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“Make concrete 20% stronger by adding recycled plastic”

Adding bits of irradiated plastic water bottles could cut cement industry’s carbon emissions, reveals MIT Study Discarded plastic bottles could one day be used to build stronger, more flexible concrete structures, from sidewalks and street barriers, to buildings and bridges, according to a new study. A team of MIT undergraduate students has found that, by […]

EarthCam 4D Brings Construction Digital Twins to Life

Facility management goes high tech with SILA Connect

SILA has invested in customised facility management software called ‘SILA Connect’ that allows the operating teams and clients to optimise and monitor service delivery on-the-cloud. Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) Terminal 2 (T2) is a state-of-the-art terminal, spread across 4 levels, with a design that integrates facets of Indian culture and heritage with operational […]

Adani Properties bags Dharavi redevelopment project worth Rs 5,069 crore

Young Turks Take Over ICACT

ICACI’s Board of Direction (BOD) 2017-2019 is young, dynamic and raring to go. In a path breaking move, the 38thAnnual General Meeting of the India Chapter of American Concrete Institute (ICACI) has elected all young Directors to the coveted positions of President, Vice President and Honorary Secretary. Radhika Markan, recipient of the recent ‘Outstanding Woman […]

Biocompatible wood flooring promotes wellness and sustainability

Nilkamal launches advanced floor protection solution FloorGUARD

Nilkamal has launched its future ready solution under the brand name Nilkamal FloorGUARD – a revolutionary floor protection that safeguards flooring from scratches, spillage and impact damage from falling materials during construction and renovation. Nilkamal FloorGUARD is a multi-layer polypropylene board with a unique circular honeycomb structure manufactured with patented European technology. The air-lock technology […]

The emerging landscape of sustainable architecture

Condition monitoring for mobile equipment

Higher machine availability with mobile X90 control system The modular X90 control and I/O system can now be equipped with condition monitoring functions. Problems can be detected in their early stages and corrected before they result in unplanned downtime. Condition-based predictive maintenance can maximise machine availability and save the considerable cost of outages and unplanned […]

The emerging landscape of sustainable architecture

Ajax Fiori: Celebrating 25 years of glorious service

Ajax Fiori is the personification of concreting equipment and solutions that ‘Makes Concrete Sense’. It promises to deliver concreting solutions through its equipment those batches, mixes, transports and places concrete wherever the need is, whenever the need arises for whatever the nature of need is. Celebrating its 25 glorious years of service in the construction […]

The emerging landscape of sustainable architecture

Mahindra Lifespaces launches its industrial clusters brand

Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd (MLDL), the real estate and infrastructure development arm of the Mahindra Group, introduced its new brand of industrial clusters located across India. ‘ORIGINS by Mahindra World City’ envisions accelerated economic growth via world-class industrial ecosystems that will attract investment in manufacturing, and promote ‘Make in India’. These developments will address the […]

Walajapet-Ranipet highway project to improve Tamil Nadu connectivity

Capacit’e bags Rs 825.01 Cr contract

Construction company Capacit’e Infraprojects Ltd has bagged a contract worth Rs 825.01 crore (excluding GST), from Arihant Abode Limited, a subsidiary of Arihant Superstructures Limited, for affordable housing project christened “Arihant Aspire” situated at Panvel, Maharashtra, in proximity to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. The scope includes construction of civil and structural, finishing and […]

Walajapet-Ranipet highway project to improve Tamil Nadu connectivity

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