News tagged with construction
Electricity sparks new life into Indonesia's corals
Cyanide fishing and rising water temperatures had decimated corals off Bali until a diver inspired by a German scientist's pioneering work on organic architecture helped develop a project now replicated worldwide.
Dec 26, 2011 |
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New York island to host Cornell science campus
A New York City island will host a high-tech science college run by Cornell University, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday after choosing the winning bid.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Brazil judge says work can resume at Amazon dam
A judge in Brazil on Friday revoked his own order to halt work on a controversial $11 billion dam in the Amazon region, a project that has been criticized by environmentalists and native groups.
Dec 17, 2011 |
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Google boosts Asia data capacity as traffic grows
Search engine giant Google on Thursday formally launched the construction of a new data centre in Singapore to cope with the explosive growth of Internet traffic in the Asia-Pacific region.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Feds urge states to ban texting, talking on roads
(AP) -- Ren Bishop is one of many American drivers who texts, tweets and talks on her cellphone while she's behind the wheel - and thinks it should be up to drivers to use their discretion when it comes to ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Rendezvous with a near Earth object
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most accessible goals for human spaceflight is a rendezvous with a Near Earth Object (NEO). NEOs are asteroids or comets whose orbits take them close to the earth's orbit. An NEO ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Hybrid construction vehicle emissions to be analyzed
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside's Center for Environmental Research and Technology have received a $2 million contract for a first-of-its-kind study of hybrid construction vehicles.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 17, 2011 |
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New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and erosion ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2011 |
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A 'carbonizing dragon': Construction drives China's growing CO2 emissions
Constructing buildings, power-plants and roads has driven a substantial increase in China's CO2 emission growth, according to a new study involving the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Iran, Iraq pay $1.2 bn to battle sandstorms
A top Iranian environment official said on Monday Tehran and Baghdad will jointly pay $1.2 billion in a project to reduce the number of sand dunes in a bid to cut the number of sandstorms from Iraq.
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Brazil court orders halt to work on $11 bln mega-dam
A federal court in Brazil has ordered a halt in construction at the controversial $11 billion Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, saying it would disrupt fishing by local indigenous people.
Sep 29, 2011 |
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New 'core wall' may speed skyscraper construction
Researchers are perfecting a new technique that could speed construction of skyscrapers while also providing enough stiffness and strength to withstand earthquakes and forces from high winds.
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Religion and ecology among China's Blang people
Fieldwork conducted by two Queen's researchers could help develop culturally appropriate conservation efforts and environmental education programs in a remote mountainous area of southwest China where deforestation ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 20, 2011 |
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A cut above the Eiffel Tower
Vladimir G. Shukhov, one of the most ingenious engineers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, developed revolutionary construction techniques. The Russian engineer built lattice towers up to 150 meters high ...
Sep 14, 2011 |
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In Seattle, work starts on 'greenest' office building
These days, there are plenty of "green" buildings, with solar heating, insulated windows, self-generated electricity. But what would it take to construct an office building at competitive leasing rates that generated its ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking. Normally, the job is managed by a project manager, and supervised by a construction manager, design engineer, construction engineer or project architect.
For the successful execution of a project, effective planning is essential. involved with the design and execution of the infrastructure in question must consider the environmental impact of the job, the successful scheduling, budgeting, construction site safety, availability of building materials, logistics, inconvenience to the public caused by construction delays and bidding, etc.
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