by CC IT | Jan 15, 2019 | BEST of Construction
KnitCandela is 3D knitted shell technology developed at ETH Zurich and designed to pay tribute to Felix Candela. The heart of this curved concrete shell is knitted while the structure’s formwork is a textile supported by steel cable-net. The structure was designed by...
by CC IT | Jan 10, 2019 | BEST of Construction
The construction industry is experiencing a severe worker shortage with employers looking to fill an average of nearly 225,000 jobs every month according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly 80% of construction businesses reported having a hard time finding...
by CC IT | Dec 31, 2018 | BEST of Construction
The Guardian XO Max is a robotic exoskeleton designed to enable construction workers to lift heavy objects for prolonged periods of time without straining their muscles, this could be the future of construction. Rather than replace construction workers with machines,...
by CC IT | Dec 17, 2018 | BEST of Construction
A research team based out of Purdue University’s Lyles School of Civil Engineering have developed a 3D printed flexible cement that only gets stronger when pressure is applied. Among the team members are professors Jan Olek, Pablo Zavattieri, Jeffrey Youngblood, and...
by CC IT | Dec 12, 2018 | BEST of Construction
An ancient salt mine in the Transylvanian countryside has turned into an interesting and unlikely tourist attraction, an underground amusement park. Salina Turda will be a completely unique experience for anyone willing to take the trip to experience all it has to...
by CC IT | Nov 27, 2018 | BEST of Construction
The Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland nicknamed the “earthscraper” is a groundbreaking new hotel built in an abandoned quarry, 88 metres below ground. This hotel will be the first of its kind, taking over 10 years to complete, with a team of more than 5,000...
by CC IT | Nov 14, 2018 | BEST of Construction
All-electric homes are becoming the default for new residential construction in the greater Sacramento, California area. Earlier this year Dr. Horton, a national homebuilder, broke ground on two all-electric projects in North Natomas, a neighborhood in Sacramento....
by CC IT | Nov 13, 2018 | BEST of Construction
Photovoltaic concrete is a new kind of concrete that generates its own electricity by converting light to energy. This can be done using a process called semiconducting, which is similar to how solar panels work. The concrete panels are built with ultra thin solar...
by CC IT | Nov 5, 2018 | BEST of Construction
Vietnam has completed construction on it’s largest onshore wind farm. The 12th and final turbine, constructed in the project’s second phase, was installed just ahead of the “imminent arrival” of south Vietnam’s monsoon season, the developer’s chairman Olivier Duguet...
by CC IT | Nov 2, 2018 | BEST of Construction
Skypod by PLP Architecture is a new and unique elevator system design that is connected by a series of pods that snakes around the exterior of the skyscraper instead of using the original pulley system that hasn’t been improved upon since the traditional elevator was...
