Wed April 11, 2018
State Pursues Vital Highway Safety Facility
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary and Pa. Turnpike Commission (PTC) Chair Leslie S. Richards announced at the Pennsylvania Automated Vehicle Summit that the two agencies are partnering with Penn State University (Penn State) to commence site planning and design for the Pennsylvania Safety, Transportation and Research Track, or PennSTART -- a state-of-the-art facility envisioned to benefit emergency responders, transportation organizations and research institutions....
Mon March 05, 2018
Global Crane Market Expecting 4.1 Percent Growth Through 2022
After years of seesawing growth and contraction, a sustained global construction and energy boom is helping to boost the worldwide market for cranes, according to a report by BCC Research. The global market is expected to see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.1 percent through 2022, when the sector could be worth $35.9 billion, according to the report Cranes: Technologies and Global Markets....
Emily Buenzle - Mon January 22, 2018
CDC: Construction Workers See Highest Risk of Asthma-Related Deaths
A new CDC study has revealed that the construction industry has the highest rate of asthma deaths among men. The report covered 2015 data that showed that in the U.S., 3,396 adults died from asthma that year....
Fri January 19, 2018
Report: Construction Industry Set to Massively Adopt 3D Printing Technologies, Generating $40B in Revenues by 2027
SmarTech Publishing has just issued a new report that examines the market potential for additive manufacturing in the construction industry. SmarTech expects the market for 3D printing in construction to top $40 billion in revenues by the end of the 10 year forecast period....
Emily Buenzle - Thu January 18, 2018
New Asphalt Advancements Come Just in Time for Pothole Season
Roads could soon fix themselves as researchers make progress in developing self-healing asphalt. According to a team of Swiss researchers ETH Zurich and the Swiss Institute for Materials Science a new asphalt mixture made with a magnetic nano-particulate additive would prevent potholes from forming at all, and what's more, the mixture would lengthen roads' lifespans, the News Wheel reported....
Emily Buenzle - Thu January 18, 2018
Self-Healing Concrete? Researchers Say It's Possible
Researchers at Binghamton University, SUNY, have developed a new kind of self-healing concrete that could help prevent damage to infrastructure across the U.S. According to Congrui Jin, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Binghamton, big concrete infrastructure issues usually begin with the smallest of cracks, Science Daily reported....
Emily Buenzle - Mon October 30, 2017
New Mixture Could Strengthen Concrete Up to 15 Percent
Some MIT students have found a way to create stronger, more environmentally friendly concrete. A team of undergraduate students have learned that exposing plastic flakes to small amounts of gamma radiation, grinding them into dust and then mixing the dust with cement paste and fly ash will produce concrete that is up to 15 percent stronger than a traditional mixture, MIT News reported....
Wed October 18, 2017
In-Vehicle Warnings Show Promise for Improving Work-Zone Safety
Work zones can be dangerous for both drivers and the work crew—but University of Minnesota researchers are working on innovative ways to lessen these risks and lower the rate of work-zone crashes....
The Canadian Press - Wed October 11, 2017
Researchers Develop New Material to Protect Buildings From Earthquake Damage
It was while flipping through British Columbia's seismic upgrade guidelines at the beginning of his civil engineering master's degree that Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki first realized something was amiss....
Emily Buenzle - Fri September 29, 2017
Steel Core Method Promises New Approach to Skyscraper Construction
A new method of building steel-framed skyscrapers is coming into play. The sandwich system consists of two steel plates that have been filled with concrete, the Engineering News-Record reported. According to engineers testing out the new method, the structure allows for the same strength, safety and serviceability as a typical reinforced concrete core would, but without the challenges rebar brings with it....
