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Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry will help with the $500-billion smart city project dubbed Neom to make sure it is completed on time, minister Abdulaziz bin Salman said, as quoted by Reuters. "We have to persevere and make all our capacities...

Further research work will however be necessary until industrial application is possible, for example as a composite in lightweight construction. A viscous biopaste that is easy to process, solidifies quickly and is suitable for producing even complex structures using the...

With a height of 530-metres, the skyscraper is the third tallest in China and the seventh-tallest in the world. Spanning across 97 floors, the Tianjin-based skyscraper is known as the Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center and provides a...

John Sisk & Sons deployed Site Progress Mobile from Elecosoft to deliver woodland cabins for Center Parcs. In late 2017, John Sisk & Son (Sisk) was awarded the contract to build the guest lodges and central leisure buildings at...

CHAS and the National Federation of Builders (NFB) have renewed their commitment to promoting high operating standards within the UK construction industry CHAS membership will also mean they are eligible to be assessed to the construction industry’s new Common Assessment...

Researchers from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have 3D printed a “first-of-its-kind” smart wall called ‘EMPOWER’. The prototype wall was demonstrated at the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program’s (FEMP) virtual 2020 Energy Exchange event. Built to highlight the...

Scientists have developed a method to 3D-print greener buildings using local soil that they say has the potential to revolutionise the construction industry. The technology is designed to be a sustainable alternative to concrete, which accounts for approximately 7% of...