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Concrete Technology 2021: Greener Every Year and 35% Stronger

Dan Duszynski
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  The term “green concrete”, not so many decades ago, used to describe the condition of freshly poured ready mix concrete in construction projects or precast concrete products that required more curing time to achieve its full average 3,000 psi strength. The term “green” as applied to concrete was all…
TBM Tunnel Boring Machine
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Tunnel Construction Rocks with Boring Machines

Dan Duszynski
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  Tunnel construction is a complex engineering task due to the difficulties and logistics involved in boring and digging over extended distances underground. However, thanks to advances in equipment technology, complex tunneling construction projects are accomplished throughout the world. The tunnel boring machine (TBM) has made the engineering and construction…
Construction manager reviewing 2021 forecast
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The Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Construction’s 2020 and 2021 Forecasts

Dan Duszynski
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  McKinsey suggests that the COVID-19 crisis will reshape the construction industry, radically shift supply and value chains, and create the blueprint for the industry moving forward. While all of these are certainly true, COVID-19 isn’t simply a “disrupter.” It’s a tangible threat to the industry’s bottom-line. How is COVID-19…
sustainability in construction
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Improving Sustainability Must be Top-of-Mind in Construction

Dan Duszynski
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  “Integrating the pre-COVID-19 [sustainability] agenda into the post-COVID-19 action plan.” — Alexandre L’Heureux, President of WSP Global Despite the ongoing pandemic, sustainability is still the driving trend in construction. The post-crisis resiliency of construction firms is tightly hinged to how they handle sustainability going forward. According to McKinsey, the…
off-site construction
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Off-Site Construction Booming As Industry Braces For The Post-COVID Rush

Dan Duszynski
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Despite COVID-19 shuttering construction sites, introducing supply chain frictions and creating economic turmoil for construction companies, the overall outlook of civil, residential and commercial construction is bright. Recent reports suggest that the United States construction market will record a CAGR of 5% from 2020 to 2024 — becoming a 1.428 trillion dollar…

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