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Grouting for buildings: All you need to know! (+demo videos)

Building and Interiors

Why does it happen that newly constructed buildings develop problems of seepage, loose joints, or cracks over time? Building construction remains an extremely complex and challenging task. Building construction remains an extremely complex and challenging task. This mixture is used in filling gaps during construction.

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Sustainable Practice: Is Construction on the Cusp of a Green Cement Revolution?

Architizer

The impact of human development on the world has never been more apparent, but development continues and is gathering pace. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have made a breakthrough in the development of low carbon cement, by University of Cambridge, Materials Processing Institute Some countries have made progress.

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New concrete vaulted floor suggests path to cutting carbon emissions

Deezen

A type of flooring that uses 75 per cent less concrete than the current standard has been invented by researchers at the universities of Bath, Cambridge and Dundee, who say it could make a "major difference" to the construction industry's carbon footprint. Demo shows minimum 60 per cent reduction in emissions.

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I finally tried Apple Vision Pro

Brandon Donnelly

I was in the Apple Store at the Toronto Eaton Center getting the battery replaced in my phone, so I decided to do a demo. And the developer community will build a bunch of killer apps that nobody has even thought of yet. But regardless, if you haven’t already, I would encourage you to book a demo at your local Apple Store.

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MIT engineers build load-bearing structures using tree forks instead of steel joints

Deezen

Discarded tree forks could replace load-bearing joints in architecture projects using a construction technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT's Digital Structures group has built a demo structure using tree forks as joints.

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When preserving a historic building shouldn't be called hardship

Community Architect Daily

Given the success of preserving history it is surprising how often developers buy old buildings in historic districts and then try to bail out when it comes to fixing them up. Exhibit two is the CenterPoint in Baltimore's old retail district "Market Center", constructed in tandem with the Hippodrome which was a great adaptive reuse project.

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Metro Reports: Benson High School, DoveLewis, SE 6th & Alder, and more

Next Portland

Every week, the Bureau of Development Services publishes lists of Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed in the previous week. Early Assistance has been requested for a project at 2700 SE Tacoma St : Construction of a new 4-story, self storage facility, totaling approximately 173,000 square feet.

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