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Field test of portland cement-free binder for concrete shows promise, says structural engineer.

Adding a common type of thermally sensitive crystals could help extend the life of desalination plant membranes, according to new research.

Aluminum for Reflection's architectural products made in India will be produced using cleaner power. 

Cortec’s migrating corrosion inhibitor admixtures for concrete are now available as a pre-packaged, water-soluble “grenade” of MCI 2006 NS that can replace MCI 2005/MCI 2005 NS liquid admixtures for concrete.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is requiring a mass timber structural option to be considered at the design stage of all of its vertical construction projects going forward. 

Veteran structural engineer Don Davies has donned an owner-developer's hat to demonstrate how to drastically reduce embodied carbon in buildings.

The trade dispute has gone on for many years, with the latest move spurred by the U.S. revising the duty on Canadian softwood lumber in July.

Research has raised concerns about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete panels manufactured between the 1950s and 1970s.

A different prefabrication and modular construction sector came out of the pandemic. Ambitious startups such as Skender Manufacturing and Katerra folded in the last few years, while one major health care designer lamented an industrywide pullback that saw many of the suppliers they work with cut back on custom, by-project fabrication to standardize on products like headwalls and bathroom pods.

Demands from clients and labor shortages are forcing some contractors into other methods of creating building assemblies, driving new investments in prefabrication and modular construction techniques.