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Materials Shortages in Construction: Catapulting a Sustainability Revolution?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Social distancing measures, local lockdowns and rows over contracts began as early as March 2020 when the pandemic first hit. According to the US Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index, construction material prices are increasing significantly causing additional pressures on existing project revenues.

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Buyers report busy April despite housing slowdown

Construction Enquirer

Rising volumes of commercial work and civil engineering activity helped to offset the steepest decline in residential construction output since May 2020. Higher levels of new work were attributed to resilient client demand, especially for commercial building. in April from 50.7 in March keeping it above the neutral 50 value.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

Top trends in the construction industry 2020 How will the construction industry develop in 2020? We have studied and evaluated numerous sources – discover with us the most important trends and developments in the construction industry in 2020. Sustainability: Building becomes greener 15.

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

Business Facilities

To shift to a sustainable trajectory, we need to massively step up investment in clean energy technologies—especially renewables and energy efficiency.”. In 2020, the company opened a first-of-its-kind innovation hub called 35 Mules. Being clean and sustainable is not only the right thing to do, it’s just good business,” said Silagy.

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Concrete mix design

GCP Applied Technologies

Wed, 02/19/2020 - 16:07. February 19, 2020. While specifications for large commercial projects often limit how much water can be added to the concrete mix, there are often no slump limits or controls over the amount of water added for small commercial and residential projects. Sustainability. Commercial buildings.

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Concrete mix design

GCP Applied Technologies

Wed, 02/19/2020 - 16:07. February 19, 2020. While specifications for large commercial projects often limit how much water can be added to the concrete mix, there are often no slump limits or controls over the amount of water added for small commercial and residential projects. Sustainability. Commercial buildings.

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Concrete batching

GCP Applied Technologies

Wed, 02/19/2020 - 16:07. February 20, 2020. Sustainability. Transportation Infrastructure. Commercial buildings. Infrastructure. Concrete batching. michael.delros…. GCP Applied Technologies. Concrete is the most man-made product in the world. Design Advantage. Structural Solutions. Technical service.