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MHCLG confirms BASEC as Approved Body 2661
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) designates BASEC as an Approved Body for UK Construction Products Regulation testing as of 31st December 2020.
Following the Brexit trade agreements, the question has arisen surrounding mutual recognition agreement off...
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Construction material shortages to continue in 2021
The three big drivers — backlog, revenue expectations and contractor confidence — in the business group’s report “nudged up” slightly from the third quarter, but failed to reach pre-pandemic numbers. All three CCI scores were 70 or above in...
Building Products
Tata Steel to develop GreenPro Ecolabel to help steel sector reduce carbon emission
Tata Steel has embarked on developing a GreenPro framework, GreenPro Ecolabel, to manufacture steel rebars, a first of a kind initiative in India, that would help the steel sector reduce the carbon foot print while manufacturing steel products.
Tata Steel...
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Concrete reinforced with 3D-printed polymer four times stronger
A team at the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a type of concrete that uses a lacy polymer lattice that allows it to bend without cracking and at the same time reduce its carbon emissions.
A paper published in...
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Branch Technology Raises $11 Million for Fleet of Construction 3D Printers
With the funding round led by EquipmentShare, with backing from Brick & Mortar Ventures, Chattanooga Renaissance Fund and other previous investors, Branch Technology will be able to develop even further. The company plans to expand its team further, incorporating...
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Engineers, designers unveil Tallhouse system for prefab timber urban housing
A coalition of American and British engineers and designers, including Arup and Buro Happold, have teamed up to create a suite of standardised, mass-timber and steel structural elements for high-density urban housing.
Called the “Tallhouse”, the catalogue of manufacturable systems...
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Researcher wins NSF grant to find new construction materials
To find new, eco-friendly materials, a Rowan University scientist is looking closely at some of nature’s strongest and lightest building blocks—protein-based polymers. Think of delicate spider webs, dragonfly wings, and silk threads spun by caterpillars. Xiao Hu wins NSF...
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