American Structural Steel Leads the Way as White House Prioritizes Low-Carbon Construction Materials
HICAGO - Federal agencies will prioritize the purchase of key low-carbon construction materials, the White House announced Thursday, the latest action in its Federal Buy Clean initiative. America's structural steel industry stands ready to support that mission, and it has already exceeded the Kyoto Protocol's emission reduction requirements by a factor of seven. "We applaud the Biden administration's efforts to lower emissions in the construction sector, and we look forward to continued co...
Simpson Strong-Tie Participates in Construction of First Multi-Story 3D Printed House in the United States
Construction 3D printing is gaining new heights in Texas, as printing begins on the first multistory printed structure in the United States. HANNAH, PERI 3D Construction, and CIVE, in collaboration with building industry partners, are printing a two-story single-family home that integrates customized architectural design and a resilient structural system that leverages a hybridized construction method. The 4,000-square foot project showcases the possibilities of 3D printing technology, mas...
Updated ASCE Publication Provides Guidance on Anchorage Design for Industrial Facilities
Reston, Va. – Anchorage design involves connecting a structural or non-structural component to a concrete or steel structure. Understanding the state-of-the-practice for the design of cast-in-place anchors, welded anchors, and post-installed anchors is critical when used for petrochemical and other industrial facilities. The latest American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publication, Anchorage Design for Petrochemical and Other Industrial Facilities, Second Edition, serves as a source for uni...
Ontix and TCM IP Services Partner to Deliver a New Era of In-Building Mobile Cellular Connectivity
Ontix and TCM IP Services are working to redefine the process of efficiently and affordably deploying 4G/5G-ready, fully JOTs-compliant, neutral host, in-building connectivity for multi-tenant properties London, UK – Ontix, the company delivering Next-Generation Wireless Infrastructure-as-a-Service, and TCM IP Services, a leading IT and physical infrastructure solutions provider, today announced that they have partnered to deliver an innovative solution for in-building connectivity in th...
Slab Production The Easy Way in Norway
Leading precast concrete producer Contiga’s new hollow core plant on the isle of Askøy is taking process automation to a new level. Just 10 operators. That’s all it takes to complete three 132m long hollow-core concrete slabs every day at Norwegian precast producer Contiga’s state-of-the-art new facility on the Island of Askøy. Skilled labour is both scarce and expensive in Norway, so a priority in the plant’s design was to incorporate the highest level of automation possible. Contiga,...
DuPont™ Tedlar® Selected for Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
Photo caption 1: The internal look of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center Wilmington, DE Aug. 26, 2022 – DuPont™ Tedlar® PVF film was recently selected as a protective material for the renovation of one of the largest women and children's medical centers in Asia. The expanded Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center includes approximately 1000 patient beds and covers a total building area of 220,000 square meters. Chosen for its excellent durability and cleanability,...
Bringing circular economy to construction projects
Ph.D. student Radwa Eissa is studying ways to incorporate circular economy principles into construction. Photo by Michael Pierce, Missouri S&T. ROLLA, Mo. – The circular economy is a production and consumption model that reduces material use, optimizes resources, and promotes recycling or reusing waste materials. It has played a role in packaging for years by encouraging recycling and keeping packaging materials out of landfills. Now, with support from the Kummer Innovation and Entrepren...
Utah’s Uniform Building Code Commission votes in favor of updated building standards
The decision is a step toward large economic, public health, and environmental benefits for Utah families and businesses [SALT LAKE CITY, UT] – On August 10, Utah’s Uniform Building Code Commission, an advisory body to the Utah Legislature, held a public hearing to consider public comment on its proposed amendments and updates to the 2021 building codes for Utah, including the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Building codes set the minimum requirements for new buildings or...
Building Sector Is “Off Track” for Emissions Goals, New Report Finds; DOE Needs a Robust Clean Energy RD&D Portfolio
Life cycle GHG emissions of buildings 23 WASHINGTON—The building sector accounts for more than one-seventh of America’s greenhouse gas emissions, not counting its electricity consumption, yet progress in eliminating those emissions has been hampered by research gaps and chronic underfunding for clean energy innovation programs at the Department of Energy (DOE), according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science a...
Why Precast Is Central to Cutting Concrete's Carbon Footprint
With the ability to cut CO2 footprint by 25% factory-based precast concrete production has the potential to save billions of tons of CO2 being emitted each year. So why is it so overlooked, asks Mats Jungar, CEO of Elematic? The world has a love-hate relationship with concrete. On the positive side the raw materials for concrete are plentiful, and the production of concrete foundations and structures are extremely cheap. But on the negative side concrete’s contribution to global CO2 o...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
