Friday, January 17, 2020 
Turning carbon into concrete could win UCLA team a climate victory and $7.5 million
Gabe Falzone and his teammates had been up since 5 a.m., anticipating the arrival of the concrete mixer. When the truck pulled into the alley behind UCLA’s Boelter Hall, hundreds of narrow red cylinders stood ready. The engineers scrambled to fill…
DataBid Blog – Bombardier building 1 million square foot facility in Mississauga
Bombardier is planning to build a one million square foot global manufacturing center in the city of Mississauga that will have the capacity to build up to 100 aircraft per year and support thousands of jobs. The 41.2 acre facility will be…
Dr. Richard E. Thorsten, Robert Puente to deliver keynote addresses at Seventh Emerging Water Technology Symposium
The chief impact officer for water.org, a nonprofit organization that has been working to bring water and sanitation to the world for 25 years, and the president/CEO of the public utility San Antonio Water System will be the keynote speakers for…
FEMA strengthens construction standards for disaster recovery
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released an update, on December 20, 2019, to its Recovery Interim Policy FP-104-009-11, Consensus-Based Codes, Specifications and Standards for Public Assistance (Policy), Version 2.1, adding several International Codes (I-Codes), developed by the International Code Council,…
Mars Metal Recognized as a Member of the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association
Mars Metal, a leading Canadian manufacturer of elevator test cart weights and commercial elevator counterweights, has been recognized as an official member of the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA). CECA is a non-profit organization of elevator contractors and suppliers. It has…
Winnipeg man pleads guilty to defrauding crane company for more than $4M
CTV News reports that a Winnipeg man who lived a lavish life, spending millions of dollars on jewelry, clothes, electronics, and cars, has pleaded guilty to defrauding his former company over $4 million. Peter Ramdath, the former chief financial officer for…
Best Practices: Using Tech To Win The War Against Construction Costs
Throughout 2019 and into the new year, the challenge of keeping construction costs contained has remained front and center for developers and general contractors. According to Deloitte’s 2020 Construction and Engineering Industry Outlook, various cost-related factors will continue to bedevil the industry this…
Living ‘concrete’ made from bacteria used to create replicating bricks
A type of living concrete made from bacteria could one day help to reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry. Wil Srubar at the University of Colorado Boulder and his colleagues have used a type of bacteria, Synechococcus, to create building blocks…
A look at the world’s largest 3D-printed house
SQ4D Inc. (SQ4D) and its Revolutionary Autonomous Robotic Construction System (ARCS), have built the largest permitted 3D printed home in the world. SQ4D has completed construction of the world’s largest permitted 3D printed home. The home is 1900 square feet and took only forty…
What is Bridge Information Modelling (BrIM)?
Intelligent, physical 3D bridge models provide a perfect graphical and functional representation of a bridge and its design results, improving design quality, constructability, and collaboration. BIM for bridges is increasing in popularity, with several US State Departments of Transportation adopting BIM…
Sennebogen Material Handlers mark milestones in growth for Allied Salvage Metals
For four generations, the Weinstein family has been steadily expanding its capabilities to provide recycling services to the lower mainland of British Columbia. Founded by Isadore Weinstein in 1952, Allied Salvage Metals has evolved through several changes in location and equipment.…
Scotland university introduces a building brick that is made from 90% recycled construction and demolition waste
IndustryEurope.com reports that the K-Briq, which can made produced in any colour, produces a tenth of the CO2 emissions of a traditional brick during manufacture, and uses a tenth of the energy. The idea was the brainchild of Heriot-Watt’s Professor Gabriela…
TC Energy to resume work on Keystone XL oil pipeline in February
Reuters reports that Canadian pipeline company TC Energy Corp said on Tuesday it planned to start pre-construction work in February for its Keystone XL oil pipeline, the start of what it expects to be a busy work schedule for the long-delayed…
Politics – Bloomberg unveils plan to make new buildings zero-carbon by 2025
Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg has unveiled a piece of his climate plan that would boost the energy efficiency of buildings, which are responsible for 12 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Bloomberg, a former mayor of New York City, has vowed to cut…
Australian building codes don’t expect houses to be fire-proof – and that’s by design
More than 2,000 homes have been destroyed in Australia since the start of the bushfire season. More will certainly be destroyed before the season ends in March. Could these houses have been built to better withstand fire? Quite probably. But that doesn’t necessarily…
