Innovation

World's Tallest Railway Bridge Construction Picks Pace in Manipur Guwahati: Northeast Frontier Railway said on Saturday it is constructing the tallest railway bridge of the world in Manipur at 141 metres surpassing the existing record of 139 metre Mala-Rijeka viaduct, at Montenegro in Europe. The bridge is part of a new broad gauge line being constructed to connect the northeastern state with the rest of the country and the pillars have already been built. "The bridge is being constructed across the valley of river Ijai near Noney with a pier height of 141 metre. It will surpass the existing record...

Drones to propel new innovations in the construction industry The construction industry is changing rapidly and to cater to the booming demand and increased expectations, the role of technology would increase at every level of construction. It is expected that in the next 10 years, the use of drones in construction will register a manifold growth and for futuristic buildings, drones will play a leading role. Drones would lower the costs of projects, increase productivity and enhance data sets through improvements in photographic visualization. Improvement in surveying accuracy would be another benefit of using drones in construction which would help...

Autodesk snaps up S.F. construction planning software company in $875 million deal Autodesk is snapping up San Francisco-based construction software company PlanGrid in a $875 million cash deal. The move is intended to bolster Autodesk's cloud-based construction platform. San Rafael-based Autodesk, which makes software used in architecture and manufacturing, will be integrating PlanGrid’s software with its Autodesk Revit software and Autodesk BIM 360 construction management platform. PlanGrid’s software is designed to offer real-time collaboration between various parties, such as general contractors, sub-contractors and building owners. Many contractors still use paper blueprints. “There’s a massive labor shortage, there’s more work and...

Construction of government buildings such as schools and hospitals could be sped up by ‘prefabbing’ them in factories Setting out £600billion worth on infrastructure spending over the next decade, Treasury minister Robert Jenrick said “new methods of construction” needed to be “embraced”. Exchequer Secretary Robert Jenrick has said the government will 'embrace new methods of construction' over the next decade Gov.org 2 Exchequer Secretary Robert Jenrick has said the government will 'embrace new methods of construction' over the next decade Get the best Sun stories with our daily Sun10 newsletter Your information will be used in accordance with our privacy...

Researchers simplify tiny structures' construction drip by drip Princeton University, Engineering School IMAGE: Shown are three lab samples in descending size. The rings were cured in a centrifuge using acceleration to control the length scale of the droplet structures, which can be used. Credit: Pierre-Thomas Brun Popping the top on house paint usually draws people to look inside the can. But Princeton researchers have turned their gaze upward, to the underside of the lid, where it turns out that pattern of droplets could inspire new ways to make microscopically small structures. The trick comes in controlling the droplets, which form under...