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Bengal Natural House Survives Cyclone

Natural Building

Fondly christened ‘Kancha-Paka’ (Raw and Ripe), the Swedish-Bengali couple’s home has some conventional elements, like a Reinforced Concrete Frame and concrete floors. Linus Kendall shared these details about their house, built in 2017. “I Traditionally, mud is not considered a very ‘high-end’ material.

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3D Printing in Construction: Growth, Benefits, and Challenges

Autodesk Construction Cloud

SLA works as a high-powered laser and turns a liquid resin into a solid material. 3D Printing Concrete. Concrete, specifically, is one of them. In fact, the concrete 3D printing market is projected to be valued at $56.4 3D printing in concrete doesn’t appear just to be a grassroots movement, either.

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How the Pandemic Will Shape the Future of Off-Site Residential Construction

Pro Builder

However, the industry has only improved productivity growth by 1% year over year for more than 20 years, according to a 2017 McKinsey report. Standardizing building design allows for precision in material supply and use, which helps reduce scrap materials as well as costs. Off-Site: a Total Cost Analysis for Home Builders.

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Gearing Up for CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020

Construction Business Owner

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 is North America’s largest construction trade show for the asphalt, aggregates, concrete, earthmoving, lifting, mining, utilities and related industries—set for March 10-14 in Las Vegas, USA. Asphalt —Techniques and innovations in asphalt paving, recycling, materials, and plant management. Greg Ragsdale.

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Civil Engineering GATE 2018 – An exclusive e-book for civil engineering students

Construction Cost Estimating

The Civil Engineering section is again segregated with twelve chapters alias Mechanics, Structure Analysis, Concrete Structure, Steel Structure, Geotechnical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics, Engineering Hydrology, Water Resource Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Surveying.

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OSHA’s New Silica Ruling Takes Effect September 23

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) new respirable crystalline silica standards go into effect in three days on September 23, 2017. Viewpoint software allows for detailed and trackable safety observations, and will be vital to ensuring compliance with the new rule.

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#127:  Subcontract "Flow Down" of Prime Contract Terms

NH Construction Law

Article 2 of the popular AIA A401 (2017) is an example.) ” The State paid the general contractor per square yard of finished concrete surface excluding curbs, but the Supreme Court held that this wasn’t binding with respect to the subcontractor’s claim against the general contractor, id.