prosecuted. Five bodies have been recovered while two others were rescued following the collapse of the building on Saturday afternoon. An earlier statement by the ministry of physical planning and
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Members of the Nigerian Association of draughtsmen have been barred from undertaking any job that deals submitting, preparing, signing and counter-signing any type of building plan in the country, the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Judicial Division has said. The draughsmen lost the legal battle against Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON)
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Whether working on a power plant or state-of-the-art infrastructure, you will find millions of opponent construction companies competing in the field. Given this never-ending competition, one cannot afford to make costly mistakes. The reason why construction companies, bound by strict time parameters and financial restraints, try to focus on every
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A bond breaker is the layer of separator substance applied in different forms between adjoining solid surfaces. It is used to ensure that there is no adhesive molecular bond between the surfaces. Bond breakers are critical components required for tilt-up construction techniques, and are cost effective and time saving for large
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Consolidation of Concrete: the process of reducing the volume of voids, air pockets, and entrapped air in a fresh cementitious mixture, usually accomplished by inputting mechanical energy. The quality of concrete can be significantly improved by vibration. The savings achieved and the improved quality of concrete are now so well established
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