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  Smart construction site experiment underway in Moscow The Moscow authorities have launched the practical stage of an experiment aimed at creating a smart construction site as a component of a smart city.  The site involves the use of various modern information technologies to automate on-site processes, while also reducing construction time and identifying and preventing emergencies and accidents at an early stage. Eduard Lysenko, minister of the government of Moscow and head of the city’s department of information technology, stresses that the introduction of smart solutions in the city’s building sites will take the construction industry to a fundamentally...

Caterpillar updates cold planer portfolio for milling customers Five years ago, Caterpillar brought a fresh line-up of cold planers to the market and have been continuously working on improvements to the product line ever since. The latest product updates to the Cat PM620, PM622, PM820, PM822 and PM825 feature numerous improvements based on customer feedback to ease operation and lower owning and operating costs. The 470 kW (630 hp) PM620 and PM622 are powered by the well-known Cat C18 engine. The heavier and more powerful PM820, PM822 and PM825 are powered by the same C18 engine with a twin-turbo setup to...

Specify Sustainable Building Materials with NBS Chorus The NSW and federal governments will invest up to $2 billion over 10 years to reduce emissions in New South Wales—making it the most comprehensive, fully-funded plan in Australia. The production and use of construction materials is responsible for 10 per cent of the state's total annual emissions. Given the manufacturing of traditional steel, concrete and aluminium produce high levels of carbon dioxide, cutting these levels is a priority in the state government’s plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. And when it comes to innovative technologies NBS Chorus is at the forefront as the...

Oman to develop $155mn tourism project in Muscat Construction on Yenkit Hills project to start next year, with completion scheduled for 2026 Oman’s Ministry of Heritage and Tourism has signed an agreement with Qurm Stone Development for the development of a $155 million tourism project in Muscat, it has been announced. According to a report by the Oman Observer, the Yenkit Hills tourism project is to be set up over a 500,000sqm area in Muscat governorate and will be implemented in three phases. Phase One will see the development of a five-star resort with 90 rooms and suites, complete with...

How to keep buildings cool without air conditioning – according to an expert in sustainable design Matt Hinsta/Flickr., CC BY-NC-ND Aurore Julien, University of East London The warmer it gets, the more people crank up the air conditioning (AC). In fact, AC is booming in nations across the world: it’s predicted that around two thirds of the world’s households could have an air conditioner by 2050, and the demand for energy to cool buildings will triple. But unless the energy comes from renewable sources, all that added demand will generate more greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to global warming –...