Concrete Engineering International, January 2024

The January 2024 issue includes: Concrete Architecture, Formwork and Falsework, Industry Awards, Sustainable Construction, 3D Printing, Ready-mixed Concrete, Concrete in the Ground and Technology

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Concrete Architecture

San Francisco California

Grand Rapids

Sustainability

The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC), a special council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), announced the winners of its 15th Annual Decorative Concrete International Awards competition at ASCC’s annual conference in September, in Grand Rapids, Miami. Image: Presidio Tunnel Tops, San Francisco, California.

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Boston

Concrete Construction

Boston Ma

In Boston

For the past nine years, the ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards have celebrated global innovation and excellence. Winning projects for the ninth annual awards were announced at the 2023 ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards Gala that took place in October, in Boston, MA, USA, at the ACI Concrete Convention. Image: The High-Rise Structures winner was Salesforce Tower Chicago.

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Augmented reality (AR) technology is being used by construction teams and asset owners of large, complex projects. The budgets attached to each project are in the range of multi-millions to billions of dollars, they have tighter schedules due to the importance of each facility’s operational functions and they require co-ordination between hundreds of trade patterns. In ‘The real-world impact of AR on data centre construction,’ Steph Broadfield of XYZ Reality, London, reports.

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Following the war in Ukraine, signs of hope are emerging with the Ukrainian Government starting to rebuild the infrastructure. Playing a small part is a shipment from National Pile Croppers containing heavy-duty CFA rigs, which are now hard at work cropping concrete piles on a variety of projects. Lee Aston of National Pile Croppers, Barton-under-Needwood, UK explains in ‘Aiding Ukraine's infrastructure rebuild.’

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An expedited reclamation process can eliminate the need for settling ponds and multiple material handling steps, while providing significant time savings and recovery of sand, aggregate and cement. In ‘Faster one-stop concrete washouts: drive up, off-load, drive away,’ Del Williams for Jadair International, Wisconsin, USA reports.

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Lviv Ukraine

3d Printing Technology

3D printing is rebuilding Ukraine - Team4UA is a humanitarian foundation established in Poland in March 2022 as an emergency response to challenges following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The foundation launched the HIVE programme for rebuilding houses, schools and essential buildings with top-notch 3D-printing technology. It 3D printed an 80-pupil school in Lviv in summer 2023. Article by Sébastien Gobert and Yevhen Marchenko of Team4UA, Lviv, Ukraine

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Chennai

Concrete Printing

Technology Development

Construction Industry

Open Arms

In terms of technology development, the relatively dormant construction industry has embraced 3DCP with open arms and this cutting-edge technology has garnered wide-scale interest globally. Akin to most technologies in their infancy, 3DCP also has several shortcomings that need to be addressed before it can replace traditional ways of construction. In ‘Affordable 3D concrete printing,’ Ravi Kant Upadhyay of Kelvin6k, Chennai, India reports

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As the world witnesses a rapid evolution in digital technologies and automation within manufacturing, this digitisation has now permeated into the realms of construction and concrete. The primary objectives of this global development revolve around automation and the reduction of the environmental impact of concrete construction. In ‘Innovations in 3D concrete printing material development’ Luka Zevnik of ZevnikLab, Kranj, Slovenia reports.

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The Concrete Institute of Australia held its biennial Awards for Excellence in Concrete in September, as part of its internationally renowned Concrete 2023 conference in Perth. Established in 1971, the awards recognise and promote the many significant contributions to concrete design, construction and materials in Australia. Report by Desi Corbett of The Concrete Institute of Australia. Image: Residential Buildings Winner - Treetops House, Woollahra, NSW

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Stuttgart

Architectural Concrete

Spiral Staircase

In ‘Eye-catching staircase – as if cast in one piece,’ Sven Heuer of MEVA Schalungs-Systeme, Haiterbach, Germany reports on a unique spiral staircase in Stuttgart, subject to high architectural concrete requirements, required meticulous planning, design and workmanship.

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FOUR Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany - Four futuristic towers, up to 233m high, will soon soar into the heart of Frankfurt’s skyline, in keeping with the project’s slogan ‘Feel the City’. PERI is playing an instrumental role in the 'FOUR Frankfurt' inner-city project, with a range of systems from the formwork, scaffolding and climbing technology segments to a sophisticated logistics concept. CEI report

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Architecture Drawings

Army Museum

Architectural Design Studio

Although the Polish Army Museum was established back in 1920 by a decree of Marshall Józef Piłsudski, the institution never had its own headquarters where it could present its unique collection. Today, after more than 100 years of existence, the museum can finally invite the public to its modern headquarters. Article by Szczepan Wroński, Marta Sękulska Wrońska, Paweł Grodzicki, of WXCA Architectural Design Studio, Warsaw, Poland

Concrete Engineering International, January 2024

The January 2024 issue includes: Concrete Architecture, Formwork and Falsework, Industry Awards, Sustainable Construction, 3D Printing, Ready-mixed Concrete, Concrete in the Ground and Technology

13 Pins

·8mo

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