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Coating for sustainability

Construction Specifier

So, the core goal of most industrial coatings is sustainability. All of these sustainability requirements have restricted the use of solvent-borne products, forcing the industry to come up with inventive, low-emitting coating systems. The post Coating for sustainability appeared first on Construction Specifier.

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6 new technologies to incorporate on your job site

The Korte Company

We’re way beyond that now, but the spirit remains the same. How can we incorporate increased sustainability into the work we do? How can we speed up construction? What materials can we develop that make structures stronger? How can we use the virtual world to our advantage?

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Data, transparency are keys to next steps in green building, says USGBC chief

BD+C

Ramanujam says that tools such as USGBC’S Arc, a digital platform that compares and shares building performance data, will be critical to raising sustainability in the built environment.

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Building Connections: Autodesk Construction Solutions ANZ Roadshow Wrap Up

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In the spirit of connection, we invited customers to share the stage with us and present their digital transformation journeys to the broader group, as well as participate in a Q&A panel. Wiley’s Brett Wiskar spoke about the importance of standardisation in helping to deliver sustainable projects.

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What Do Roman England and Construction Technology Have in Common?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

With the dawn of building information modelling (BIM), and the need for more sustainable practices in our modern world, the infrastructure sector has always had a need to be disrupted by technology in whatever shape or form that existed in. Time for disruption. Imagine what we could do with project data from the Roman era?

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5 Green Construction Practices that are becoming Standard Commercial Construction Procedures

HardHatChat

That said, commercial construction clients concerned about the environmental impact of a construction project should know a construction firm does not have to hold special credentials or even pursue project certification in order to implement a variety of sustainable commercial construction techniques. Repurpose and Reuse.

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An Earthship in Vermont

Natural Building

She had been trying to live sustainably in her 19th-century Massachusetts home, converting it to geothermal energy. “I The idea that homeowners can do it themselves” appealed to him, he said, as did the community-minded spirit of the building style. Liz Hatch is building an Earthship in Greensboro, Vermont.

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