Pool deck takes a new meaning
EquipmentProductTechnologyWood June 5, 2016 0
Israeli company, AGOR Engineering Enterprises Ltd. has invented a moveable floor system for swimming pools. This takes the word ‘pool deck’ to a new level. The moveable floors uses a water-based hydraulic system and stainless steel floor deck. The hydraulic system allows the pool floor and thus water level to be adjusted in... Read more
Concrete Canvas(TM)
ConcreteMaterialsProductTechnology June 4, 2016 0
Concrete Canvas is a flexible concrete impregnated fabric that hardens on hydration to form a thin, durable water proof and fire-resistant concrete layer. The makers describe them as “concrete on a roll” Concrete Canvas (CC) allows concrete construction without the need for plant or mixing equipment. Simply position the Canvas... Read more
An Italian company CoeLux has produced a light fixture that mimics sunlight using LED and nanotechnology. CoeLux is founded by Italian Professor Paolo Di Trapani. The LED used is calibrated to the same wavelength as sun, but to produce the effects of sunlight we are accustomed to, Professor Paolo Di Trapani... 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
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
In a world of economic scarcity, public housing has become essential for sheltering our species’ most vulnerable populations. Interestingly, the island city-state of Sinagpore having a unique approach to public housing, with 80% of the resident population living in government buildings and, more than that, the small nation implemented... Read more
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