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UK Universities to Address Waste in Construction Industry
University researchers will be studying how to reduce waste in the construction industry, thanks to a grant from United Kingdom Research and Innovation, a public body that supports research and knowledge exchange in higher education. The organization has issued...
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Air Duct Cleaning: Scam or Worth It?
Like many homeowners, you've probably been advised to schedule routine air duct cleaning to ensure a sufficiently high quality of indoor air. Sadly, however, nearly all research conducted on the benefits of duct cleaning have concluded that these treatments...
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Dubai’s audacious Heart of Europe megaproject nears first stage completion
Kleindienst Group, the developer behind The Heart of Europe islands development off the coast of Dubai has announced that the first phase of the islands has been completed and they are set to start handing over units to investors...
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United Rentals introduces drop-in clarifier system for solid waste removal in construction dewatering applications
United Rentals has launched the CL-250 Clarifier, which delivers a complete solids removal solution for a wide range of waste streams. The clarifier system allows companies to increase efficiency of solid waste removal while also reducing the mobilization time...
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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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Australia seeks bids for country’s largest-ever pre-construction project
The government of Victoria is in search of expressions of interest for Australia’s biggest-ever enabling works contract, for Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop.
The scope of work includes upgrades to roads and power supplies, utility relocations, sub-station construction and ground improvements....
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Infogrid raises $15.5M from Northzone to retrofit buildings with ‘smart’ IoT
Infogrid, an IoT startup which can retrofit an existing building to make it “smart”, has raised $15.5 million. The Series A funding round was led by Northzone, with participation from JLL Spark, Concrete VC, The Venture Collective, Jigsaw VC,...
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