India’s construction-equipment sales grew 37% year-over-year in the first six months of 2016 and are expected to grow a further 20% this year, according to U.K.-based market analyst Off-Highway Research.
User-friendlier language, provisions on alkali-silica reactivity and the absence of default requirements for slump are three of the changes in the latest update of ACI 301-16 Specifications for Structural Concrete, according to the American Concrete Institute.
Controversy continues to dog the cooling system at Florida Power & Light Co.’s 3550-MW Turkey Point Power Station in Florida City despite the utility’s June 20 consent agreement with the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection.
An approximately four-mile-long, 18-ft-diameter and 200-ft-deep
tunnel to mitigate storm water and combined sewer overflow into the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound is slated to begin construction this month.
Geospatial Media and Communications, an India-based market research firm, released a market report on August 2 about the state of Geospatial and BIM use in the construction industry and linking it to the construction economy as a whole