Working at a construction site is loud, dirty, and often dangerous. Roadside construction workers deal with the added risk of being struck by car or truck as it passes through a work zone, its driver unaware or ignoring flags, ...
Engineering
Sep 4, 2015
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Israel has unveiled an 1,800-year-old sarcophagus that workers found at a building site and initially tried to conceal.
Archaeology
Sep 3, 2015
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In cooperation with eleven road construction companies, the University of Twente is working on improving asphalt roads in the Netherlands. By using new technology during the asphalt paving process, the resulting road quality ...
Engineering
Jan 22, 2015
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Houses made out of soil, water and lime are becoming a viable and environmentally-friendly option for remote communities of Western Australia.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 14, 2014
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Paleontologists from the University of Washington hope to move an ice age mammoth tusk uncovered in a Seattle neighborhood to a museum on campus.
Archaeology
Feb 12, 2014
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Research from North Carolina State University identified factors that cause construction site managers to schedule more time than necessary for specific tasks. Understanding these factors and whether they can be reduced or ...
Engineering
Sep 5, 2013
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Mani Golparvar-Fard, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, has developed an augmented reality modeling system that automatically analyzes physical progress on large-scale construction ...
Engineering
Aug 1, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Construction management experts at the University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering have developed a system that employs remote sensing technology to improve safety on construction sites by using tracking ...
Engineering
Apr 30, 2012
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Florida's approach to saving gopher tortoises from extinction a decade ago allowed developers to bury the docile reptiles alive in their burrows in return for what critics called "blood money" that was used to buy and protect ...
Ecology
Apr 23, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- West Midlands scientists have created and studied new materials set to make low-carbon energy technologies like fuel cells cheaper and more efficient to run.
Materials Science
Apr 6, 2012
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