Building Products

Amazon has officially opened its latest low-carbon delivery station in Stockton-on-Tees, UK, a facility designed to establish new benchmarks for sustainable industrial construction in Europe. The 10,800m² logistics building opened on October 21 and serves as a testing ground...

GS Engineering & Construction has developed 20 standard floor plans for steel modular buildings covering apartments, officetels, hotels and dormitories. The company will integrate the designs with a building information modeling (BIM)-based construction cost estimation system, enabling customers to...

Swiss Steel Group and Canada Nickel Company have announced plans to establish a long-term strategic low carbon steel partnership to supply semi-finished steel products from Canada, with potential deliveries of approximately one million tonnes annually from 2030. The companies signed...

Fortera and MLC plan to build a commercial plant for Fortera’s low carbon cement technology at MLC’s site in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. The proposed facility is expected to produce 300,000 tons of cement annually by converting carbon dioxide captured...

Sika has developed SikaBiresin® MC 90, a two-component polyurethane paste material that enables high-throughput additive manufacturing of complex geometries and three-dimensional structures. Combining rapid strength development with thermal performance and dimensional stability, the material can reduce the need for...

The use of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) in cement manufacturing could help reduce the construction industry's reliance on fossil fuels while diverting suitable combustible waste from landfills, according to a systematic review by researchers at Adelaide University. The research examines...

Researchers are developing a bacteria-based alternative to conventional cement manufacturing by using microorganisms to bind sand grains into solid architectural elements. Karen Antorveza Paez, who has recently completed her doctorate at ETH Zurich, is investigating how biological processes can...