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WEBAmtrak’s biggest-ever upgrade is set to unblock America’s busiest railroad. A flagship project of President Joe Biden’s $1.3 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is accelerating this summer, a senior project leader tells GCR. Amtrak’s $6bn programme to….
Fear of failure: Why bolts on London's Cheesegrater tower began …
WEBJan 16, 2015 · The news that a third bolt has fallen from the new Leadenhall Building (popularly known as ‘The Cheesegrater’) in the City of London has caused consternation among those involved, coupled with a surge of interest what’s causing it.
Start-up Vantem plans 15 modular housing factories for US
WEB15.07.22. Vantem’s image of one of its existing factories. US modular housing start-up Vantem is planning to build 15 factories in the US to produce affordable and energy-efficient homes following a successful funding round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), a firm set up by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to accelerate low-carbon projects.
Züblin to lead on building biggest US hospital on foreign soil in ...
WEBJan 21, 2022 · A joint venture led by German construction giant Züblin and including Gilbane Germany has won a €859m contract to build the biggest US hospital on foreign soil in Weilerbach, Germany to serve the US military.
Bloomberg’s London HQ is ‘most sustainable office building in the …
WEBOct 2, 2017 · Key innovation highlights include: Integrated Ceiling Panels combine heating, cooling, lighting and acoustic functions in a petal-leaf design. The system, which incorporates 500,000 LED lights, uses 40% less energy than a …
Global Construction Summit: register now! - Global Construction …
WEBFeb 23, 2024 · The Global Construction Summit, the key annual event for built environment professionals seeking to understand the latest trends, learn best practice and uncover innovations from across the world, takes place in February and March. Delivered by the Chartered Institute of Building and Global Construction Review, the …
“Great Wall of Japan” – the $6.8bn plan to combat tsunamis
WEBMar 25, 2015 · Japan is planning to spend $6.8bn to build a 400km chain of concrete seawalls to combat tsunamis. The walls will be built along the coast of the prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate, which make up the north-east of Honshu, Japan’s largest island. These were the areas worst hit in the Great East …
Rebar-tying robot sets 2022 record with 11,000+ ties in one day …
WEBJun 22, 2022 · Pittsburgh-based Advanced Construction Robotics (ACR), the company behind the rebar-tying robot, TyBot, said this month that its autonomous machine had achieved this year’s record number of ties on a single shift on …
Nearly there: Previewing the Grand Egyptian Museum
WEBOct 23, 2023 · The scale of Grand Egyptian Museum’s atrium seems to take its cue from the 11m-high statue of a smiling Rameses II that strides to meet visitors as they enter. It’s immense. The horizontal sightlines stretch some 800m, and the roof’s cross-hatched brise-soleil is more than 38m above the visitor’s head. The scale of the physical space ...
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