Total Construction Starts Slide 5% in June

Total construction starts fell 5% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $932.3 billion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Nonresidential building starts lost 14% during the month and residential was 6% lower. On the contrary, nonbuilding starts gained 13% in June due to the start of several large solar projects.

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Self-Healing Concrete

July 20, 2022 – Professor Liberato Ferrara, a professor of structural analysis and design at the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy is leading a project called ReSHEALience, which is out to develop ultra-high-durability concrete (UHDC). Such concrete is able to withstand extreme conditions and self-heal when used for construction in punishing settings like marine environments and geothermal energy plants. “These…

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