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Pixel Building: A Check on Carbon Emissions
The building construction sector is a significant contributor to the overall global carbon emissions. This includes the emissions during the construction phase as well as throughout the building’s operational life. The construction phase comprises emissions due to equipment, heavy machinery, ...
6 Reasons Construction Needs Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a system that provides powerful analytics using information from different construction processes such as contractor management, financial management, inventory management, project management, human capital management, vendor management, bid management, etc. ERP system combines all the ...
Role of a Civil Engineer on a Construction Site
Site Work vs Office Work A civil engineer in the construction field plays various roles. As a construction engineer, he or she can play the role of a field engineer or site engineer. Field Engineer is typically based in the ...
Digital Twins in Construction: Applications and Advantages
A digital twin is the fusion of a real-world system and a virtual representation designed to control, monitor, and optimize a project’s functionality. With the help of data and feedback, both simulated and physical models can develop capacities for autonomy ...
8 Basic Design Considerations for Fire Safety in Structures
Fire safety has been a major concern in the structural design of buildings for a very long time, and today it has become an indispensable part of all types of construction works. Fire breakouts can be sudden and damage not ...
A Panoramic Glimpse of the Modern Construction Sector
Construction is one of the largest sectors that provide employment to millions to both manual and non-manual categories starting with helpers to construction managers. Millions of man-hours are required to complete a large scale project. The largest job I worked ...
Guidelines to Improve Earthquake Resistance of Small Buildings
An earthquake is an unexpected rapid shaking of the earth triggered by the movement of rocks underneath. The ground is subjected to intense vibrations in all the directions, inducing inertia forces on the structures that result in loss of property ...
What are the Methods for Construction of Ferrocement?
Ferrocement is a versatile form of reinforced concrete and has wire meshes uniformly distributed throughout the cross-section and cement mortar. It possesses unique qualities of strength and serviceability, which remain unmatched by other thin construction materials. Ferrocement was invented in ...
How to Install Drywall Panels for Wall Construction?
Drywalls, also known as plasterboard or wallboard, are gypsum-made panels used for the construction, renovation, and reparation of walls and ceilings. They can be installed quickly without much hassle, and have many benefits over the conventional wall system. A wall ...