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FPT at CONEXPO: Solutions from plug and play to tailor made
The company will present its complete range of engines for construction machinery, designed to deliver high performance, reliability and versatility even in the most demanding off-road applications.
Fungus converts discarded mattresses into eco-friendly building insulation
The team created a lightweight, solid material that can function as an insulator, with its heat-blocking capabilities similar to already available commercial insulation products.
Researchers test eco-friendly concrete derived from desert sand
The material, dubbed botanical sand concrete, includes fine desert sand combined with plant-based additives and small wood particles using heat and pressure.
Column: Building an AI for buildings — “AI shouldn’t optimize a task; it should help build the entire store”
Construction is where abstract decisions become physical reality. It’s where safety, regulation, budgets, weather and human lives intersect. And it's an industry where AI is making quick inroads.
Always inspection ready: SEEPEX launches Smart Joint Access
The inspection-friendly pump design was developed for demanding industrial environments where uptime and reliability are critical.
Hydraulics helping hands: Data centers keep their cool
The hydraulic backbone, whether radiator cooled or immersion cooled, involves high-efficiency pumps and scores of specially designed server farm fluid fittings.
New Air Cradle for quick and efficient air gun storage
The simple but innovative accessory is designed to keep safety air guns and similarly sized tools within easy reach at workstations and machine centers.
Smarter water, fewer worries: How sensors, IoT and predictive analytics are transforming water management
The transition from schedule-based and reactive maintenance to a condition-based, predictive management model is imperative. This transition is enabled by the integration of real-time sensor networks, IoT architectures, and AI for predictive analytics.
Flood-resilient building blocks made completely from recycled plastic
The ECOCCUBE system transforms waste plastic into durable building blocks for use in vulnerable environments, offering a sustainable alternative to conventional concrete.
Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever
The construction work produced engineering breakthroughs, such as hydraulic cement made from local materials and locks that lifted the canal’s water level.
Customizable fan filter units for the most demanding cleanroom environments
Fan filter units are compact, modular, self-contained devices that have an integrated motor, fan and a high efficiency (HEPA or ULPA) filter.
Machine learning helping locate what cannot be seen
If space rocks can carry familiar ingredients but not the chemical “signature” that life leaves behind, then identifying the true signs of biology becomes extremely complicated. To solve this, a new approach to data analysis was developed.
Inspection process keeps water mains flowing
A new non-disruptive assessment technology enables inspection of aging water transmission infrastructure without taking pipelines out of service.
Researchers develop quick-setting, sustainable material to replace concrete in 3D printing
The team created a clay-based material that cures during extrusion thanks to an acrylamide binder that triggers a frontal polymerization reaction.
Seashells promise to pave the way for greener, low-carbon concrete
In a bid to solve one of the construction industry's biggest carbon problems, the low-carbon concrete ingredient promises to potentially cut significant amounts of carbon dioxide from what is one of the world's most polluting materials.
Austria’s Semmering Railway: A landmark achievement in civil engineering
The leap from pioneering flat tracks made of iron rails across tame English farmland to carving switchback-free routes through Austrian mountains was nothing short of, well, radical.
Column: In AI, local democracy finds an unlikely ally
Concerned citizens – perhaps too busy to get themselves to a public hearing at city hall – are now being offered other options to get their viewpoint heard. And in those communities, AI is becoming something of an equalizer.
Cloud-based MPC retrofitting for HVAC control
This approach to model predictive control retrofitting can modernize HVAC systems and other critical infrastructure at lower cost, extending the life of legacy through smarter, more adaptive control.
Spain to Morocco mega tunnel: 60 km to a new era of trade
It's envisioned as a rail connection, integrating a modern, high-speed service that will convey passengers and freight between Europe and Africa via an underground railway system.
Cardboard waste gets new life as robust construction material
The sustainable construction material, dubbed cardboard-confined rammed earth, has roughly one-quarter of concrete’s carbon footprint and is expected to help reduce landfill waste.