UK Develops Self-Damping Technology for High-Rise Buildings, Reducing Peak Acceleration by Over 70%
2026-08-18
Recently, a joint research team from Imperial College London and the engineering consultancy Arup, among others, published the official version of a paper on self-damping technology for high-rise buil...
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China Leads the Way! International Standard for Top-Level Framework of Smart City Data Utilization Released
2026-08-14
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) recently jointly released the international standard "Information Technology — Smart Ci...
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ICON builds 100 3D-printed homes in Austin, USA
2026-08-12
American construction technology company ICON is building 100 3D-printed homes in the Community First! Village expansion area in Austin, Texas, to provide permanent housing for people experiencing chr...
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World's First Tunnel Boring and Blasting Machine Rolls Off Production Line in Wuhan
2026-08-03
On August 1, the world's first tunnel boring and blasting machine (BBM), jointly developed by Tsinghua University and China Railway Science and Industry's subsidiary China Railway Ke Gong, officially ...
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First in China's Water Conservancy! Double-Line Breakthrough Achieved in the Pipe Jacking and Shield Tunneling Section of the N1 Bid Section of the Kinmen Water Supply Replacement Project
2026-07-31
On July 30, as the cutterhead of Fujian Province's first combined pipe jacking and shield tunneling machine, the "Qingyuan", precisely ground through the left-line tunnel portal of the receiving shaft...
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Multiple World Records Set! China's Self-Developed New Shield Tool Changing Equipment Successfully Applied
2026-07-25
On July 23, the world's first set of "ternary mixed gas" shield pressurized operation equipment, independently developed by China Railway 11th Bureau, completed its first large-scale ultra-high pressu...
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World's First Four-Main-Cable Double-Deck Suspension Bridge with Varying Sag: China's Yanji Yangtze River Bridge's 12 km "Aerial Corridor" Completed
2026-07-24
In July 2026, good news came from the banks of the Yangtze River in China. The deck paving construction of the Hubei Yanji Yangtze River Bridge is entering its final stage—this world's first four-main...
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China's First Monitoring and Intelligent Regulation System for Condensation Water Inside Grottoes Completed at Yungang Grottoes
2026-07-23
The Yungang Grottoes, a World Cultural Heritage site enduring over 1,500 years of weathering, has finally acquired a "smart nervous system" capable of "sensing" its own health—China's first monitoring...
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MIT Writes Printer 'Physical Limits' into Algorithm, 3D-Printed Concrete Bridge Achieves Up to 76% Lightweighting Potential
2026-07-23
Concrete is the most widely used building material on Earth, with its production process contributing approximately 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. 3D-printed concrete is seen as a crucial path...
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"Chengdu-Made" World's Largest Double Shield TBM to Roll Off Assembly Line This Month: 13.01 Meters in Diameter, Excavation Efficiency Increased by 3 to 5 Times
2026-07-21
In July 2026, at the production base of China Railway Hi-Tech Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. in Xinjin District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, a "steel dragon" with a diameter of 13.01 meters is enterin...
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"ZhiZhu JingWei" Well-Opening Robot Ends the Era of Manual Well Entry, Ushering Urban Underground Pipelines into Unmanned Inspection Age
2026-07-20
In July 2026, the "ZhiZhu JingWei" well-opening robot, independently developed by China's State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company, made its public debut at the 2026 World Artificial Intel...
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China Building Materials Academy Overcomes Challenge of One-Piece Molding of Meter-Scale Silicon Carbide, Equipping High-End Equipment with a "Ceramic Engine"
2026-07-18
In July 2026, a special report by CNR highlighted the breakthrough achievements of Liu Zetan, a young scientific research backbone at the Xianyang Ceramics Research Institute of China Building Materia...
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