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Chenab Bridge, expected to be ready by 2019, is a railway steel and concrete arch bridge, under construction in the Raesi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Chenab bridge will have a height of 359 m (1,178 ft). The arch length is 480 m with an arch span of 467 m.
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[ III ] 01/05/2017A state-of-the-art interactive music museum.
The four-storey building of the museum with a covered area of about 4000 square bmetres has been built at a cost of about Rs 40 crore (6 million USD). The museum is expected a footfalls of around 5 lakh visitors annually.
The museum has been built on a plot of about one hectare located in a posh locality of JP Nagar in Bangalore. The piece of land has been donated by a private developer, Brigade Group, in its sprawling ‘Brigade Millennium Complex’ of apartments.
The museum accommodates an interactive exhibit area consisting of eight thematic galleries showcasing various facets of Indian music, an instruments gallery with 250 musical instruments, and several computer-based interactive installations that allow the visitor to experience the process of music-making.
A Sound Garden is the second major attraction of the IME. It features musical sculptures including reeds, chimes, tubular bells, plate gongs and musical stones that introduce visitors to the principles of sound.
A Learning Centre is yet another important component of the IME. It is planned for delivering curriculum-based music education and development of music teaching aids for schools. The Learning Centre consists of five classrooms, a seminar hall and a library to hold music classes, workshops and lectures on regular basis.
In addition to the above, the IMA comprises a cafe for refreshments and a gift store for music related memorabilia.
The realization of IME has been made possible by the passionate working of committed group of professionals of diverse fields. These include: the architect – Architecture Paradigm Pvt Ltd; the museum designer – Gallagher and Associates; sound garden designer – Svaram Musical Instruments and Research; film maker – Indrajit Nattoji, Director of Blink Pictures; and branding and merchandise – Foley Designs.
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[ I ] 07/03/2017
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WEF: Shaping the Future of Construction: Insights
This white paper presents the outcome of this work in the form of insight articles proposing innovative solutions on how to address the construction sector’s key challenges in the following fundamental challenge areas:
1. Project Delivery – Creating certainty of timely delivery and to budget, and generally improving the productivity of the construction sector
2. Life cycle Performance – Reducing the life cycle costs of assets and designing for re-use
3. Sustainability – Achieving carbon-neutral assets and reducing waste in the course of construction
4. Affordability – Creating high-quality, affordable infrastructure and housing
5. Disaster Resilience – Making infrastructure and buildings resilient to climate change and natural disasters
6. Flexibility, Liveability and Well-being – Creating infrastructure and buildings that improve the well-being of end-users
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WEF Shaping the Future of Construction: A Breakthrough in Mindset and Technology
Thirty measures are presented in the report, Shaping the Future of Construction: A Breakthrough in Mindset and Technology as part of a construction “industry transformation framework”. The report describes and promotes the effort needed by all stakeholders for the industry to fully realize its potential for change.
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| Shaping the Future of Construction: Inspiring innovators redefine the industry |
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3D-printed houses, automatically designed hospitals, prefabricated skyscrapers — once futuristic dreams are now a reality as described in the new report Shaping the Future of Construction: Inspiring innovators redefine the industry developed with the World Economic Forum. It showcases and analyses 10 Lighthouse innovation cases – prominent flagship projects as well as start-ups and pilot projects – that demonstrate the potential of innovation in construction and give a glimpse of the industry’s future.
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Relative to other industries, productivity in construction has stalled over the past 50 years. Technology was not making any fundamental advances, and companies remained averse to changing their traditional methods. Recently, however, transformative technological developments have emerged, and some pioneering firms have adopted them for current projects. These developments – 3D printing, building information modeling, wireless sensing and autonomous equipment, to name just a few – are already starting to turn traditional business models upside down.
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[ I ] 28/09/ 2016TED Talk by Yuval Noah Hariri: The Future of HumanityDr Yuval Noah Harari explains how revolutions in technology and society will transform our bodies and minds.
