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Study Reveals Potential to Reduce Material Used for Suspension Bridge Deck

News - 4 Jun 2020

The design of bridge decks for suspensions bridges have not undergone any fundamental change in the last six decades. These bridges are well known from the Great Belt Link in Denmark. The Turkish...

Natural Antifreeze Proteins Could be Key to Sustainable Concrete

News - 28 May 2020

Proteins that safeguard animals and plants from freezing under extremely cold temperatures could be the key to cementing the sustainability of future infrastructure. Wil Srubar III. Image Credit: CU...

3D-Printed Concrete To Help Build Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure

News - 1 May 2020

Wind off the coasts of the U.S. could be used to generate more than double the combined electricity capacity of all the nation's electric power plants, reports have suggested. But building wind...

Testing Impact Performance of Steel Fiber-Reinforced Porosity-Free Concrete

News - 23 Apr 2020

The most extensively used building material across the globe is concrete. Therefore, it is being developed constantly to meet the requirements of the contemporary world. Outline of degassing and...

Strengthening Steel in Critical Structures with Bond-Free CFRP

News - 10 Apr 2020

At the Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT), scientists from the Structural Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering have proposed a new idea for making steel...

Concrete Made with Post-Treatment Steel Slag is Stronger than Usual Concrete

News - 7 Apr 2020

Scientists have demonstrated a way to use a by-product of steel making in both making stronger concrete and treating wastewater, through a zero-waste method to help promote the circular...

Hope’s Windows, Inc. Expands Its One55 TM Series Hot-Rolled Steel Windows

News - 2 Apr 2020

Hope’s Windows, Inc., the nation’s leading and most experienced manufacturer of custom-designed, solid hot-rolled steel and solid bronze window and door systems, announces the expansion of...

Metsä Wood: Building D(emountable) – Fast Construction with Hybrid Structures

News - 25 Mar 2020

The architectural office cepezed from the Netherlands wanted to build a four-storey office building that could be moved to another location, if needed. The end-result, Building D(emountable), is a...

Metsä Wood: How Can Sustainability in Construction be Achieved Without Compromising Efficiency? The Hybrid City Initiative Calls for Innovation

News - 5 Mar 2020

Metsä Wood’s Hybrid City initiative is searching for ways to make construction more sustainable while maintaining efficiency using current building methods. Improving sustainability is...

Engineered Timber Can Have Double Benefits for Climate Stabilization

News - 28 Jan 2020

According to a new study, climate stabilization can gain two-fold benefits from a material revolution, in which steel and cement are replaced by wood in urban construction. Skyscraper construction...