Outriggers are rigid horizontal structures designed to improve building overturning stiffness and strength by connecting the building core or spine to distant columns. Outriggers have been used in tall, narrow buildings for nearly half a century, but the design principle has been used for millennia.The oldest “outriggers” are horizontal beams […]
Electricity is relatively a clean safe form of energy used properly, the generation and transmission of the electricity affects the environment in smaller or bigger ways. Mostly all types of […]
Traditionally we are used to using adobe, concrete, and wood in construction, which has been and are used in everyday construction, which means the continuous destruction of trees for wood and the extraction of resources to make cement for agglutinated sand. Gravel and bricks For a better world, there are […]
Underground train system used to carry large numbers of passengers within urban and suburban areas, also known as subway, tube, or metro. Subways are normally built beneath city streets to make construction easier, but they may take detours and must occasionally cross rivers. The system’s outskirts usually emerge aboveground as […]
What is prefabrication? Prefabrication is the process of fabricating components of a structure in a factory or other manufacturing facility and shipping entire assemblies or sub-assemblies to the location where the structure will be installed. The term prefabrication also refers to the production of things other than construction in a […]
When planning and constructing high-rise buildings, the aim is to create safe and livable rooms in very tall buildings; the buildings have to bear their weight, withstand wind and earthquakes, protect residents from fire, but also have to be easily accessible on the upper floors. Utilities and a comfortable climate […]
The word sustainable means able to retain at the minimum possible with best results and also helps the mother earth heal. Sustainability is a vast concept and is generally a long term process when it comes to results. Sustainable practices preached in day to day life helps one achieve long […]
3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, is often defined as the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. The term “3D printing” is often explained as a spread of processes during which materials are deposited, solidified with computer control to present a three-dimensional […]
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