Architecture and Construction

Small materials poised for big impact in construction

Pedro Alvarez and colleagues note that nanomaterials likely will have a greater impact on the construction industry than any other sector of the economy,…

Success Criteria for Project Owners

Very much of the activity at companies and public enterprises is organized as projects. Project management has become an established field.We have learned much…

Frameless glass rail with DuPont™ SentryGlas® contributes to the open-air experience at the Aer bar in Mumbai

The structural interlayer, which is used in minimally-framed panels of laminated glass to form a rail around the lounge, provides greater strength, stiffness…

Optimization of land use: Circular Flow Land Use Management (CircUse)

CircUse web site: http://www.circuse.eu First newsletter: http://www.difu.de/sites/difu.de/files/CircUse_Flyer_June_2010.pdfIn many European cities and…

NIST data: Enabling the technical-basis for evacuation planning of high-rise buildings

The data sets will ensure that architects, engineers, emergency planners and others involved in building design have a strong technical basis for safer, more…

Using buildings for flood protection

Urban flood protectionClimate change and, more especially, the economic expansion of the last few decades have meant that existing flood protection systems in…

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