Remove America Remove Environment Remove Innovation Remove Safety
article thumbnail

Ontario Investing Nearly $4M In Mass Timber Innovation

Business Facilities

Element5’s facility will be one of North America’s first fully automated cross laminated timber plants. “Element5’s new facility will showcase the kind of innovation we want to see more of in Ontario.” Thomas are well poised to become the centre of the mass timber industry in North America.”

article thumbnail

Behind the Build: Interview with Trever White, Group Manager at Toyota Motor North America

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Toyota is famous for consistently driving innovation. We recently had the chance to interview Trever White , Group Manager - Digital Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering at Toyota Motor North America. I would say ten years of my career were focused on infrastructure, as we were just building out all of our plants in North America.

America 59
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Concrete construction innovations

GCP Applied Technologies

Concrete construction innovations. One of the latest innovations in concrete construction is the development of an entirely new type of concrete. In this environment, the casting surface needs to be flat, with minimal imperfections. North America customer service: 1-877-4AD-MIX (1-877-423-6491). Phillip.fry@gc….

article thumbnail

Four New LEED Pilot Credits Respond to COVID-19

Green Building Law Update

America is reopening including physically opening its buildings and the U.S. In announcing the first two LEED pilot credits, USGBC said, “Green buildings feature opportunities for creating more equitable, healthier, and supportive environments for construction workers, and in many locations, construction workers are considered essential.

Green 156
article thumbnail

Stone wool insulation: Improving open-joint cladding systems

Construction Specifier

By Brendan Van Gool The primary function of a wall system is to act as an environment separator. For the last 50 years, the components and design of cavity wall systems have undergone a significant transformation in North America. Photos courtesy MKB Construction Inc.

America 57
article thumbnail

Hilti Acquires Concrete Sensors, an IoT Concrete Testing Startup

Construction Junkie

Proper curing of concrete is extremely important, though, for quality and safety reasons. Theoretically, the process should be more accurate, as well, since the cylinders aren’t always kept in the same environment that the concrete was placed and the sensor locations are tracked, eliminating sample mixups.

article thumbnail

VERIFI® In-transit Concrete Management Advances UK Concrete Barrier Projects

GCP Applied Technologies

In January 2005 the United Kingdom’s Highways Agency launched their Smart Motorway Projects, a commitment to replace all life-expired steel barrier systems with concrete on motorways with high traffic volumes, in order to increase safety throughout their road networks. North America customer service: 1-877-4AD-MIX (1-877-423-6491).