DuPont™ Tedlar® Selected for Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
Photo caption 1: The internal look of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center Wilmington, DE Aug. 26, 2022 – DuPont™ Tedlar® PVF film was recently selected as a protective material for the renovation of one of the largest women and children's medical centers in Asia. The expanded Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center includes approximately 1000 patient beds and covers a total building area of 220,000 square meters. Chosen for its excellent durability and cleanability,...
Bringing circular economy to construction projects
Ph.D. student Radwa Eissa is studying ways to incorporate circular economy principles into construction. Photo by Michael Pierce, Missouri S&T. ROLLA, Mo. – The circular economy is a production and consumption model that reduces material use, optimizes resources, and promotes recycling or reusing waste materials. It has played a role in packaging for years by encouraging recycling and keeping packaging materials out of landfills. Now, with support from the Kummer Innovation and Entrepren...
Utah’s Uniform Building Code Commission votes in favor of updated building standards
The decision is a step toward large economic, public health, and environmental benefits for Utah families and businesses [SALT LAKE CITY, UT] – On August 10, Utah’s Uniform Building Code Commission, an advisory body to the Utah Legislature, held a public hearing to consider public comment on its proposed amendments and updates to the 2021 building codes for Utah, including the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Building codes set the minimum requirements for new buildings or...
Building Sector Is “Off Track” for Emissions Goals, New Report Finds; DOE Needs a Robust Clean Energy RD&D Portfolio
Life cycle GHG emissions of buildings 23 WASHINGTON—The building sector accounts for more than one-seventh of America’s greenhouse gas emissions, not counting its electricity consumption, yet progress in eliminating those emissions has been hampered by research gaps and chronic underfunding for clean energy innovation programs at the Department of Energy (DOE), according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science a...
Why Precast Is Central to Cutting Concrete's Carbon Footprint
With the ability to cut CO2 footprint by 25% factory-based precast concrete production has the potential to save billions of tons of CO2 being emitted each year. So why is it so overlooked, asks Mats Jungar, CEO of Elematic? The world has a love-hate relationship with concrete. On the positive side the raw materials for concrete are plentiful, and the production of concrete foundations and structures are extremely cheap. But on the negative side concrete’s contribution to global CO2 o...
American Concrete Institute Publishes Updated Guide to Selecting Proportions for Normal-Density and High-Density Concrete
FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan - The American Concrete Institute has released an updated version of ACI PRC-211.1-22: Selecting Proportions for Normal-Density and High-Density Concrete—Guide. This guide to concrete proportioning provides background information on, and a procedure for, selecting and adjusting concrete mixture proportions. The update is a significant and timely major revision of the guide. ACI Committee 211–Proportioning Concrete Mixtures, has revised the entire guide to include t...
Downtown Miami Re-Roof Project Completed Quickly and Efficiently with Polyglass Multi-Ply Roofing System
M3 Roofing is a residential and commercial roofing company in Miami, FL, run by the husband-and-wife team, Xavier and Michelle Molina. This family-operated business is known for its commitment to excellence, quality, and customer service. When called on to complete a 6,000-square-foot re-roof project for the Brickell View Terrace Apartments in Miami, M3 Roofing selected a self-adhered, multi-ply roofing system from Polyglass for the job. Project Background Brickell Terrace is a five-story...
The Masonry Society releases 2022 Edition of TMS 402/602
Following a 6-year development schedule, The Masonry Society (TMS) has completed and published the 2022 edition of TMS 402/602 Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures. This updated edition of TMS 402/602 includes numerous changes and additions such as completely revised veneer provisions that are more rationally based and a new Appendix on the use of GFRP (Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer) reinforced masonry.These and other major changes will be reviewed in a 5-session...
X-rays allow us to quickly develop high-strength steels
Dr. Harishchandra Singh, an adjunct professor at NANOMO and the Centre for Advanced Steels Research at the University of Oulu in Finland. He is standing next to steel components in the spectroscopy lab at NANOMO. SASKATOON – Synchrotron analyses could be used to fast-track the development of novel high-strength steel designs. Knowing how strong a piece of steel is, especially the stainless steel used in everything from cars to buildings, is vitally important for the people who make an...
Steel Tube Institute Resource Approved as the Standard Guide for Checking Tolerances of Hollow Structural Sections
GLENVIEW, Ill.: The essential technical guide, “Methods to Check Dimensional Tolerances on Hollow Structural Sections” from the Steel Tube Institute (STI), is approved as the standard guide for measuring tolerances according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). This resource makes it easy for producers, service centers and fabricators to correctly measure tolerances of hollow structural sections (HSS). “All of us at STI are thrilled to share our expertise and define indus...
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June Issue 2026
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