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One-Third of UK Construction Companies Are Short-Staffed
World Construction Today - According to the Office for National Statistics, a labour shortage affected more than one-third of construction companies in late November. A little over 36% of businesses are having trouble hiring new employees, according to the...
Architecture
GUtech Oman 3D prints three new buildings in just 8 days
GUtech, The German Technology University of Oman has impressed the world before when the organization back in December last year 3D printed the at that time largest 3D printed building of 190 m2 in real concrete with a cost...
Architecture
First 100% bio-based 3D-printed home unveiled at the University of Maine
Researchers from the US-based university have unveiled BioHome3D, the first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials.
The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) has created this first 3D-printed home, according to an official report.
The 600-square-foot prototype...
Building Products
Researchers explore strategies to bury CO2 in concrete buildings
One of the most powerful tools for mitigating the impact of climate change could be a material that is so common we tend not to think about it very much – concrete.
The world’s most widely used building material, concrete...
Architecture
Foster+Partners to Masterplan the Worlds Biggest Airport in Riyadh
The UK's Foster + Partners has won a competition to design the masterplan for the King Salman International Airport in Riyadh. The airport aims to boost Riyadh's position as a global hub for transport and logistics.
Planned as the world’s largest, the...
Building Products
Tilbury Douglas starts work on £20m worth of Scottish projects
TILBURY Douglas has announced it has commenced construction on three new projects in Scotland during November, worth almost £20 million.
The firm has started work on two projects for the City of Edinburgh Council. Activities are underway on the Kirkliston...
Civil Engineering
Giant HS2 TBM sets off for second tunnel drive in Long Itchington Wood
The 2,000 tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Dorothy’ has set off for her second tunnel drive under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire.
The second tunnel drive follows the successful completion of the first one-mile tunnel bore in July this year,...
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