Building a Durable High-End Horse Facility: Key Tips

A high-end horse facility is more than just a place to house horses—it’s a carefully designed environment that balances safety, durability, and efficiency. Every detail, from the barn’s structural materials to stall layout and ventilation, plays a role in ensuring long-term functionality and performance. Builders and architects must consider premium materials, airflow, lighting, and automation […] <p>The post Building a Durable High-End Horse Facility: Key Tips first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.</p>

Materials firms report sales growth as housing demand recovers

Sales of structural materials grew for the first time since summer 2022, according to a quarterly survey by the Construction Products Association (CPA). A balance of 30 per cent of manufacturers surveyed reported increasing sales of heavy-side products – defined as structural materials such as… The post Materials firms report sales growth as housing demand recovers appeared first on Construction News.

Editor’s Comment | Focus on outcomes is key to modern bridge engineering

The fundamental principles that underpin good bridge design practice may not have changed in thousands of years, but the bridges themselves have. Their uses, structural materials and scale have all expanded and so have the many specialisms involved in delivering them. What has not changed… The post Editor’s Comment | Focus on outcomes is key to modern bridge engineering appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Real-Life LEGO Set: Putting Together a New Way of Building

Structural materials have not changed all that much since reinforced concrete was introduced to construction in the late 19th century, but a fiber-reinforced, mineral composite system boasting easy assembly and considerable strength offers a new alternative.

Interview | National Highways’ Michael Ambrose on rethinking road concrete use

A dearth of relevant up-to-date knowledge about one of construction’s principal structural materials threatened to hinder the biggest ever programme to rebuild and revitalise England’s many concrete roads. The post Interview | National Highways’ Michael Ambrose on rethinking road concrete use appeared first on New Civil Engineer.