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Cape Town to produce, build with plastic-enhanced bricks
A new kind of plastic-enhanced brick is expected to improve plastic waste issues in Cape Town, South Africa.
Contract awarded for munitions plant project
Under the EPC contract, Burns & McDonnell will build a steam boiler facility capable of delivering 1 million pounds per hour of process steam.
Hidden benefits of Krieger’s acoustical doors
Krieger’s acoustical and Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF)-compliant door assemblies not only satisfy acoustical performance requirements, but they also offer hidden benefits, including airflow containment, bullet resistance in addition to smoke and fire suppression.
Highly reliable heat pumps keep you cool all summer long
Lennox International expanded its line of single stage heat pumps with two new models that incorporate their proprietary Quantum Coil technology.
City awards contract for $1 billion water project
The 12-year project was stipulated in a 2014 Consent Decree with the Environmental Protection Agency.
RFID pressure sensors for Industry 4.0
Bestech’s RFID pressure sensors provide a wireless long-term pressure monitoring solution in a connected environment and are available in pressure ranges from 3 to 1,000 bar.
Transparent polymer is as strong as aluminum
A lightweight, transparent plastic material with the mechanical strength of aluminum could be an ideal replacement for traditional and polymeric glass in many applications.
How to select your insulation facing
Facing is often used to limit vapor drive with the ultimate goal of preventing condensation.
Bridges may be vulnerable to this common road de-icer
The damage also is unlikely to be detected using standard visual inspections, the typical method of assessing bridge health.
Outdoor air handler with a virtually leak proof roof system
A new semi-custom outdoor air handler is complemented by a patent-pending triple-layer roof system to virtually eliminate the possibility for leakage.
Video: Transparent wood designed for thermal energy storage in buildings
The transparent, heat-storing wood can bear heavy loads and is easily biodegraded at the end of its service life.
This utility is speeding up its carbon reduction timeline
The revised goal moves up by a full decade the carbon reduction commitment the utility made two years ago.
The first pole-mounted, multi-access edge AI and machine learning solution
The new solution is a compact, low-profile, pole or wall-mountable unit based on an integration of Adlink’s latest AI Edge Server MECS-7210 and Charles’ SC102 Micro Edge Enclosure.
This utility is adding 247 MW of wind energy capacity
The generating capacity will help the utility more than double its use of renewable energy by 2021.
Funding set for interstate bridge-tunnel expansion
The project is designed to add new interstate capacity and twin two-lane bored tunnels along nearly 10 miles of Interstate 64 between Hampton and Norfolk.
Chicago looks to revise its 1940s-era building code
The new code would represent the first comprehensive revisions to the city's building code in 70 years.
Damaged levees and a wrecked air base as Midwest flood waters recede
Most of the levee system south of Omaha, Nebraska, remains compromised and vulnerable due to record inflows surpassing designed protection levels.
Wood books EPCM contract for China refinery expansion
The company will provide EPCM services to the multi-billion-dollar project in southeast China.
Pests or partners? How termite mounds may help building designers
The researchers found small holes, or pores, in the walls of termite mounds which help them stay cool, ventilated and dry.
Desalination plant is set for this new city
The plant is being built to serve New Mansoura City, which is under construction along Egypt’s northern coast on the Mediterranean Sea.