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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...
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UAE construction sites can start taking help from a robot for drilling
The construction company ALEC – currently working on some signature projects in Dubai such as One Za’abeel – has partnered Hilti to pilot test ‘Jaibot’ to help with drilling tasks. Hilti is into construction related manufacturing.
ALEC had been testing...
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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.
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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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