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[VIDEO] Hawaii DOT Tests Carbon-Injected Concrete

Construction Equipment

The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) plans to use carbon-injected concrete in all future construction as part of its sustainable transportation initiative, according to Smart Cities. The material has been approved for “all flat work” such as roads and sidewalks. According to the article,…

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ACI certification builds concrete wisdom

GCP Applied Technologies

If you visit the American Concrete Institute's (ACI) website , you'll soon learn why becoming ACI-certified for testing concrete is important, and necessary for building sound, safe, sustainable structures. Yet, hardly any of the concrete they produce ever makes it to an edifice. Knowledge + Experience = Concrete Wisdom.

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Austrian Company Makes Rammed Earth Panels

Natural Building

PURE Walls are the culmination of 35 years of research and development.The construction sector went so far in the wrong direction in terms of sustainable building practices that it necessitated a rediscovery and a modernization of ancient techniques and materials like rammed earth. Rammed earth is still a common material in the global south.

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Coronavirus and travel: Thailand’s tame elephants are sent back to their forest homes

Construction Test

A herd of 11 elephants walk along a paved road during a 150-kilometre journey from Mae Wang to Ban Huay in northern Thailand. Her group promotes settling elephants where they can live alongside villagers in sustainable eco-friendly communities. It believes the animals are abused at many high-profile tourist attractions.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

» Follow the Green Road (or A Summary of CONExpo/ConAgg). Some themes of this year’s show can be summed up as follows: focus on sustainability and green practices—or at least an emphasis on how products kind of “leaned into” that category, even if you had to squint to see the connection at times.

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More than a million travellers visit the Maldives each year. Here’s what they don’t see

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There are not too many airports in the world where you can walk outside the terminal at 10pm, cross the road and board a speedboat, a la James Bond. The local company provides authentic and sustainable experiences for guests who want to get more out of holidaying somewhere that, for most people, is a once-in-a-lifetime destination.

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A Connected BIM Approach Helping to Achieve High Levels of Productivity for the Anel Group

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With a view to contributing to an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable world, we combine our engineering and technology capabilities with our strategic skills and take innovative initiatives.”. “ Similarly, it is possible to link the list to documents or to put dots on it and link them to the equipment.

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