Category: Modern Building Technologies

Dublin, Oct. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “UAE Lightweight Aggregates Market by Region, Competition, Forecast and Opportunities, 2020-2030F” report has been added ResearchAndMarkets.com Offer. The lightweight aggregates market in the UAE was valued at US$ 394.42 million in 2024 and is expected to reach US$ 566.45 million by 2030, registering a compound annual growth… Continue reading UAE Lightweight Aggregates Industry Report 2025: Market

What started as a fringe concept is now gaining momentum. Long considered a niche for remote projects or temporary accommodation, prefabricated construction is quickly becoming one of Australia's most promising pathways to faster, smarter and more sustainable construction. The sector grew remarkably 10.8% average annual rate between 2020 and 2024to reach A$17.1 billion in value.… Continue reading Australia's prefabricated building market: From edge to foundation

Volumetric printing represents a monumental leap in additive manufacturing, an innovative technique for producing complex three-dimensional objects with unprecedented speed and surface quality. Traditional methods of 3D printing typically involve a step-by-step approach where each layer of material is applied one at a time. This iterative process is not only time-consuming, but can also lead… Continue reading Ultrasonic techniques are revolutionizing volumetric depth printing

Marcus Evans is pleased to announce the 8th annual Smart Construction Conference Asia 2025, taking place from November 19th to 21st at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. This high-level conference brings together senior leaders from across the construction, engineering and design ecosystem to explore how digitalization, industrialized construction and sustainability are transforming the… Continue reading 8th Annual Smart Construction: A Built Environment

The U.S. Army is relying on robotics to build barracks and infrastructure for soldiers, officials said Monday, noting that technology partnerships with industry are helping modernize military infrastructure through faster and more affordable construction. As the Army pushes for faster contracting and sustained investment in modernization efforts, it is embracing advanced technologies to support its… Continue reading Army relies on robotics to build faster, smarter barracks – MeriTalk

The 2025 edition, hosted by the Ministry of Construction, officially integrates the fields of construction and transportation, reflecting the spirit of Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on developing science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation, as well as promoting energy efficiency, green energy transition and carbon and methane emissions in the transportation sector. With a series of… Continue reading Hanoi hosts Green Building & Transportation Week

In perhaps a first for the annual meeting of the staid U.S. Army Association in Washington, the Secretary of the Army opened the conference with an F-bomb. Dan Driscoll, who has been the Army's civilian leader since February, announced major upcoming changes to Army purchasing, parts repairs and technology adoption in a fiery address in… Continue reading Driscoll is being forgotten because of the army's purchasing inertia

KOLLAM: At a time when Kerala is grappling with the growing construction and demolition waste crisis, a team of engineers from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has developed a sustainable solution that could transform the state's construction practices. The researchers emphasized that dumping of waste from construction and demolition projects has caused serious environmental problems. In the… Continue reading Kerala engineers develop eco-friendly solution for construction waste

[Baptiste Marx] shares his opinion on designing emergency structures from PVC pipes that require an absolute minimum of additional parts. CINTRE (French, English coverage article here) is his collection of fugue designs with examples of how they can be incorporated into various structures. Simple connections have many different applications. PVC pipe is inexpensive, widely available,… Continue reading PVC pipe structure design, eliminating the need for additional hardware

Earth's Embrace: An Organic Eco Retreat in Wayanad Set in a 4-hectare hillside plantation in Wayanad, Kerala, IndiaEarth's Embrace by Raving Dots Studio is both an eco-retreat and an architectural experiment, combining computer-aided design with indigenous wisdom. The project responds to two challenges: how to reconnect people with nature and how to build with a… Continue reading Organic clay shell roof, sculptural eco retreat in India