New building methods deliver durability, speed, and efficiency while eliminating many of the old drawbacks of concrete ...

Widely adopted cleaner construction techniques would be a boon for efforts to slow the warming. Another solution is being ...

We've heard how 3D-printed concrete buildings can be constructed quickly and easily, but could there be an even faster and simpler method? According to American inventor Alex Bell, there most ...

Nevertheless, due to its special crystal lattice in the form of hexagons, graphene gains many unusual properties. For instance, it can be both a conductor and a semiconductor, which makes it sought ...

Learn how users of cement and concrete will be able to build sustainable structures with a lower carbon footprint, which will ...

"So far, we've hauled out four bins of plastic, which is going to go back into the industry," said Jamie Davies of Scott ...

Locking away carbon inside concrete is an idea that is beginning to gain traction in the often conservative world of construction. A host of startups are experimenting with different ways of using ...

More information: Omid Karimzade Soureshjani et al, Martian buildings: Feasible cement/concrete for onsite sustainable construction from the structural point of view, Acta Astronautica (2024).

Commercial construction, outside of the public sector, is creeping along in 2025. The projects are “on the books”, but with ...

Back in 2021, researchers came up with a recipe for greener concrete that had building waste and CO2 among its ingredients. Now the same team has used rubble from a demolished school and the ...

OUTLOOK 16 November 2022 The path towards more-sustainable building construction The built environment provides a huge opportunity to move to a circular economy.

In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, the urgency for homeowners and construction professionals to embrace fire-resistant building practices has reached a critical peak.