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The European Unions HEPHAESTUS Project: Cable robot to build and renovate
Repairing buildings has been a time-consuming affair up to now. Scaffolding has to be erected and craftsmen are often busy for weeks on end with the simplest of tasks. How nice it would be if all this could be...
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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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New approaches could reduce the carbon-intensity of cement production in construction industry
After years of slow headway, building design and industry professionals say sharp reductions in the climate impact of concrete are possible now. That is significant because cement, the critical glue that holds concrete together, is so carbon-intensive that if...
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Contractors raise worries about working in latest lockdown
Major contractors are warning that keeping sites open in the coming weeks might not be as straightforward as previous lockdowns.
On Monday evening, Boris Johnson put England into another national lockdown – the third in just over nine months –...
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Getting Back to Business: PCL Construction Develops Cleaning Module to Bring Confidence Back to Businesses and Shoppers
PCL Construction has decades of experience building facilities that incorporate UV technology to deactivate pathogens at an industrial scale. The company has leveraged this experience and partnered with Sterilray™ to create a revolutionary solution to effectively deactivate numerous pathogens...
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Saudi developer awards $510m deals for first Riyadh mixed use project
ROSHN, Saudi Arabia’s national community developer backed by the Public Investment Fund, has announced new partnerships with Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast and Siemens to support the development of the first phase of its first landmark Riyadh project.
ROSHN said it has...
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Construction sector’s ‘exemplary record’ on Covid-19 defended as shutdown looms
The “exemplary record” of the construction sector in protecting workers from Covid-19 has been defended amid an expectation that work on most building sites will be halted due to the surge in new cases of the disease.
Tom Parlon, director...
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