Prefabricated building is gaining its momentum in construction industry. This article helps you break down the unique traits of this practice and figure our if it is what you need for your own business. It also contains some recommended ...
Construction major VolkerWessels is looking for partners to take ahead its idea of PlasticRoad, roads made of 100% recycled material. The company has said that the idea is still on paper, but plans to materialize it in three years. ...
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On March 26, 2014, with the 300 kt/a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant, the last start-up project in PetroChina Sichuan Integrated Petrochemical and Refinery Complex (Sichuan Project) began to produce qualified polyethylene ...
Today Aibel has been awarded the contract for the hook-up of the Ivar Aasen platform. In addition, Det norske, as operator for the Ivar Aasen development, intends to award Aibel the contract for maintenance and modification tasks and ...
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Thanks to the Canadian Electrical Contractors Association (CECA) for letting us know of this unique survey opportunity for electrical contractors to help researchers assess the state of prefabrication in the electrical contracting industry. ...
German largest steel distribution group Klockner & Co has announced to develop its Kloeckner Metals Brasil, which is a subsidiary of global steel and metal distributor Kl?ckner & Co, SA for new CTL project. The new project will include ...
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Automating Control Panel ManufacturingPatrick Boyer, Komax Corp.; Van Miller, Kiesling USA; and Christine Knapik, ePlan Software & Services Today the manufacturing of control panels is traditionally a labor-intensive process with few ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2013 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban ...
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Connecticut construction officials are urging the industry to renew a building technique hundreds of years old as a way to save money and increase productivity today. The renewed push in prefabrication — or modular construction ...
NEW DELHI / BANGALORE: Real estate developers are setting up prefabrication plants to speed up construction and cut project costs as an acute shortage of labour and a rise in raw material prices threaten to wipe out the industry's already ...
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