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5 Tips for Maintaining Efficient Parts Production
Shortcuts and quick fixes may seem like the fastest way to produce a part, but they typically end up costing everyone more time. Here are some tips for more efficient part production.
Watch: Smog-reducing Granules Embedded in Roofing Materials
Integrated throughout a shingle’s surface, 3M’s roofing granules are designed with a specialized photocatalytic coating applied to the base mineral.
Building in China Includes its Own Waterfall
Competition to create unique architectural designs, particularly for buildings in large cities overrun by them, is steep. As such, one building in southwest China now stands out from the rest with its own waterfall.
Factors to Consider When Beginning Your EPC Project
Here are some things to consider in conducting the detailed engineering design of a project, procuring the equipment and materials necessary, and delivering a functioning facility or asset to your client.
Quality Defects Will Delay This Nuclear Unit's Startup
Repairs to correct welding defects will push back fuel loading to late 2019, some 12 years after construction of the 1,650-megawatt nuclear unit began.
Hydro Power Dam Collapse Leaves Thousands Homeless
A hydroelectric power dam under construction in southeast Laos collapsed and sent flood waters through at least six villages.
Ghafari Wins Design and Engineering Contract for Auto Plant
The nearly six million-square-feet complex will include a press shop, welding shop, paint shop, general assembly facility, test track, ancillary support building and an administration building with offices, locker rooms and cafeteria.
Using Vegetables to Fortify Building Materials
Considering the impact construction projects have on the environment — with the concrete industry responsible for the production of a vast amount of carbon dioxide — researchers from Lancaster University in the U.K. are exploring how adding root vegetable fibers to concrete might improve the strength of the material as well as making it more eco-friendly.
Aecon JV Wins Pipeline Replacement Contract
Construction is expected to start in August, with substantial completion expected by the end of the year.
Fly Ash Concrete is Eco-Friendly and Stronger than Traditional Concrete
Washington State University (WSU) researchers have developed a method to sustainably create eco-friendly concrete.
World's First 3D-printed Housing Complex to be Developed in Dutch City
Following news that a French family is the first family in the world to occupy a 3D-printed home comes news that the Dutch City of Eindhoven is preparing to develop the world's first 3D-printed housing complex.
It's Been a Quiet Year for Natural Disasters, Data Show
Munich Re says the overall losses of $33 billion were roughly half those of 2017 and what it calls the "price-adjusted average" for the last 30 years.
Scientists Develop Peat and Oil Shale Ash Mixture for Inexpensively Printing New Homes
Hoping to create construction material using local natural resources, scientists from the Estonian University of Life Sciences and the University of Tartu have developed such a material that could one day be used to print energy-efficient homes using a 3D printer.
These Sensors Send a Text When a Bridge Crack Is Detected
Researchers outfitted a bridge with a network of sensors that are designed to alert maintenance engineers of cracks that need repair. Here's how the system works.
This LNG Export Developer Just Hired an EPC Contractor
The proposed liquefaction project on the Gulf of Mexico is designed to include two natural gas liquefaction trains capable of producing 11 mtpa of LNG.
French Family First in the World to Occupy 3D-printed Home
In a show of how 3D printing might soon change the face of the construction industry, a family in France will be the first in the world to move into a 3D-printed home.
New Aligner Has Wafer to Wafer Accuracy and Higher Throughput
EV Group (EVG) has released the new SmartView® NT3 aligner on the company's industry benchmark GEMINI® FB XT integrated fusion bonding system for high-volume manufacturing (HVM) applications.
Designer Converts 1960s Greyhound Bus into Stylish Home
Lipskin set out to research possible options for a residence that would reflect her eco-friendly lifestyle, at last settling on a vehicle home.
Enzyme Turns Lignin into Sustainable Products with Eco-friendly Production
Researchers have discovered a new family of enzymes that can convert plant waste into eco-friendly and high-value products.
New Stadium Lights Cut Down on Light Pollution and Complaints from Neighbors
As the number of outdoor sports arenas and stadiums increase, often in the middle of well-populated areas, so to do the complaints about their bright lights. As such, a researcher from DTU Fotonik has helped develop a solution: a new lens.