Minecraft Game Wants to Turn Teens into Future Construction Managers
/in front, news/by CANSLego has long been lauded by architecture geeks as a childhood gateway drug into the world of designing and building. Now, the UK wants to use a similar idea to hook teens on the fun of construction management. The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has developed a four-part construction curriculum played within Minecraft—the wildly popular […]
Virtual Reality Steps into The Construction World
/in front, news/by CANSArchitects, designers and engineers are learning what “gamers” have known for some time: Virtual Reality (VR) has a place in the modern world. Read more
Future Roads May Contain 100% More Pig Poop
/in front, news/by CANSA team of researchers at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University is testing a substance made from pig manure to use as an asphalt binder to replace petroleum-based products, according to a report by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read more
How Coconuts Could Help Build Earthquake-resistant Buildings
/in front, news/by CANSResearchers from the University of Freiburg’s Plant Biomechanics Group are looking at the tropical fruit to find better ways of constructing buildings that can withstand earthquakes. Read more