Ecological Building

Environmental considerations Material source Where does the raw material come from? How 'sustainable' is it? Conversi...

Nevada's First Solar Community Launched

Southern Nevada has an abundance of sun, and Concordia Homes is looking to soak it up. Last week, the Henderson, Nev.-based builder unveiled...

Home Buyers Willing to Pay for Energy Efficiency

Home buyers are willing to pay for energy efficiency, prefer smaller homes with high-quality products and amenities, and for the first time,...

Green Building

Want a glimpse of the green future?Travel down Florida’s panhandle coast to Alys Beach, a 158-acre resort town just underway with an extensi...

Old is gold

Today's Pantheon ("Temple of All the Gods") is not the original. Marcus Agrippa's Pantheon burned down in 80 AD, was rebui...

Volunteers around the world seek solutions for emergency shelters

Amidst the hoopla surrounding New York's Freedom Tower and other innovative new skyscrapers, it's easy to forget the real heroes of ...

Civil Engineering in the Oceans

Meeting the New Challenges of the 21st Century Calling all engineers and scientists concerned with civil engineering in the oceans! Plan to ...

Designer of Green Communities Has Big Growth Plans

A Yorkville, Ill.-based startup that designs green communities and provides the technological support to implement their development and con...

FSC Certifies Bamboo Flooring, Bamboo Plywood

Later this summer, building professionals and consumers will be able to buy bamboo flooring and bamboo plywood products that have been certi...

Do buildings have gender?

Are sex and architecture related? Are some buildings "male" and others "female"? Yes, of course, some architects are mal...

CENTRE FOR ASIAN TALL BUILDINGS

Needs The need for a continuing dialogue regarding tall buildings in the Asian habitat stems from the following factors: A rapidly growin...

Innovation

areas of study Within the field of civil and environmental engineering, the opportunities are numerous.University of South Carolina students...

civil and environmental engineering

The innovative, dynamic work of civil and environmental engineers can be seen everywhere in today’s world. Civil and environmental engineers...

'The Water Cube', National Aquatics Centre Beijing

The National Aquatics Centre, known as 'The Water Cube', will be one of the most dramatic and exciting venues to feature sporting ev...

Building with Nature

“Natural building” has become a catch phrase for a variety of building techniques that generally employ unprocessed natural materials, such ...

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

There are major concerns regarding the reduction of the water table from the deep excavations adjacent to the north boundary of the Mains Pl...

ArchiCAD can do something for you!

ArchiCAD gives users the ability to create great architecture and increase productivity. From day one, ArchiCAD has been designed by archit...

What all things he use to do?

CIVIL ENGINEERS plan, design, and direct the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, pipelines, subdivisions, airports, waste water ...

Whats the condition now?

You all might be hearing about the fast growth of civil engineering sector. Large numbers of construction works are going on by many constru...