3D printing has revolutionized the construction industry with faster results, less labor costs, and net-zero emissions. A huge milestone was achieved in this area with the completion of the largest 3D printed building made with real concrete in Muscat, Oman. ...
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China Opens its Longest Underwater Highway Tunnel
China opened its longest underwater highway tunnel for the public on Dec 30, 2021, after four years of construction, which started in January 2018. The Taihu Tunnel stretches under Lake Taihu (the third-largest freshwater lake of China) in Jiangsu province, ...
New Cement-Based Composite to Generate Electricity
Cement has been in human use throughout history, and due to its binding nature, it is regarded as the backbone of the construction industry. But what if cement could be used to generate electricity? A recent edition of the journal ...
Producing Bricks from Recycled Waste Clay
The biggest negative impact of the construction industry on the environment is air pollution caused due to burning of fossil fuels like coal, gas, and diesel. Every construction project results in the emission of carbon dioxide, methane, and other harmful ...
Busan to Welcome the World’s First Floating City
Floating cities are going to be a reality soon. With the joint efforts of UN-habitat and blue tech company, Oceanix, the city of Busan in South Korea is going to get the world’s first floating city. Busan is one of ...
2022 FIFA World Cup Stadium Built out of Shipping Containers
The construction of Stadium 974, previously known as Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, has been completed ahead of schedule for the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar. The stadium is located in the city of Doha, Qatar, and ...
Rising Energy Costs to Bring Construction Inflation
Leading global designing and engineering consultant, Arcadis, has forecast high inflation in the construction industry from next year due to rising energy costs. This will be the second wave of inflation after the raw materials boom and will affect the ...
Auxetic Geometries for Improved Reinforcement
The brittle nature of masonry walls causes them to fracture easily under extreme loads by vehicular crashes, blasts, gas explosions, earthquakes, resulting in huge damage to the infrastructure. However, this problem can be minimized by embedding auxetic materials in the ...