Concrete Manufacturer Heidelberg Materials Precast Contiga and Metsä Wood Develop New Hybrid Element
Swedish concrete manufacturer Heidelberg Materials Precast Contiga and Finnish producer of engineered wood products Metsä Wood, have initiated a cross-industry collaboration to capitalise on the benefits of combining concrete and wood in future building structures. The ambition is to jointly develop and launch a hybrid element with a low carbon footprint. The collaboration involves starting the development of a new hybrid element that is constructed with both concrete and wood as constituent...
Time-traveling concrete: S&T researcher looks to ancient Rome to transform modern industry
Dr. Monday Uchenna Okoronkwo recently received the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program award. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T. ROLLA, Mo. – A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology is looking to solve the problems of tomorrow by using chemistry from the distant past. Dr. Monday Uchenna Okoronkwo, assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at S&T, is researching how to mimic the chemistry and composition of a...
McKinsey Report: Procurement must play key role in decarbonizing construction
Chief procurement officers (CPOs) will be the main drivers for improving the sustainability of construction projects and overall profitability 19 April 2023: The latest research from McKinsey & Company (McKinsey) emphasizes that procurement in construction companies will play a pivotal role as they navigate uncertainty and aim for sustainability targets. The insights come as McKinsey publishes its latest report: The strategic era of procurement in construction. 40 to 70 percent of a constr...
New USGS-FEMA Study Highlights Economic Earthquake Risk in the United States
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. Map showing distribution of average annualized earthquake loss by region. The high concentration of loss in California and the West Coast is consistent with that region’s high seismic hazard, significant population, and building exposure. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Earthquakes cost the nation an estimated $14.7 billion annually in building damage and associated losses according to a new report released jointly today by the U.S. Geological Survey and the...
American Concrete Institute Releases 2023 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The American Concrete Institute has released the 2023 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices. The ACI Collection is the most comprehensive and largest single source of information on concrete design, construction, materials, and repair, with over 50 codes and specifications and more than 200 practices – including all guides, reports, and education publications. The ACI Collection features ACI 318 “Building Code Requirements for Structural...
Project Will Test Regional Wood in High-Tech Timber Construction Products
The goal behind the UNH Cooperative Extension project funded by the Future Forest Economy Initiative is to increase demand for cross-laminated timber panels created using spruce-pine-fir lumber from the Northern Forest so that more mass-timber projects like the one pictured will use local wood. Credit: Kure Creative/H+O Structural Engineering photo. UNH Project Aims to Access New Market for Wood from Northern Forest States As the trend toward mass timber construction grows, Northern F...
American Concrete Institute Introduces New Guide for Shotcrete
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI: (March 16, 2023) The American Concrete Institute, through the work of ACI Committee 506, has released ACI PRC-506-22: Shotcrete—Guide. The newly introduced guide provides information on materials and properties of both dry-mix and wet-mix shotcrete and covers most facets of the shotcrete process including application procedures, equipment requirements, and responsibilities of the shotcrete crew. As a companion document to ACI SPEC-506.2: Specification for Shotcrete, the...
Circular Economy of Cement Could Be Worth €110 Billion by 2050, McKinsey & Company Report Shows
A circular economy of concrete and cement could produce €110 billion in net value and avoid or mitigate two billion tons of CO₂ emissions by 2050, according to a new McKinsey & Company report. This will be driven by capture, storage and usage of CO2 from cement and concrete production, re-use of energy from waste material and recirculation of materials and minerals across the built environment. The Circular cement value chain: Sustainable and profitable report projects that adoption of circul...
Updated ASTM Standard Available for HDPE HDD Projects
PPI Stresses Importance of Document for the Industry IRVING, TX - The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) today came out with a statement supporting and stressing the importance of updated ASTM standard for using high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe in horizontal directional drilling (HDD) projects. ASTM F1962-22, Standard Guide for Use of Maxi-Horizontal Directional Drilling for Placement of Polyethylene Pipe or Conduit Under Obstacles, Including River Crossings was revised and updated...
S&T researchers on cutting edge of 3D concrete printing developments
ROLLA, Mo. – A research team at Missouri University of Science and Technology is currently working to make the 3D printing of concrete faster, stronger and more resilient for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “Through our research, we hope to develop new fiber-reinforced concrete composites that can be 3D printed,” says Dr. Kamal Khayat, S&T’s vice chancellor for research and innovation. “This type of printing can allow for faster construction of protective battlefield structures including te...
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