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Building a new home in just one day with ready-to-use modules

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Building a new home in just one day with ready-to-use modules

Building a new home in just one day with ready-to-use modules VDL will build complete bathrooms, toilets and technical rooms in Friesland as of 2022 that will be installed in houses as ready-to-use modules on Van Wijnen construction sites. By using a modular construction method, the VDL group (based in the Dutch province of Brabant) and the Van Wijnen construction concern believe they can build a new home within 24 hours. This would normally take a period of 60 days. In addition, this industrialized approach also contributes to construction that is more sustainable. The number of transport movements on building...

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Covid-19 Mitigation on its Offshore Construction Vessels

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Covid-19 Mitigation on its Offshore Construction Vessels

 Mitigation on its Offshore Construction Vessels Photo: Mako Industries   Mako Industries signed an agreement with C-Innovation to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 on its offshore construction vessels, beginning with the 168-m Island Venture.  Mako uses Puradigm to combat air and surface contaminants safely in populated environments 24/7, and it has capabilities for managing projects for existing facilities and new construction, with service recently made available for the oil and gas, healthcare, industrial, commercial and higher education markets. “We are pleased to have selected Mako’s Covid Mitigation system, which neutralizes the virus, to help prevent a Covid contamination offshore. We...

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Welcome to Lunar Living: Putting a Crescent on the Moon…

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Welcome to Lunar Living: Putting a Crescent on the Moon…

Welcome to Lunar Living: Putting a Crescent on the Moon… The Prototype Working with Mark Hempsell, twice President of the BIS with over 40 years’ experience as a spacecraft system engineer, and using our architects own high-quality living standards, we created a prototype, considering all the necessary requirements needed to protect us from radiation and solar storms, while still functioning as a relatively “normal” home. THE FLOORPLAN The three-bedroom home features a large main bedroom, with an en-suite, as well a separate WC and utilities room. The living space is all open plan, with the first floor containing the kitchen,...

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Mad Architects designs “Train Station in the forest” in Jiaxing, China

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Mad Architects designs “Train Station in the forest” in Jiaxing, China

Mad Architects designs “Train Station in the forest” in Jiaxing, China Mad Architects’ train station located in a forest in Jiaxing, eastern China, is due to be completed by July 2021. Construction on the 35ha project in central Jiaxing began in 2019, and includes two plazas and a renovation of the adjacent People’s Park. The Beijing-based firm’s design includes a full-scale replica of Jiaxing’s historic 1907 train station, reconstructed from archival studies, with a new station built underground.A “borderless park” with a canopy of trees will surround the station, offering shade for the plazas.Sunken courtyards will link the underground commercial...

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Major affordable housing development starts in Santa Clara amid Silicon Valley homelessness

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Major affordable housing development starts in Santa Clara amid Silicon Valley homelessness

Major affordable housing development starts in Santa Clara amid Silicon Valley homelessness Construction is underway on the first all-affordable housing development to go up in an industrial area that is set for revitalisation in the city of Santa Clara, California. Its construction costed at close to $100m, the complex, called St. Anton Tasman, located at 2233 Calle Del Mundo, will have 196 studio and one-bedroom units, of which some 20% are for very low-income tenants (50% Area Median Income) with 80% designated for low-income tenants (60% Area Median Income). It is regulated to stay as affordable housing for at least...

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