Touted as a brick system that can bring speed, lower cost, better aesthetics, is Inter-Locking bricks the way forward? The concept of interlocking bricks is based on following principles: Each brick is shaped with projecting and depressed parts, (think of LEGO toy bricks), allowing them to be aligned horizontally and vertically... Read more
Lighting Design in Singapore
Uncategorized May 25, 2016 0
Builderzine did an interview with Mr Clyde Seruelo of LuxLight on 25 May 2016. Lighting Design is an integral part of Architectural design that is often overlooked and left to the last. Most times, the Lighting Designer is not even on the team of consultants during design stage. Who are... Read more
Glued Laminated Timber and Cross Laminated Timber
Building ProductMaterialsTechnologyWood May 14, 2016 0
Glued Laminated Timber (Glulam) and Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) are engineered wood solutions. They are structural timber products which can be used d as vertical columns or horizontal beams, as well as curved, arched shapes. Glulam is produced with the grain aligned in one direction. Glulam is predominantly used for structural beams. Cross... Read more
GFRC is made by combining a mixture of fine sand, cement, polymer, water, other admixtures and alkali-resistant (AR) glass fibers. GFRC has been used to produce products including thin architectural cladding panels, ornamental concrete features such as domes, statues, planters, and fountains. GFRC has also been used to make... Read more
Are they referring to the same thing? Heat-treating glass is a way to create glass with better durability and/or safety. The type of processing used depends on the intended application of the glass There are two different types of heat treated glasses – heat-strengthened and tempered. The similarities between the... Read more
Construction with Drones
NewsTechnology May 5, 2016 0
ETH is leading in the research of using drones in construction. It has started a research since 2012 to investigate and develop methods and techniques for robotic aerial construction. read more Read more
Flexbrick is a breath of fresh air in the realm of traditional building materials application. Doctor Architect Vicente Sarrablo, Director of the School of Architecture of the International University of Architecture created flexbrick as an industrialized system for flexible ceramic sheets for the construction of cladding and laminated structures.... Read more
BubbleDeck Biaxial Hollow Deck
ProductTechnology May 4, 2016 0
BubbleDeck System is a revolutionary construction method by eliminating concrete from the neutral axis of a floor slab that is structurally not performing, as a result dramatically reducing in Dead Weight. The BubbleDeck System is based upon patented integration technique – the direct way of linking air and steel.... Read more
Peri Gridflex
EquipmentProductTechnology May 4, 2016 0
GRIDFLEX is used for constructing residential and multi-storey buildings. The standard element weighs only 20 kg, and is pushed upwards into position by means of the Shuttering Aid GF with site personnel safely positioned on the slab below. Slab props are subsequently hooked in and vertically aligned. On the... Read more
BLAINE BROWNELL, AIA predicts his list of 5 building materials to watch in 2016. The following materials technologies, I expect, will make significant headway this year. None is yet commercially available, but many will launch in 2016 and the others will get that much closer to market availability during the period.... Read more
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