“MODERN TRENDS IN

CONSTRUCTION”

By: Dr. Anil Joseph

www.geostructurals.com
29.11.2019
IS THERE REALLY A CHANGE
IN TREND…..?????
ANCIENT
Theater of Marcellus, Rome, Italy - 13BC
The Pantheon, Rome, Italy - 118-128AD
Basilica of Constantine, Trier, Germany - Circa 300AD
St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai Peninsula,
Egypt - 565AD
MODERN
Cubic House Complex Netherlands
Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada)
Dancing Building (Prague, Czech Republic)
Nord LB building (Hannover, Germany)
The Basket Building (Ohio, United States)
The Tbilisi music theater
The Port House in Antwerp
ANCIENT MATERIALS
MODERN MATERIALS
 LABOUR SAFETY

No gloves, No shoes, No costumes

 MANPOWER SAFETY

• Availability of shoes
• Gloves & glasses
• Helmets
KEY Drivers in TREND SETTING
• ECONOMIC POLICIES

• POPULATION

• HUMAN COMFORT

• TECHNOLOGY

• CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

• CULTURAL POLICIES
 Modern Trends in Civil Engineering

1. BIM (Building Information Modeling)

2. Augmented / Virtual Reality
3. High Rise Building
4. Robotics in Construction
5. Modular construction
6. Drones
7. Zero/Low energy/ sustainable building
8. Emerging trends in Form Work
BIM (Building Information Modeling) is an intelligent
3D model-based process that gives architecture,
engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals the
insight and tools to more efficiently plan, design,
construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure.
 Advantages
1. 3D or 4 D Visualization
2. Collision and Defect Correction
3. Time and cost Saving
4. Estimation
5. Communication and collaboration
6. Scheduling and project
Management
7. Sound and Light Analysis
8. Sustainability
9. Off site Construction
10. Field verification and guided
layout
11. Constructability and safety plan
12. Risk and hazard identification
13. Minimization of waste
The origin of the word augmented is augment, which
means to add or enhance something. In Augmented
Reality (also called AR), graphics, sounds, and touch
feedback are added into our natural world to
create an enhanced user experience.
 Advantages
1. Blurs the line between
what's real and what is
computer generated

1. Information about the

surrounding real world
becomes interactive and
digitally manipulated

1. Reality with more

information added
Twisting Towers in the World
High Rise Building
The Nanjing International Youth Culture Centre
Trump International Hotel and Tower
ROBOTICS
SOME OF THE COMMONLY
USED NEW EQUIPMENTS
 Advantages
1. Less dependency on
direct labour
2. Productivity increase
3. Occupational safety
4. Quality increase
5. Greater control over
the productive process
6. Greater control over
the final result of the
process
DRONES
 Drones in Civil Engineering
1. Investigations of
Large or Inaccessible
Sites
2. Topographic Survey
and Other Maps
3. Repetitive Mapping
4. Infrastructure
Inspections
5. Ecological
Investigations
 ZERO &
LOW ENERGY
BUILDINGS
A zero-energy building is a building
where the total amount of energy
used by the building on an annual
basis is roughly equal to the amount
of renewable energy created on the
site.

A low energy building has low

embodied energy throughout its life
time. World’s lowest energy
building is in Sweden with a value of
about 160 MJ/Sqm
 India’s first zero energy building
Indira Paryavaran Building, Delhi
Vertical Garden
MODULAR CONSTRUCTION
MODULAR CONSTRUCTION
Modular construction is a form of off
site construction in which a building's components,
or modules, are constructed in a factory setting
before being transported to site for assembly.

Buildings are produced in “modules” that when put

together on site, reflect the identical design intent
and specifications of the most sophisticated site-
built facility – without compromise.
 Advantages
1. Greater Flexibility and Reuse
2. Less Material Waste
3. Improved Air Quality
4. Reduced Construction Schedule
5. Elimination of Weather Delays
6. Built to Code with Quality Materials
7. Safer Construction
8. Limitless Design Opportunities
Emerging trends in
Form Work
Emerging trends in Form Work
With the explosive growth in high-rise residential
construction, the Load-Bearing Wall (LBW) system is
gaining recognition.

The walls and slab are poured simultaneously when using the
innovative tunnel form construction method.

Since the forms are stripped in 24 hours, the daily cycle

meets the demand of fast-track construction for
repetitive cell layouts, synonymous with many hotel and
condominium projects.
L & T video framed construction
Typical Finish with
Form Liner

Typical circular Form

Typical Adjustable Typical Adjustable
Tunnel Form Circular Tunnel Form
INSULATING CONCRETE
FORMS
Homes built using an
Insulating Concrete Form
(ICF) system literally have
the insulation built into the
walls as part of the
structure.

This system creates walls

that have a high thermal
resistance, with R-values
typically above R-17. Even
though ICF homes are
constructed using
concrete, they look just
like traditional stick-built
homes.
EMERGING TRENDS IN CONCRETE
TECHNOLOGY
1. High Strength / High performance
Concrete ( HSC/ HPC)
2. Self Compacting Concrete (SCC)
3. Fiber Reinforced concrete (FRC)
4. Polymer Modified Concrete (PMC)
5. High Volume Flyash Concrete (HVFC)
6. Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC)
7. Self Healing Concrete / Bacterial Concrete
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