Scanning electron microscopic analysis has been used to maintain the quality of building materials. How can electron microscopy be used to examine bacteria and toxins in building materials?
By Benedette Cuffari
8 Jul 2019
The construction industry needs to reduce its environmental impact for sustainable development. How could industrial hemp be used as an alternative a to traditional building material?
By Chloe Bennett
8 Jul 2019
Hemp, a plant that is a strain of the Cannabis sativa plant species, can be used to create an environmentally friendly building material.
Today’s green buildings are based on practices which build on the use of processes and designs covering the whole of the building’s life cycle.
By Dr. Liji Thomas
29 May 2019
Green buildings are designed around a philosophy of preserving and improving the natural environment.
By Dr. Liji Thomas
29 May 2019
Green buildings are designed and constructed around the principle of preserving and enhancing the natural environment rather than affecting it adversely.
By Dr. Liji Thomas
29 May 2019
Foundations have their own unique designs and concreting these foundations requires a number of highly regulated steps, including site inspection.
Glass blocks are a modern and attractive feature used to enhance the appearance of rooms in buildings.
A non-load-bearing partition wall can be an ideal, cost-effective, and simple way of making the most of the available space in a room.
Successfully painting over hot dipped galvanized steel, known as a duplex system, is an orthodox industrial painting procedure.