Artificial intelligence (AI) is usually used to conjure up images of futuristic machines we see in sci-fi movies. However, in recent times, AI is being widely used in powering digital assistants like Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri—users are availing its benefits ...
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Laying and Jointing of Asbestos Cement Pressure Pipe
Asbestos cement pressure pipe is used for the transmission of water under pressure. It contains asbestos fiber instead of reinforcing steel, making the pipes lighter in weight and providing adequate strength. Asbestos cement pressure pipes have good resistance to hydrogen ...
How to Use Lean 5S on Construction Sites?
Lean 5S is a simple and practical method to bring a quality culture to construction worksites. 5S is a five-step organization technique that practices sort, set, shine, standardize and sustain objectives to create and maintain an intuitive workspace. It is ...
What is Advanced Wastewater Treatment System?
An advanced wastewater treatment is an intermediate step in sewage treatment, undertaken between the primary and final treatment using advanced technologies. It is a high degree treatment process performed when the sewage produced cannot be efficiently treated by pre-treatment components ...
New Way to Improve Strength of Plastic-Reinforced Cement Mortar
A group of researchers from Montana State University (MSU) has published a study on the biomineralization of plastic waste to improve the strength of plastic-reinforced cement mortar. The application of plastic-reinforced cementitious material (PRC) is presently limited due to its ...
Blue-Green Infrastructure: An Eco-friendly Route to Development
Climate change is a prevalent problem across the globe. Yet, we subconsciously associate this issue restricted to affecting only the polar bears, snow leopards, and turtles living in the North Pole. However, this is a misconceived notion. The reality is that ...
Artificial Intelligence in Surveying
AI is gradually proving its ability to streamline the drafting, surveying, and data capture processes in surveying practices. As per a recent report released by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), artificial intelligence would be able to influence almost ...
Value Engineering in Construction
Value engineering can be defined as a set of systematic tools and creative methodologies adopted by a construction project team to rectify constraints of costs, quality, and scope. Value engineering represents solutions that can be implemented in a construction project ...
What are Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)?
Structural insulated panels (SIPs) are high-performance insulating panels used to construct walls, ceilings, and floors for residential and light commercial properties. They are a type of composite sandwich panel system that forms an insulating core. Each panel has multiple layers ...
Artificial Intelligence Technologies: Top 5 Applications in Construction
Artificial intelligence is the product of the constant need for data innovation. It is frequently used interchangeably with the concepts of robotization and automation and confused with machine learning or algorithms. Dictionaries define artificial intelligence (AI) as the hypothesis and ...