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GRBJ | February 17, 2020

Prefabrication, also referred to as off-site construction, allows various building elements to be manufactured and assembled in a factory and then erected on a construction site. Anything from light fixtures to whole multilevel exterior walls can be prefabricated. Although this process is not new to construction, the way prefabrication is being used has drastically streamlined the building process. The facade at Western Michigan University’s Arcadia Flats serves as an example. Triangle Ass...

The Engineer | March 05, 2020

Engineering – a damn dirty job or an exciting and diverse career choice? Overcoming perceptions about engineering and what a career in the sector involves is half the battle in raising awareness and increasing uptake of subjects that lead into engineering and technology. This is a job that needs to be done on multiple levels – from raising awareness among influencers such as teachers and parents, to bringing the topic to schoolchildren as young as possible and inspiring them from the...

Fast Company | January 17, 2020

In an effort to build a more sustainable future, architects and policy makers are nodding to the past with structures entirely made of timber. From a 70-story timber skyscraper in Tokyo to an all-wood, 200,000-plus square foot university residence hall in Arkansas, constructions that have eschewed steel and concrete for forest-grown materials have been sprouting up across the world. Next up in this timber trend: a Copenhagen neighborhood built fully with wood, with housing for 7,000 people, a sc...

Tesla | April 06, 2020

Elon Musk has started putting his engineering team at Tesla to work on a prototype ventilator design to help aid the country’s healthcare system in light of coronavirus outbreak. And now, we finally have some first look on the progress that the team has made so far. In a video put up on Tesla’s official Youtube channel, a team of company’s engineering department is seen demonstrating the progress that they have made on the ventilator design so far. What is evident throughout th...