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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design

BD+C

4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design 0 qpurcell Mon, 12/04/2023 - 10:04 Airports Here are some of the key trends Skanska is seeing in the aviation sector, from congestion solutions to sustainability. More than 40,000 airports worldwide facilitate the annual global travel of billions of passengers.

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Wood Wizardry in Oregon: Innovation Raises the Roof for PDX Terminal B

ENR Construction

Drones, self-propelled modular transporters and a curtain wall that really does hang off the roof like a curtain are all notable technologies that made installing an 18-million-lb timber roof possible at Portland International Airport.

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Airport/Transit Best Project: Canpotex-Portland Terminal Potash Storage Shed

ENR Construction

The Portland Bulk Terminal’s newest storage facility offers an elegant solution to the challenges of receiving potash by freight rail and then reclaiming the material and transporting it out by ship.

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How Some Cities are Planning to Rebound from the Pandemic

Pro Builder

Such midsize cities include Austin, Texas; Boise, Idaho and Portland, Ore. Last Wednesday, President Biden announced a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to modernize the nation’s bridges, roads, public transportation, railways, ports and airports.

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Concrete admixture

GCP Applied Technologies

Organic water reducers – Most offered here are an aqueous solution of modified lignosulfonates containing a catalyst which promotes more complete hydration of Portland cement. Hydration stabilizer – This ready-to-use aqueous solution of chemical compounds is specifically designed to stabilize the hydration of Portland cement concretes.

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Race to a Smart Future

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

metro to fully integrate innovative technologies—self-driving cars, connected vehicles and smart sensors, among other advances—into its transportation network. The city has a broad plan for “adaptive transportation systems” that would remain useful even as technology evolves in coming years. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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COMPOSITION OF REACTIVE POWDER CONCRETE (RPC)

The Constructor

Portland cement – type V 1000 kg/m3 2. Portland cement – type V 955 kg/m 3 2. This compactness gives RPC ultra –high strength and durability.Reactive powder concretes have compressive strength ranging from 200 Mpa to 800Mpa. Typical composition of reactive powder concrete 800 Mpa 1. Fine sand ( 150 – 400 micron) 5001 kg/m3 3.

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