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Construction work is dirty, but we don’t mind. You know who does mind, though? People that have to use the building after we’re done. Preventing track out from construction vehicles on a site involves throwing down a rumble strip down or some large stone, but preventing track-IN requires a little more finesse and creativity.
Read moreEven though concrete is the world’s most highly used construction material, scientists have failed to understand very important fundamental aspect of the material, until now.
Read moreMicrosoft HoloLens
Last May, Construction Junkie wrote about the impending release of Microsoft’s holographic headset, coined the HoloLens. Their partnership with Trimble, a construction technology manufacturer, made the technology of more specific interest to the construction industry.
Read moreThe second best of anything rarely gets anywhere near the attention that the best gets, but this may be a noted exception. Standing 2,073 feet high (632 meters), the Shanghai tower is the world’s second tallest building behind the ultra-famous Burj Khalifa. The 128 story building took 7 years to complete, finishing in September of 2015, but it seems as though it has not yet been opened to the public, for undisclosed reasons.
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By migrating to the cloud, a business has the opportunity to have all of the information and process availability from anywhere, at any time, on any device.
Why is this important for the construction industry? Below are just three of the reasons you should be making the move.
Read moreNet zero buildings, which are buildings that produce as much energy as they use, are gaining popularity throughout the world. The earth has a lot of energy to share with us, but actually harnessing that energy is a science that’s still developing. When people are willing to invest in energy manufacturing technologies, scientists gain what is otherwise unattainable inside a laboratory, real world examples in real world situations.
Read moreA news 9 helicopter caught a scary moment on video at a Melbourne, Australia construction site as an already ablaze crane collapsed. The crane was at the site of a 12 story tall apartment complex, when, according to news reports, an electrical fault caused the cabin of the crane to burst into flames.
Read moreWe’ve written about it in our Cool Tools section and we put it on our Ultimate Construction Holiday Gift Guide 2015, now we’ve partnered with Oxx to give you the chance win your very own Coffeeboxx, the world’s toughest coffee machine, for free ($249.99 value)! All you have to do is sign up for our email newsletter in the form below and cross your fingers! (If you’re already signed up for our newsletter, you’ll still need to fill out the form below to officially enter)
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Do you remember the days when you built the tallest building in the world it would hold the record for longer than one month? Well it seems in this new "Global Economy" that every country needs a super tall statement. Japan has joined the conversation with the newly proposed mile-high skyscraper that is set to reach a height of 5,577ft (read: one mile). If you are new to the super tall skyscraper game, you may not know that the announced height of 5,577 feet is like a "ASPR" (the Architects Suggested Project Height) kind of like an MSRP for the consumer industry, because there are always multiple projects in the works to be the tallest. These final heights are a closely guarded secret that is often not reviled until the final months of the project.
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