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Outlook Darkens for New Nukes Even as Toshiba Pledges Payments
SCANA and Santee Cooper accepted a payment offer from Toshiba but say that cost overruns and delays may sink one or both nuclear units under construction.
Watch: Using a Shake Table to Test "Plyscraper" Concepts
The goal is to gather data to help design wood buildings as tall as 20 stories that do not suffer significant damage during large earthquakes.
Design This: College to Launch Competition for Tall Wood Tower
The Arbour, as the project is known, will be located on land George Brown College recently purchased from the City of Toronto.
Roomba Collecting Consumer Information to Sell
iRobot, the makers of Roomba, want to help make your home more sophisticated and “smart” by selling the information it gathers while it cleans.
Why Contractors Should Use Construction Management Software
Imagine keeping track of all the details that go into the management of a construction project. Blue prints, plans, change orders—and that doesn’t even touch upon the paperwork required from human resources.
Weather Stations are the Backyard Technology You Didn’t Know You Needed
Everything you need to know about having a weather station in your backyard.
How Soundproofing Acoustic Foam Actually Works
Acoustic foam is a common product, often recognized by its unique shape — typically that of an egg carton. Why is this funky shape used to help with noisy environments?
Plastic World
A new study provides the first global analysis of the production, use and fate of all plastics ever made.
Sharks, Whales May Solve Problems Plaguing the Shipping Industry
A University of Portsmouth, U.K., marine biologist is looking to nature for solutions to problems plaguing both the environment and the shipping industry.
Video: Making 3-D Printed Parts Stronger by Using Traditional Welding Concepts
The goal is to make the parts applicable for real-world use and beyond prototyping
Video: Making 3D Printed Parts Stronger by Using Traditional Welding Concepts
The goal is to make the parts applicable for real-world use and beyond prototyping.
Technology and Processes Behind Steel Production
No other engineering material comes close to matching the versatility of steel. What are the raw materials and equipment required to produce steel? A high-level overview is provided on iron making, steel refining and finishing operations.
Elasticity Could Soon Be Adjusted with the Push of a Button
University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Christian Binek found that the magnetic properties of a material could predict the relationship between the materials’ elasticity and temperature under certain conditions.
Measuring Strength of Concrete Through Light
An epoxy coating applied to the material splits light waves and reflects it back to a photonic camera showing possible stress fractures
Fully Condensing Hydronic Boiler
Cleaver-Brooks ClearFire®-CE (CFC-E) fully condensing hydronic boiler is a fully assembled, high-mass firetube condensing boiler with a large-water-volume pressure vessel. The boiler achieves a low-pressure drop, reducing pumping energy with no minimum flow requirements due to the high mass design.
New Polymeric Coating for Crankshafts with Smooth Finish Released
Federal-Mogul Powertrain is extending its crankshaft bearing portfolio with a new polymeric coating, IROX® 2, and will debut it at the 2017 IAA show in Germany.
Hail and Tornadoes Dominate Nat Cat Stats
A series of hailstorms and tornadoes in the U.S. dominated the natural catastrophe statistics in the first half of 2017. Six severe, large-scale thunderstorms were recorded, each causing billions of dollars of losses.
10 MW Solar PV System Set for Oklahoma
SunPower will provide operations and maintenance services once the plant begins commercial operation, which is expected in early 2018.
New PVC Conduit Benders Offer Solutions for Many Contractor Needs
Southwire Tools & Equipment is introducing a new line of heavy-duty PVC conduit benders that helps users increase efficiency when heating and bending PVC conduit.
Contracts Let for UK High-Speed Rail Project
The $8.63 billion Phase One is due for completion in 2026. Work extending the line should be completed by 2027.