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To the untrained eye--and perhaps some trained eyes--a busy urban construction site can look like an accident waiting to happen. When heavy machinery is on the move, in close proximity [...]

The fact that we were surprised to be standing in icy rain, 12 miles south-east of Glasgow, Scotland, in the middle of October, may say something about the affect global [...]

The importance of expertly constructed foundations, especially in urban environments, has never been greater than today, with record-breaking tall buildings becoming commonplace. TOWERING ACHIEVEMENT As this article is being written, [...]

If, in the past, the thought of renewing your fleet of construction machines has caused you anxiety, look away now; things are about to get a lot more complicated. Furthermore, [...]

In the simplest terms, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) describes the use of innovative materials, equipment and techniques to build structures. Its purpose is to reduce project execution time and [...]

The headline statistic on concrete is stark, to say the least. The world's most heavily used construction material is responsible for around 8% of the world's carbon emissions. With this [...]

The role of material handling in construction is sometimes both underplayed and undervalued, but experienced foremen and managers know that poor planning in this aspect of a project can lead [...]

We have a tendency to label the construction industry as the tortoise in the race to digitalisation. Nevertheless, with so many aspects of the construction process now potentially digitised, it [...]

With so many challenges facing the European construction market--the horrific situation in Ukraine, no end in sight to materials and skills shortages, and ongoing issues brought about by the coronavirus [...]

Vinci Autoroutes recently announced the completion of a [euro]561 million project to build a new 24km-long bypass in France. Not so unusual, you might think, yet very little about the [...]

International Women's Day took place last month and, within engineering and construction, worldwide attention turned to the successes enjoyed, and challenges faced, by women in the industry. Unfortunately, at a [...]

In these strange times, it seems we are never very far from a crisis. As we began to relax in the knowledge that the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic was [...]

Today, construction is facing a serious skills crisis, with nearly a quarter of the current workforce expected to retire in the next ten years and a significant disparity between those [...]

It's the last issue of 2023, and this is probably a good time to take stock of, well, stocks... and shares. In other words, a quick look at the state [...]

It's fair to say that compact excavators have received the lion's share of press attention in recent years--largely due to the sudden proliferation of zero-local-emission machines being introduced to operate [...]

The construction industry in Europe has been dealt a hammer blow by the coronavirus pandemic. Following weeks of heavily restricted construction activity, a group of 15 industry organisations felt the [...]

The biggest construction equipment show of 2020 is creating a genuine buzz in the industry, with the organisers announcing record numbers of early registrations. Dana Wuesthoff, VP of exhibitions with [...]

The expression 'construction technology' may have been the most overused in the industry in 2019--but that doesn't make it any less relevant. Every sector has seen a dramatic uplift in [...]

By 2050, 75% of Europe's population is expected to be living in urban areas. With this in mind, we can expect to see the job of installing utilities rising in [...]

Falsework and formwork solutions for large-scale or high-rise construction projects in Europe are not only vital and complex elements of the build, they also generally make up at least 5% [...]

As structures and their uses differ greatly, so must the equipment used to demolish them, when they are either damaged beyond repair or have come to the end of their [...]

Increasingly, those who deny the importance of environmental concerns in construction are finding themselves in an untenable position. Equally, however, with economic and political instability rife in Europe, it's hard [...]

An earthquake of the magnitude that struck Turkey in February this year will hopefully not be seen again for many years. It could be argued that little could withstand these [...]

Whether fabricated from reinforced concrete, steel or wood, modern foundations must be meticulously designed to withstand the various forces buildings will place on them. Apart from the piles themselves, the [...]

With a complex range of tasks to complete, the choice of which pumps to employ on construction sites can be confusing. Equipment can be required to cope only with clean [...]

Construction projects the world over have their foundations, quite literally, in concrete. The benefits of using this versatile, durable and cost-effective material cannot be overstated: it has a 100-year service [...]

The European construction industry --which has seen solid growth for the past five years--has now plateaued and is expected to see a mild decline over the next year or two. [...]

The constant tightening of emissions regulations has caused a good deal of consternation in the construction industry, from engine makers to OEMs, and on to rental companies and customers, forced [...]

The European wheeled loader market is relatively buoyant, according to specialist market research and forecasting company Of -Highway Research, with sales of machines over 60kW currently running at just above [...]

What goes up in construction, always starts by going down. Foundation work is the first element of a project that absolutely has to be done right which is why the [...]

At some point, most of us will wonder how safe our jobs are. Construction professionals are prone to this, but perhaps more so now, given the rapid growth of technology [...]

When we consider construction technology, attachments may not immediately spring to mind. However, the rapid evolution of attachments has undoubtedly changed the way equipment is used on construction sites throughout [...]

Technology firms are not claiming innovations such as virtual and augmented reality are going to change the way infrastructure is built; they say it already has. Furthermore, these changes are [...]

Sputtered FeCoNx thin films with various nitrogen fractions are investigated in the quest of low lossy, soft magnetic thin films (SMFs) for high-frequency inductor core. 100 nm thick FeCoNx films were deposited in N2 + Ar environment (5 m torr) with increasing N2 volume percent, $x$ % = N2/(Ar + N2), up to 30%. While FeCo thin film is isotropic, the incorporation of nitrogen in the film exhibits a well-defined uniaxial magnetic anisotropy (UMA) as a result of reduced stress in the FeCoNx films. FeCoN17.5 thin film with UMA shows superior all-round soft magnetic properties (saturation flux density ~1.7 T, coercivity ~7.8 Oe, real permeability ~381.7 and resistivity $\sim 201 ~\mu \Omega \cdot $ cm). The study of the dynamic magnetic properties of FeCoNx ( ${x}$ = 15%, 17.5%, and 19%) films reveal two ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) peaks. Double resonance peaks in films with a high concentration of nitrogen might be related to FeCo and Fe-N multiphase in the films. Furthermore, the evolution of the real $\left ({\mu ^{\prime } }\right)$ and imaginary ( $\mu ^{\prime \prime }$ ) part of the permeability spectra in the presence of dc magnetic bias field is also examined.

This article presents optimized CoZrTaB-based laminated thin films with a wet etch-able oxide dielectric material. Wet etching capability was studied on the stack material and a narrow and clean undercut was achieved. Good uniaxial anisotropy with low coercivity (< 1 Oe) was achieved via in situ magnetic alignment during magnetron sputtering. The relative permeability of 432 and the $Q$ -factor of 23.4 at 100 MHz were observed in high-frequency permeameter measurement. Finally, thermal annealing was carried out at various temperatures. Uniaxial anisotropy was maintained up to 300 °C, while an enhancement of permeability (by 25%) was observed.

With the hindsight afforded us by the devastation in Japan during 2011's horrific earthquake, it's clear reconstruction efforts in Turkey need to be mobilised as quickly as possible, to prevent [...]

The construction industry is regularly accused of being slow to adopt new methods and technologies that have the potential to enhance productivity and efficiency. Having seen many of the innovations [...]