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  • Fortifying Foundations: Cutting-Edge Innovations in Seismic Retrofitting
    Article - 3 Apr 2024
    Seismic retrofitting enhances building resilience to earthquakes through advanced materials and technologies, protecting lives and infrastructure.
  • The Rise of Composite Materials in Advanced Construction
    Article - 3 Jan 2024
    Composite materials are those constructed from two or more constituent materials, generating novel or enhanced properties such as mechanical and thermal resistance, vibration damping, corrosion...
  • How is Seismic Design Taken into Account in Bridge Engineering?
    Article - 5 Jul 2023
    Designing infrastructure that can withstand the effects of earthquakes and other natural disasters is a key concern within the construction industry. This article will explore how engineers take into...
  • Advances in Concrete Reinforcement Techniques
    Article - 12 Apr 2023
    Concrete is the most commonly used construction material for key infrastructure and buildings, but pure concrete cannot meet the stringent demands of the construction industry. To improve its strength...
  • How do Construction Materials Age?
    Article - 7 Nov 2022
    This article discusses the changes in the properties of construction materials over time and the latest research on aging resistance.
  • Rapid Seismic Damage Prediction of Buildings Rooted on Structural Strength
    Article - 15 Jun 2022
    This study in the journal Buildings compares the suggested method to refined finite element model analysis and simplified model analysis and recommends a method for the rapid prediction of seismic...
  • Scrap Tire Rubber and Nylon Fiber Used in Asphalt
    Article - 10 Feb 2022
    Due to the increasing number of automobiles, millions of tires are produced each year. Scrap tires are made up of nylon fiber and scrap tire rubber. One of the most effective ways to dispose of used...
  • Non-Destructive Testing of Timber
    Article - 18 Jan 2022
    Non-destructive testing (NDT) can be defined as the science of testing the mechanical and physical properties or the defects of a piece of material or structure, without having to damage or alter the...
  • The Drawbacks of Bamboo-Reinforced Concrete
    Article - 24 Nov 2021
    An international team of researchers has demonstrated that bamboo is a poor substitute for steel reinforcement, and often fails to deliver the sustainability benefits it has come to be associated...
  • Assessing Temperature Effects on Cement Paste
    Article - 18 Feb 2020
    Portland cement is the most common type of cement. It is used globally as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout.
Reducing Embodied Carbon Through Design

Reducing Embodied Carbon Through Design

With an increase in the pressure to decarbonize the built environment and build more carbon-neutral buildings, the reduction of embodied carbon has become of great importance.

Calcium Carbonate Concrete: Building on Recycling

Calcium Carbonate Concrete: Building on Recycling

AZoBuild talks to Professors Noguchi and Maruyama about their research and development of Calcium Carbonate Concrete (CCC), a new material that has the potential to cause a sustainable revolution in the construction industry.

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