VITA INDUSTRIAL EXPERT EXPLAINS HOW LOAD STABILIZATION

The Vita Industrial Load Navigator is being trialed by lifting companies around the world. Innovative load stabilization technology utilizes a system of powerful air thrusters, and proprietary special awareness sensors that enable “precision load positioning.” This eliminates the need for taglines, as it stops loads from spinning, automatically repositions

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Golden thread and Net Zero top the agenda at the Digital

Golden thread and Net Zero top the agenda at the Digital

The golden thread, Net Zero and information management top the agenda at the Digital Construction Summit 2022. The key annual event for digital decision-makers in the built environment sector takes place on 13-15 September.

The Summit tackles key industry issues:

  • implementing best practice to meet the requirements of the golden thread;
  • the evolution of BIM to information management;
  • achieving Net
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Developing a sustainable concrete substitute — ScienceDaily

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers Nima Rahbar and Suzanne Scarlata have received $692,386 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve and develop new functions for their Enzymatic Construction Material (ECM), a “living” low-cost negative-emission construction material they created to address one of the largest contributors to climate change — concrete — by providing what they refer to as “a … Read More

New Home Sales Slump, According to NAHB

The real estate market has always experienced cyclical fluctuations, but the current dip in new home sales owes some causation to lingering effects of COVID-19, which interrupted supply chains that, in turn, disrupted home construction. When combined with rising mortgage interest rates and increased construction costs, supply chain issues have resulted in a slower market for new home sales. According

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