Materials | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:32:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/favicon-nce192x-70x70.png Materials | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 32 32 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Replacing aggregate with subsoil to save carbon and waste on road projects https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/replacing-aggregate-with-subsoil-to-save-carbon-and-waste-on-road-projects-27-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/replacing-aggregate-with-subsoil-to-save-carbon-and-waste-on-road-projects-27-03-2024/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 02:00:19 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275836 Turning subsoil into an aggregate replacement is already cutting carbon, cost and waste on new housing estates. So how have housebuilders stolen a march on big infrastructure?

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/replacing-aggregate-with-subsoil-to-save-carbon-and-waste-on-road-projects-27-03-2024/feed/ 0 Researchers transform sugarcane by-product into slabs and bricks https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/researchers-transform-sugarcane-by-product-into-slabs-and-bricks-22-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/researchers-transform-sugarcane-by-product-into-slabs-and-bricks-22-03-2024/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2024 02:00:02 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275726 A new low carbon construction material made from sugarcane by-product is emerging as a promising sustainable alternative to concrete and bricks.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/researchers-transform-sugarcane-by-product-into-slabs-and-bricks-22-03-2024/feed/ 1 Innovative Thinker | Embodied carbon regulation needed to accelerate the built environment’s decarbonisation https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/innovative-thinker-emboddied-carbon-regulation-needed-to-accelerate-the-built-environments-decarbonisation-28-02-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/innovative-thinker-emboddied-carbon-regulation-needed-to-accelerate-the-built-environments-decarbonisation-28-02-2024/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 02:00:34 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=274735 Embodied carbon regulation is required to accelerate the decarbonisation of the built environment, says Institution of Structural Engineers head of climate action Will Arnold.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/innovative-thinker-emboddied-carbon-regulation-needed-to-accelerate-the-built-environments-decarbonisation-28-02-2024/feed/ 0 Your View | High Speed 2, basalt rebar https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-high-speed-2-basalt-rebar-20-02-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-high-speed-2-basalt-rebar-20-02-2024/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2024 02:00:42 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=274449 Support for HS2 Midlands Link I support High Speed 2 (HS2) and see the private sector redevelopment of Euston as a way of keeping public expenditure within a fixed ceiling. I hope that is what Labour leader Kier Starmer had in mind when he said…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-high-speed-2-basalt-rebar-20-02-2024/feed/ 0 Watch: Using advanced materials in infrastructure https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/watch-using-advanced-materials-in-infrastructure-20-02-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/watch-using-advanced-materials-in-infrastructure-20-02-2023/#respond Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:00:20 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=256368  This video is from NCE TechFest 2022.  National Composites Centre construction lead Neil Appleton discusses the current landscape in material innovations and examines the technologies that are striving to make changes within the industry. Discover more about the innovations and technologies that are working…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/watch-using-advanced-materials-in-infrastructure-20-02-2023/feed/ 0 Positive signs for construction despite output falling for first time in 18 months https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/positive-signs-for-construction-despite-output-falling-for-first-time-in-18-months-05-08-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/positive-signs-for-construction-despite-output-falling-for-first-time-in-18-months-05-08-2022/#respond Fri, 05 Aug 2022 03:00:13 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=246325 Construction output declined last month for the first time since January 2021 but materials price pressures are starting to level off, according to data collected by industry analysts.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/positive-signs-for-construction-despite-output-falling-for-first-time-in-18-months-05-08-2022/feed/ 0 Editor’s Comment | Innovation must be paced, not raced https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/editors-comment-innovation-must-be-paced-not-raced-02-08-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/editors-comment-innovation-must-be-paced-not-raced-02-08-2022/#respond Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:20:36 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=245666 NCE is continuing to mark its 50th anniversary at its live events this year, with keynotes that look back over the last 50 years and others that look forward to the next 50. The insight into the challenges ahead has been fascinating but one point…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/editors-comment-innovation-must-be-paced-not-raced-02-08-2022/feed/ 0 Your View | Net Zero, Stonehenge Tunnel, smart motorways, Great Musgrave Bridge https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-net-zero-stonehenge-tunnel-smart-motorways-great-musgrave-bridge-28-07-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-net-zero-stonehenge-tunnel-smart-motorways-great-musgrave-bridge-28-07-2022/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 00:45:54 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=245559 Over the last 10 years and in the lead up to COP26, the term “net zero” has become ubiquitous in all our information media. But what exactly does it mean? One definition is “it refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gas produced…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-net-zero-stonehenge-tunnel-smart-motorways-great-musgrave-bridge-28-07-2022/feed/ 0 NCE at 50 | How predictions from 25 years ago stood the test of time https://www.newcivilengineer.com/nce-at-50/nce-at-50-how-predictions-from-25-years-ago-stood-the-test-of-time-25-05-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/nce-at-50/nce-at-50-how-predictions-from-25-years-ago-stood-the-test-of-time-25-05-2022/#comments Wed, 25 May 2022 01:15:05 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=241865 NCE’s 25th anniversary supplement made predictions for what the world of civil engineering would look like in 2022 – how did those forecasts hold up?

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/nce-at-50/nce-at-50-how-predictions-from-25-years-ago-stood-the-test-of-time-25-05-2022/feed/ 1 Industry development | How FM Conway is pioneering the circular economy https://www.newcivilengineer.com/nce-at-50/industry-development-how-fm-conway-is-pioneering-the-circular-economy-23-05-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/nce-at-50/industry-development-how-fm-conway-is-pioneering-the-circular-economy-23-05-2022/#respond Mon, 23 May 2022 01:15:03 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=242128 Materials science and technology can only take us so far when it comes to recycling construction waste. to take it further, industry attitudes must change and standards must evolve. 

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