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Taking inspiration from nature, researchers from Princeton Engineering have improved crack resistance in concrete components by coupling architected designs with additive manufacturing processes and industrial robots that can precisely control materials deposition.
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In a change of policy, the UK Government announced at the beginning of August 2023 that UK businesses may now continue indefinitely to use the CE (Conformite Europeenne, or European Conformity) mark on the majority of their goods intended for the UK market.
Construction project Milestone continues with four new and improved 3D-printed owner-occupied homes that now also go up in the air.
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Inspired by the material that makes up oyster and abalone shells, engineers at Princeton have created a new cement composite that is 17 times more crack-resistant than standard cement and 19 times more able to stretch and deform without breaking.
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Innovative micro tunnel boring technologies are revolutionizing underground construction, setting new standards in efficiency and sustainability, and paving the way for future transformative infrastructure projects like the Hyperloop.
A foundational challenge to construction is ensuring that the earth below a building is stable enough to support it: a challenge AMB Vapor Monitoring met by creating a custom Arduino solution – going from idea to installation in a matter of months: “And it works. It just literally works.”
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Smart connectivity is helping to lay the foundations for improved productivity and worker safety in the all-important architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. To that end, technology companies are introducing a wide range of innovative products to power connected construction.
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NMC and LFP lithium-ion batteries find favor in different regions as OEMs move to electrify larger excavators and loaders.
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ETH Zurich researchers taught an autonomous excavator to construct dry stone walls itself using boulders weighing several tonnes and demolition debris.
A new material developed at EPFL could change how we make cement forever — and cut 500 million tons of emissions by 2030.
ETH researchers are developing a low-carbon cement with a significantly lower embodied CO2 content than traditional cement. The Ultra Green Concrete project aims to make low-carbon, high-performance concrete widely accessible.
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Using 3D-printed and CNC-machined parts from MakerVerse, the team built a powerful 3,000 kg machine. See how "Groundhog Beta" won awards at a competition organized by Elon Musk's The Boring Company.
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In this episode, we talk about how new additives could be added to concrete to help it absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, which is a major contributor to climate change.
FACTUREE produces a joint component for nodes of a variable grid structure for a research project at TUM
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to building industry’s excavation problem with help of IMU and GNSS
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