Construção Civil

Interesting facts

End of traditional plaster? New material gains ground in construction for better fire resistance, moisture handling, and maintaining stability in walls, ceilings, and high-demand internal areas.

Alisson Ficher 15/06/2026 at 23:45

Interesting facts

White, yellow, blue, or red helmet? Understand the meaning of helmet colors in construction and how they help with safety and organization on the job site.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 15/06/2026 at 21:09

Construction

Without stakes, drills, or footings: a 3-story building in Taubaté draws attention for being built with styrofoam forms, a small team, six apartments, and five months of construction without a dumpster for debris.

Carla Teles 15/06/2026 at 16:49

Construction

Dissatisfied with seeing the construction industry rely on increasingly expensive and polluting materials, students from Paraná used orange peel in mortar, caught attention in an innovation challenge, and can now turn the project into a product with tests at UTFPR.

Geovane Souza 13/06/2026 at 09:38

Science and Technology

With workers dying from heat at construction sites worldwide, a company has created a vest that cools the body by up to 15°C for 8 hours and is already used by Formula 1 drivers and workers in Brazil.

Noel Budeguer 10/06/2026 at 22:41

Interesting facts

Bricklayer goes viral by revealing profession’s salary and saying that ‘nobody wants to get their hands dirty’: at 22 years old, young man reveals high salary, exposes the lack of young people in construction and also warns about the future of the sector

Alisson Ficher 06/06/2026 at 13:58

Construction

How much does it cost to build a modern 70 m² house? See the hidden cost of R$ 7,545 that appears before materials and labor.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 06/06/2026 at 00:13

Construction

Hong Kong has luxury skyscrapers, but 220,000 people live in “box apartments” of up to 8 m²: new law tries to end tiny dwellings, bathroom next to the kitchen, and rooms smaller than a parking space without expelling the poorest from the city.

Débora Araújo 05/06/2026 at 16:05

Construction

While a common construction still relies on months of masonry work, debris, and a blown budget, ready-made houses that arrive by truck, 3D-printed walls, and robots that lay blocks are beginning to transform construction into an assembly line.

Noel Budeguer 05/06/2026 at 13:17

Construction

End of the house built brick by brick? Tech giant LG teams up with an Australian construction company to create modular homes with solar energy and battery that can save up to 35% on the electricity bill.

Noel Budeguer 04/06/2026 at 12:53

Construction

Black diamonds on the measuring tape hide a function that many ignore and reveal why these symbols exist on tape measures.

Caio Aviz 04/06/2026 at 09:07

Science and Technology

France completes the largest 3D-printed residential building in Europe with 12 apartments in just 34 days, while a neighboring construction using the traditional method was still being erected.

Noel Budeguer 01/06/2026 at 20:41

End of traditional plaster? New material gains ground in construction for better fire resistance, moisture handling, and maintaining stability in walls, ceilings, and high-demand internal areas.

White, yellow, blue, or red helmet? Understand the meaning of helmet colors in construction and how they help with safety and organization on the job site.

Without stakes, drills, or footings: a 3-story building in Taubaté draws attention for being built with styrofoam forms, a small team, six apartments, and five months of construction without a dumpster for debris.

Dissatisfied with seeing the construction industry rely on increasingly expensive and polluting materials, students from Paraná used orange peel in mortar, caught attention in an innovation challenge, and can now turn the project into a product with tests at UTFPR.

With workers dying from heat at construction sites worldwide, a company has created a vest that cools the body by up to 15°C for 8 hours and is already used by Formula 1 drivers and workers in Brazil.

Bricklayer goes viral by revealing profession’s salary and saying that ‘nobody wants to get their hands dirty’: at 22 years old, young man reveals high salary, exposes the lack of young people in construction and also warns about the future of the sector

How much does it cost to build a modern 70 m² house? See the hidden cost of R$ 7,545 that appears before materials and labor.

Hong Kong has luxury skyscrapers, but 220,000 people live in “box apartments” of up to 8 m²: new law tries to end tiny dwellings, bathroom next to the kitchen, and rooms smaller than a parking space without expelling the poorest from the city.

While a common construction still relies on months of masonry work, debris, and a blown budget, ready-made houses that arrive by truck, 3D-printed walls, and robots that lay blocks are beginning to transform construction into an assembly line.

End of the house built brick by brick? Tech giant LG teams up with an Australian construction company to create modular homes with solar energy and battery that can save up to 35% on the electricity bill.

Black diamonds on the measuring tape hide a function that many ignore and reveal why these symbols exist on tape measures.

France completes the largest 3D-printed residential building in Europe with 12 apartments in just 34 days, while a neighboring construction using the traditional method was still being erected.

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

Workers were opening a new road connection near the Marginal Tietê when they found, in the underground of the construction site, remnants of locomotives, wagons, and boilers from the 19th century linked to the forgotten history of Lapa.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

Greek island offers free housing for volunteers, but there’s a condition: you need to take care of rescued cats.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.