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Sustainable Construction & Building Materials What does sustainable mean? There is no universally agreed definition of sustainability. In fact, there are many different viewpoints on this concept and on how it can be achieved. Etymologically, the word sustainability comes from sustainable + ity. And sustainable is, for instance, a composition of sustain + able. So if we start from the beginning, to <sustain> means “give support to”, “to hold up”, “to bear” or to “keep up”. What is sustainability, then? Sustainable is an adjective for something that is able to be sustained, i.e, something that is “bearable” and “capable of...

Puerto Peñasco’s Tallest Beach Condominium Reaches 24 Floors Encántame Towers is adding extra amenities, storage units, heated lazy river, and the first-ever adult only Skytop Pools and hot tubs Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico (October, 2020) –  Encántame Towers, a modern luxury condominium development being built on Puerto Peñasco’s Playa Encanto Beach has completed the framing of the first 24-story beach front tower and multi-feature development in Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point. The first tower, named Velero (or ‘Sailboat’ in Spanish), will be flanked by two additional 23-story towers, Verano (Summer) and Viento (Wind), each of which will have...

5 ways to future-proof a building  Get your daily dose of good news from Grist Subscribe To The Beacon Ever since workers strung the wires of the first electrical grid in 1882, buildings have been gobbling up energy. But what if that relationship were upended so that buildings fitted with solar panels produced more electricity than they consumed? Turns out, that’s already well underway: The number of buildings constructed so ingeniously that they sometimes feed energy to the grid has nearly doubled in the last two years. The nonprofit New Buildings Institute keeps a list of these “zero energy” offices, schools, and libraries. In 2018,...

The construction firms that are hiring despite covid-19 pandemic Some construction firms are continuing to hire en masse despite the pressure of the covid-19 pandemic, new data from LinkedIn has revealed. A handful of construction firms are among the companies the professional networking platform has revealed to currently be looking to fill more than 50 roles.   Source: Shutterstock Amey and Balfour Beatty are looking to fill the most roles Six construction, civil engineering and design firms make the list, with Amey, which currently has 298 open roles, looking to hire the most. The country’s biggest contractor, Balfour Beatty, is...

Strong housing market fuels UK construction industry rebound The rebound in UK construction activity accelerated in September, supported by a mini-housing boom that helped the economic recovery even as tightening restrictions clouded the outlook. The IHS UK purchasing managers’ index for construction rose to 56.8 in September from 54.6 in the previous month. This is the fourth consecutive reading above 50, which indicates the majority of businesses have reported improving activity. The reading beat the 54 forecast by economists polled by Reuters and signalled the fastest pace of growth in nearly five years. “Following August’s slowdown, growth in UK construction...