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Peab Builds Apartments in Langesund

Peab has been commissioned to build apartments in the housing project Smietangen in Langesund. The customer is Smietangen Utbygging and the contract is worth NOK 119 million.

From Peab AB 26 Oct 2021

Off-the-Shelf Bioplastic Helps 3D Print Geometric Shapes to Mimic Auxetic Materials

The design of a 3D-printed product has gained inspiration from a material utilized in memory foam pillows and running shoes. This could help safeguard buildings from collision damage and other high-impact forces, comparable to a car traveling at 60 km/hour.

19 Oct 2021

Study Combines Medieval Building Principles with Futuristic Construction Techniques

HiLO, the latest NEST unit, integrates medieval building principles with futuristic construction techniques. The two-story building unit with an attractive doubly-curved concrete roof and a novel, lightweight funicular floor system was drawn from historical construction methods.

7 Oct 2021

High-Strength Aluminum Alloy Welding Technology for Building Lightweight Bridge

Scientists from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) are the first in Russia to design a friction stir welding technology relating to a new aluminum alloy for building a lightweight pedestrian bridge.

15 Sep 2021

Community Spirit Puts Student Sarah in Running for Prestigious Architecture Award

University of Huddersfield architecture student Sarah Bradshaw is in the running for the prestigious national Women in Property National Students award after being named as one of two regional winners from Yorkshire and the North East.

9 Sep 2021

Registration Opens for the 9th Edition of the Engineering Design Show (EDS): The Leading Event for UK Design Engineers

Registration for EDS 2021 is now open, heralding a return to live business events and reinforcing the value of meeting face to face for the UK’s engineering sector.

20 Jul 2021

Northeast Asia to Account for 40% of Global Construction Output in 2021, Says GlobalData

The construction industry output in Northeast Asia is forecast to record a growth of 6.8% in 2021, rising from US$4.47 trillion in 2020 to US$4.77 trillion in 2021 and accounting for 40% of the projected US$11.93 trillion of the global output this year.

16 Jul 2021

Construction Activity in Western Europe Set to Pick up Sharply and Grow by 5.7% in 2021, Says GlobalData

Following a difficult start to the year for Western Europe’s construction industry, which contracted by 6.4% in 2020, economic activity has picked up significantly since the spring and is forecasted to rise sharply and grow by 5.7% in 2021, according to GlobalData.

16 Jul 2021

New Data Suggests Increase in Number of Women Working in Engineering

New analysis from EngineeringUK has shown 14.5% of those working in engineering are female, which is an increase from 12% as reported in 2018.

23 Jun 2021

Polyglass Invites You to Join them at TRC

Polyglass U.S.A., Inc. is pleased to announce its participation at the RCAT 45th Annual Texas Roofing Conference June 16th -18th in San Antonio, TX.

From Polyglass U.S.A. Inc. 17 Jun 2021

Materials and Engineering News

Peab Builds Apartments in Langesund

Off-the-Shelf Bioplastic Helps 3D Print Geometric Shapes to Mimic Auxetic Materials

Study Combines Medieval Building Principles with Futuristic Construction Techniques

High-Strength Aluminum Alloy Welding Technology for Building Lightweight Bridge

Community Spirit Puts Student Sarah in Running for Prestigious Architecture Award

Registration Opens for the 9th Edition of the Engineering Design Show (EDS): The Leading Event for UK Design Engineers

Northeast Asia to Account for 40% of Global Construction Output in 2021, Says GlobalData

Construction Activity in Western Europe Set to Pick up Sharply and Grow by 5.7% in 2021, Says GlobalData

New Data Suggests Increase in Number of Women Working in Engineering

Polyglass Invites You to Join them at TRC

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