The concrete bridges carrying Route 1 to the Devil’s Slide tunnels, under construction in June 2008. Advances in cement manufacture promise to substantially shrink the energy costs of this ubiquitous ...
Concrete is one of the world's biggest carbon emitters. Benjamin Skuse asks if AI can help tame concrete’s climate impact ...
Concrete 2.0 is here, and it’s being designed by artificial intelligence. In a landmark leap for materials science, researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed an AI-powered ...
The China Building Materials Federation, Conch Group, and Huawei held an event in Wuhu, China, to showcase their AI model for the cement building materials industry. The model is the first of its kind ...
In a new study, Princeton engineers have unlocked the secret to creating cement that is 17 times tougher than conventional materials. Inspired by the unique properties of oyster shells, this ...
Among major industrial polluters, cement is one of the ‘hard to abate’ industries as carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are an inescapable output in the production of clinker from coal, releasing at ...
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is no longer just for architects, design engineers and general contractors. New advances in BIM technology allow concrete contractors to build constructable models ...
Although green cement was invented in the late ‘90s, it hadn’t managed to gain much traction. Over the last few years, however, you may have heard the term “green cement” gaining ground as a method of ...