Yearly Archives: 2020

/2020

Interview with S. Gurumurthy Part 2: Prospects for Indian Development Models

Namaste, Shri S. Gurumurthyji and I have had an exciting conversation on his ideas of development and economics. In part one you saw him explain the rise and fall of the Western development model. He explained what’s different and distinct about this Western model and how it’s based on their metaphysics, their theology, and their […]

July 17th, 2020|Technology|

CCTV Documentary《Megastructure II》(1):Chinese Expressways and Railways

This is a miracle in the human road building history. within only 30 years China has increased its road mileage fivefold and built the largest highway network in the world. The railway mileage has exceeded 120,000 kilometers. China’s High Speed Rail (HSR) has started from scratch and reached to near 20,000 kilometers in 8 years. […]

July 2nd, 2020|Technology|

Rice Daubney’s Darren Tims discusses implementation of BIM using GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD

My name’s Darren Tims, I’m a principal at Rice Daubney.
I’m just going to show you a bit of a snapshot of some of the work we’ve been doing over the last number of years, particularly in relation to the way that we use technology in our practice and […]

June 16th, 2020|Technology|

Better, Stronger, Faster: Fabcon Brings That to Precast Concrete

Better, stronger, faster our versa core panels they’re one of the strongest panels, one of the lightest panels, and one of the highest insulated panels on the market. So to be light, strong, and highly insulated all at the same time it sounds like it’s too good to […]

June 1st, 2020|Technology|

Nestle plant in Burlington catches fire

TONI: THE CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S SAYS MITCHELL WILL BE CHARGED TONIGHT. TOYA: A TWO ALARM FIRE SENDS MORE THAN A DOZEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO AN ICONIC COMPANY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. BURLINGTON’S NESTLE PLANT IS RECOVERING FROM A FIRE. 12 NEWS NICK BOHR IS LIVE THERE AND NICK THEY’RE […]

May 18th, 2020|Technology|

Geopolymeerbeton – Geopolymer concrete: Praktijkdemonstratie productie en verwerking

Fieldtest: Production and processing of Geopolymer Concrete 07/07/2018 You will see that producing geopolymer concrete… …is not really different from what we are used to. You will find the concreting process to be pretty similar too. That the durability of GPC’s is often regarded to be superior to ‘traditional’ concretes. That the planet may […]

May 2nd, 2020|Technology|

Composite Bridge Decking

LIGHTWEIGHT BRIDGE DECKS CAN HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT SERVICE LIFE, SOMETIMES AS SHORT AS 10 YEARS. TIMBER DECKING WILL ROT. STEEL DECKING RUSTS QUICKLY AND OFTEN DEVELOPS CRACKS DUE TO FATIGUE. OPEN STEEL GRATING ALSO ALLOWS WATER, DIRT, AND SALT TO GET ON THE PRIMARY STRUCTURAL MEMBERS […]

April 15th, 2020|Technology|

Power Structures: Connotations of the Facade in State Architecture (2017–18)

The most exciting thing is engaging with these buildings, monuments in our hometown context and thinking about how they effect people politically.
– The name of our project is Power Structures: The Connotation of the Facade in State Architecture.
– Being in a PhD program, you’re very focused towards […]

March 30th, 2020|Technology|

A Concrete Plan for Abu Dhabi Airport

We started this business in 1984. We are in the precast business, which means that we prepare precast concrete components, like walls, slabs, columns and beams. One of our main and most challenging projects is the new Abu Dhabi Airport terminal, the Midfield Terminal. We are […]

March 14th, 2020|Technology|

Make Your Own Sanding Belt

The first thing to do is to find the correct measures so, I picked the sanding belt that came with my sander and wrote down the length needed, taking into account the part that overlaps. The ends are cut to 15 degrees at a specific direction. You need to check out the way the belt […]

February 28th, 2020|Technology|