HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Power parking: The challenges of EV charging infrastructure
Each site will have to prove which vehicles it can move through without wasting land, power or capital.
Crushed oyster shells help create ultra-light magnesium foam for vehicles, armor
The team believes the material could potentially find use cases in shipbuilding, aviation or protective clothing such as safety vests or protectors.
Future buildings could be made with prickly pear cacti
By substituting synthetic fibers with natural alternatives, the team believes they can offer a renewable and biodegradable solution.
Engineered soil promises to protect underground water networks
The Monash team looked at specially-designed backfill materials that could potentially be used as an active corrosion protection system instead of providing mechanical support.
A sewage ‘superhighway’ takes shape in Singapore
A superhighway of underground tunnels is under construction to help Singapore fulfill its water supply and reclamation services.
Structural health monitoring systems for bridges and infrastructure
Not to be a fatalist, but even newly commissioned bridges and other recently realized infrastructure assets can suffer from hidden defects.
Welding distortion control in large fabricated structures
Fabricated buildings, followed by such engineering marvels as oil rigs and ships, receive thousands of welds, covering seams and structural joints across massive interconnected sections.
100% recyclable construction slabs turn building rubble into high-strength alternative materials
This alternative to existing construction materials, developed through the SARCOS project, takes debris from demolished buildings and turns it into high-quality floor slabs that are equally as strong as standard ones.
Oyster-inspired cement could pave the way for stronger, faster-setting construction materials
Researchers developed the patent-pending oyster-based cement, which is expected to fortify traditional cement that can become brittle and weak over time, thus leading to weakened concrete.
Beyond 100%: What this solar milestone really means
They captured excess energy produced by singlet fission (SF), which is sometimes referred to as a "dream technology" for enhancing light conversion.
Proposed high-speed rail will not make a big dent in Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions
The sheer amount of concrete, steel and copper required to build Alto will be immense, and would contribute to Canada’s GHG emissions during construction.
Meet the TracStar 28
The machine can handle the needs of smaller, 2-inch iron pipe size (IPS) to 8-inch ductile IPS (63 mm to 225 mm) pipe fusion projects.
Shrimp waste drives cleaner, more sustainable concrete
The team found that adding chitosan increased compressive strength by roughly 67%, increasing from 2.10 MPa in the base material to maximum values of roughly 3.51 MPa in the optimized formulations.
Strengthening skills of water utility pros
An industry training program for water and wastewater professionals provides expertise for eliminating water loss due to pipeline leaks and corrosion and reducing emergency water main breaks.
Sacramento State’s bid to create a downtown civic and innovation hub
A proposed college capital campus would turn underused state-owned land into a center for education, housing, workforce training and economic growth.
Mineralized sawdust powers fire-resistant composite
The composite material was produced using the mineral struvite, a crystalline, colorless ammonium magnesium phosphate known for its fire resistance.
AIRMATIC introduces the AIRGUARD Air Prep Cart for reliable, on-demand compressed air treatment
The mobile compressed air treatment system includes an air dryer, filter, regulator with gauge and lubricator securely mounted and protected in an easy-to-maneuver cart.
Steel-ball device helps buildings ride out earthquakes
The simple energy-dissipation device, the team explained, is a cylinder filled with steel balls that relies on the power of friction to protect infrastructure from earthquakes, wind and industrial vibrations.
HCSS unveils the future of HeavyBid on the web
Civil construction estimators can now securely manage bids from the office, the field or remote locations, free from the constraints of a desktop setup.
Purdue team creates safer technique for locating buried pipes
The device is expected to improve upon traditional ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data to better determine the location, orientation and radius of underground pipes.