Architecture and Construction

Building a Stronger Roof Over Your Head: 'Three Little Pigs' Project Begins First Tests

This week, inaugural tests at The University of Western Ontario’s ‘Three Little Pigs’ project at The Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes will begin to…

Engineers Part of Nationwide Effort to Make Buildings Earthquake Safe

The structure, which resembled a parking garage, went through a series of earthquake jolts as powerful as magnitude 8.0. The one-million pound precast concrete…

DuPont introduces new, thinner SentryGlas®

Originally launched in 1.52- and 2.28-mm (60- and 90-mil) thicknesses, DuPont™ SentryGlas® immediately helped architects and engineers meet toughened building…

USM Scientist Develops an Effective Method to Detect Buildings With Cracks

The researcher, Associate Professor R. Mani Maran, who is a lecturer from the Mechanical Engineering Research Centre said early measures could be taken to…

Green Roofs Differ in Building Cooling, Water Handling Capabilities

Interest in vegetated roofs has increased as water and energy conservation becomes more important to property owners. Yet the study of six different…

New Technology Will Enhance Coal Mine Safety

Working in coal mines can be backbreaking labor, not to mention dangerous. But a new technology invented by researchers at Southern Illinois University…

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