NPCA Blog: Technology
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Scottish Group Designs Concrete Inspection Tool
A Scottish University has developed a remote monitoring device designed to inspect and identify weaknesses and cracks in concrete structures. […]
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Heidelberg Materials To Build First Carbon-Neutral Facility In Canada
Heidelberg Materials this week announced it is entering into a partnership with the Canadian government to construct a net-zero carbon […]
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Augmented Reality is Making its Way Into Construction
From medicine to retail to video games, augmented reality is making its way into more and more industries each year. […]
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Australians Use Disposable Coffee Cups as Substitute for Sand in Concrete
Engineers at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, are turning the waste from their morning routines into aggregate that can be […]
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NASA Crew Tests How Concrete Hardens in Space
After more than six months aboard the International Space Station, the NASA’s astronauts are returning home. During their mission, these […]
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Emerging Technologies: 3-D-Printed Concrete
While the technology powering 3-D printing has been available for decades, the application for various materials – including precast concrete […]
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Researchers Developing a Concrete Mix with Seawater for Seawall Construction
Seawalls aren’t going anywhere in Florida – except up. With thousands of miles of coastline facing two feet of sea […]
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Ground Glass Pozzolans: A ‘New’ Supplementary Cementitious Material
Ground-glass pozzolans (GGP) are a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) that can offer precast concrete manufacturers another viable option for partial […]
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Self-healing Concrete Continues to Make Inroads
Concrete is among the most durable construction materials in the world. And as technology advances, researchers have found ways to […]
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Indiana Developing Innovative Smart Concrete Pavement Charging Solutions for Electric Vehicles
As the world moves toward more sustainable energy policies, one Midwestern state is already planning ways to accommodate the ever-growing […]
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Type IL Cement Gaining Momentum Across the United States
Because of market and government demands to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide), the cement industry is transitioning to increased […]
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Precast Concrete Reinforcement: An Ever-Evolving Technology
With its amazing compressive strength, concrete has a history in large-scale construction going back to ancient times – the Romans […]