France’s Saint-Gobain S.A. was among one of the largest construction materials manufacturers in the world. The company was founded in 1665

France’s Saint-Gobain S.A. was among one of the largest construction materials manufacturers in the world. The company was founded in 1665
Residents ventured out of their homes along Palo Verde Avenue and drivers pulled over to the side of the road to watch as a home, piece by piece, was lifted into the air by a massive crane and maneuvered into a single-family backyard near California State University, Long Beach, on a sunny January afternoon.
o combat the statewide housing crisis, government officials in Sacramento and Long Beach have passed legislation to encourage residential development of all types, including accessory dwelling units (ADU) – small, secondary homes
Americans have launched a surge of DIY projects during the pandemic, transforming their homes and yards — and causing shortages of treated lumber and other supplies.
AUDIE CORNISH, BYLINE: All across the country, there’s a lot of construction going on in backyards, basements and spare rooms. As homeowners pour money and energy into their properties, this reaction to the pandemic is sparking good times for some retailers and pushing the costs of materials, such as lumber, through the roof. Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports.
FRANK MORRIS, BYLINE: At John Buhr’s in Kansas City, it’s busy and noisy these
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4 Billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 7.8% over the analysis period 2020-2027. Residential, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record a 8.1% CAGR and reach US$157.1 Billion by the end of the analysis period. After an early analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the Commercial segment is readjusted to a revised 7.5% CAGR for the next 7-year period.
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In his most recent paper, he and colleagues detail how they used Synechococcus, a type of cyanobacteria that flourishes in oceans, to create a living building material that regrew exponentially when it was split into pieces.
“Instead of creating one brick at a time, we harnessed the exponential growth of bacteria to grow many bricks at once,” Srubar writes in The Conversation.
The idea of living materials is intriguing to those looking for materials that have less impact on the environment. Cement, for example, is used to make the world’s most-used construction material, concrete — and the cement