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S&T awarded $1.4 million from Army Corps to develop AI-based program for 3D printing concrete

Civil + Structural Engineer

This will enhance the efficiency of the construction process, improve troop safety, pave the way for more sustainable practices and help expedite humanitarian assistance missions.” Khayat says that using these materials could also potentially improve local sustainability and provide an economic benefit for the local areas.

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BAM Nuttall settles Cambridge busway dispute

Construction Enquirer

The project was completed in 2011 at a cost of £152m but has been dogged by a series of legal rows. It said: “The County Council has been working hard to ensure the long-term future of the Guided Busway, as a safe, sustainable and effective part of our local infrastructure, which millions of passengers rely on. ”

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Skanska’s Jimmy Mitchell Chairs Lifecycle Building Center

CCR Magazine

Skanska , a founding member and cornerstone supporter of the Lifecycle Building Center of Greater Atlanta (LBC), announces Jimmy Mitchell, its Atlanta-based Sustainability Manager, as Board Chair of the material reuse nonprofit. Since 2011, LBC has saved nearly13million pounds of building materials from disposal and generated over $6.2M

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Earth USA 2011

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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Building Homes with ‘Legos on Steroids’

The Pro Builder

Smuts also touts the product’s sustainability. In 2011, RENCO USA was cofounded by businessman Engin Yesil and Thomas P. By contrast, a similar development built with concrete and conventional methods would require 50 laborers using heavy equipment and taking about twice as long, Smuts says. RENCO is short for “renewable composite.”)

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Projected cost for Apple's Campus 2 balloons to $5 billion

BD+C

Confidential souces told the publication that the budget has escalated since 2011, when a $3 billion price tag was predicted, and could reach more than $1,500/sf. Architects Fenestration and Glazing Sustainable Design and Construction Contractors Designers Engineers Office Building' Image Gallery: read more.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Adobe Homes.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.