Hacker News with Generative AI: Construction

Urban Machine: robotics and AI to reclaim lumber for reuse (urbanmachine.build)
Urban Machine pioneers sustainable wood reclamation.
21,000 Killed Working on Saudi Megaprojects During Construction: Report (newsweek.com)
Thousands of workers have reportedly been killed or have gone missing during the construction of several megaprojects in Saudi Arabia.
University of Waterloo to build fourth mathematics building (therecord.com)
The University of Waterloo is building a fourth mathematics building on its campus.
Carbon Sequestration by Recycling Cement, Aggregates, and Concrete (mdpi.com)
As the world’s largest producer of construction waste, China’s recycling and related policies are of the biggest concern to the world.
Rebar and Reinforced Concrete (leancrew.com)
A recent episode of the 99% Invisible podcast, “Brilliantly Boring,” covers a topic near and dear to my heart: reinforced concrete—more specifically, the rebar that does the reinforcing. The show does an excellent job in a short period. I just want to fill in some details.
Saudi Arabian Neom project 'uses one fifth of world's steel' (agbi.com)
The Neom giga-project in Saudi Arabia is currently using one fifth of all the steel produced in the world, an official said on Monday.
Maker Pipe – Structural Pipe Fittings for DIY Builders (makerpipe.com)
Hinkley Point C: Building Britain's first nuclear reactor in 30 years (building.co.uk)
World’s Biggest Construction Project Is a Magnet for Executives Behaving Badly (wsj.com)
Neom executives were summoned to the office to manage a crisis: Three workers had recently died toiling on the world’s biggest construction project.
Japan’s Temple-Builder Kongō Gumi, Has Survived Nearly 1,500 Years (openculture.com)
Heavy Construction of a Sewage Pump Station – Ep 3 [video] (youtube.com)
How to build a 50k ton forging press (construction-physics.com)
Researchers fabricate calcium carbonate blocks strong enough for construction (techxplore.com)
Bamboo Can Invade Your House (core77.com)
Spray-foam insulation makes homes unable to be mortgaged (theguardian.com)
World's largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas (reuters.com)
How French Drains Work (practical.engineering)
Lego Technics 1200 (lego.com)
Ask HN: Any Bay Area Contracting Co-Ops or Job Shops? (ycombinator.com)
Viral Home Inspector Goes to War with Humiliated Builders (gizmodo.com)
Why Levittown didn't revolutionize homebuilding (construction-physics.com)
Concrete homes want to take over your subdivision – Fast Company (fastcompany.com)
Texan construction workers put a rocket up Team SpaceX over 'unpaid bills' (theregister.com)
STEMFIE, a 3D-printable construction set toy (stemfie.org)
Simple process stores carbon dioxide in concrete without compromising strength (phys.org)
Construction of the 4th Chinese aircraft carrier has reportedly started (meta-defense.fr)
Why Can't We Build Like It's the 1970s? (2022) (thetyee.ca)
Hawaii home mistakenly built on Bay Area woman's land to be torn down (sfgate.com)
Why it takes NYC nearly 10 years to install 500 feet of pipes (gothamist.com)
4k-year-old building discovered on hill earmarked for new Greek airport (cnn.com)