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GlobeSt | February 14, 2020

High construction costs and market saturation all point to a recession within the next year as developers and other industry players travel back and forth to the drawing board to figure out when a slowdown of economic activity will happen and how to best prepare, Julian Anderson, president of Rider Levett Bucknall North America, a independent organization in cost management, quantity surveying, project management and advisory services, tells Globest.com....

iRacing | April 29, 2020

A month into the substitution of online virtual racing for on-track real racing is producing some unexpected dividends, as drivers and engineers are uncovering ways to leverage iRacing simulation to prepare for their return to racing. Team Penske Indycar driver Simon Pagenaud was effusive about iRacing following his second consecutive virtual victory over his colleagues during a simulated race on the oval track at Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi circuit. It was a win achieved signi...

InnovationMap | February 07, 2020

Houston fell two places in SmartAsset's latest ranking of the best U.S. cities for women in technology but remains in the top 10. SmartAsset's sixth annual study, released February 6, puts Houston at No. 6 among the top cities for women in tech. That's down from the No. 4 spot in SmartAsset's 2019 study. However, Houston still holds the No. 1 ranking among Texas cities. Only one of five most-populated U.S. cities - Houston - makes it into our top 15 cities for women working in th...

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C-Crete Technologies | July 13, 2021

C-Crete Technologies has engaged in a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Energy to develop and market a new class of carbon-based construction materials. The materials may be utilized as a cementitious replacement for portland cement, the world's most used building material, in both the precast and cast-in-place construction sectors. Like any other naturally mined ore (iron, calcium, etc.), carbon ore or coal does not produce air pollution until heated,...