Tag: Construction

  • Nation & World

    Managing construction’s return to a ‘new normal’

    Campus Services and construction officials at Harvard spoke to the Gazette about safely and responsibly resuming construction projects after Boston’s stay-home advisory is lifted.

    7 minutes
    Construction site in Allston.
  • Nation & World

    Termites shape and are shaped by their mounds

    Researchers investigate how centimeter-sized termites, without architects, engineers or foremen, can build complex, long-standing, meter-sized structures all over the world.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Welcome renewal at Winthrop

    After more than a year of renovations at Winthrop House, returning students have discovered a residence that combines neo-Georgian character with 21st-century amenities.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Robots to the rescue

    Inspired by termites’ resilience and collective intelligence, a team of computer scientists and engineers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has created an autonomous robotic construction crew. The system needs no supervisor, just simple robots that cooperate.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A green building milestone

    As of this week, Harvard became the first higher education institution to complete 50 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifications for construction projects around campus, a process 10 years in the making.

    7 minutes