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Rhino Shield best for guarding against waterfront environmental impacts
Everyone loves the waterfront — the ocean and sunshine and sweet salty breeze can soothe the soul. But these elements can mean high maintenance to a building’s exterior and a painting cycle that’s on repeat every 3 to 5 years. On the coast, painted walls tend to fade faster, are pummeled with wind-driven rain, are […]
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Investigating Land Subsidence in Japan through Consecutive InSAR and Law of Material Conservation
Land subsidence causes Earth’s surface to sink, flooding coastal areas and damaging infrastructure. It can be monitored using observation wells, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR). Given its accuracy and applicability, researchers have recently utilized consecutive differential InSAR to investigate subsidence in the Kanagawa prefecture in Japan. The results were […]
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Del Taco plans to roll out order-taking bots at drive-thrus
Del Taco will implement Presto's artificial intelligence voice bots to take drive-thru orders at its 600 units, following successful testing of the technology last year. In addition to taking customers' orders, the system can help boost sales by suggesting additional items, and Presto said restaurants using its voice bots have seen sales increase by 6% […] The post Del Taco plans to roll out order-taking bots at drive-thrus first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.
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One size does not fit all: Lack of proper PPE for women is dangerous
Baggy gear can lead to new hazards, workers performing tasks without protection or even a lack of confidence and belonging in one’s job, experts say.
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ChatGPT and Other Conversational AIs Can Help Construction
From finding to synthesizing information for creating checklists, answering RFIs, or simply answering questions backed by data, conversational Artificial Intelligence technology such as ChatGPT is now available to help contractors make better decisions, enhance communication and collaboration, and rapidly change the industry.
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Cheating or Competing? Price-fixing
Short descriptor video on what price-fixing is, why it's wrong and what you can do to stop it.
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NEC Accepted Programmes: a practical guide
When administering projects under NEC forms of contract one of the topics most regularly discussed concerns Accepted Programmes. This excellent article by Claire King of Fenwick Elliott with input from Ankura is written in plain, easy to follow language and is well worth reading.
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HS2 Uncovering St Mary's Church: Introduction to the site - Episode 1
Archaeologists in Buckinghamshire working on the HS2 project have been excavating a medieval church and burial ground in Stoke Mandeville.
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What if there were 1 trillion more trees? - TED ED Animation
How can trees help in the fight against climate change? Dig into the efforts to rebuild damaged ecosystems and reduce carbon emissions.
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How to cool a warming world | The Economist
The warmer it gets, the more people use air conditioning—but the more people use air conditioning, the warmer it gets. Is there any way out of this trap?
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