The purpose of this sites is to present Emerging Construction Technologies that could produce a "High Impact" in the construction industry. The technologies are divided into five areas: Civil, Mechanical, Internet-based, Electrical, and Other. Each technology is presented in fact sheets describing: The Need, The Technology, The Benefits, Status, Barriers, Points of Contact, and References.

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Infrared Gas Sensor

In recent years, the rapid development of monitoring and detecting technology of indoor air quality have been observed. We have seen the two major streams of detection technology introduced so far: Acoustic wave sensor and Infrared gas sensor. The use of a gas monitoring system in the case of that dangerous levels of gases are detected, can help to prevent an explosion or can help to prevent worker injury or exposure to toxic gases. Action can be taken, and initiated automatically by the gas monitor, to help prevent the gas level from rising further. Such action could be the automatic shutoff of gas valves, turning on a ventilation fan, shutting down a process, or audible and visual alarms to alert and evacuate personnel. In some situations, the gas monitor is used for process control. Different with acoustic wave sensors which were described at the website (http://www.new-technologies.org/ECT/Other/AcousticWaveSensor), infrared gas sensors were created and have been developed on the basis of the fact that most gases have unique infrared signatures in the 2-14 micron wavelength region and each gas has a unique infrared absorption line.

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New Feature: New Technology Survey
We have recently added a new section "Survey" to the website.  The goal of the technology survey is to collect information from site visitors and subscribers regarding new construction technologies.  These surveys are administered by the Construction Engineering and Management Department at Purdue University, and their results are used for non-profit research that is currently being conducted at the university.  Please click here to be connected to the survey homepage, or choose 'Survey' under the section 'Site Features' in the left coulmn. (02/01/03)

New Feature: Site Statistics
We added a new feature 'Statistics' that enables you to access the report including the statistics information on Emerging Construction Technologies Web site. At this moment, the annual report of 2001 and the monthly report of January and February 2002 are available. Contents of the reports cover the number of pages requested, the number of hosts that visitors used, and the number of subscribers, etc. Monthly reports are to be updated on the second day of every month. (03/05/02)

New Technology Area: Safety Technologies
We added a new technology area on Emerging Construction Technologies web site.  We called it 'Safety Technologies'. This new area is intended to accommodate emerging Safety technologies that are specifically designed for construction industry and other industry that can be used by construction people. (11/27/01)

Added Tool: View and Print the Fact Sheet 
We added a new tool 'Print This Page' that enables you to view the current fact sheet and print it without including the banner and other navigational menus. This tool is available automatically when you access the fact sheet and other information beyond this page. (6/24/00)

Honored as A Standard of Excellence Web Site
Emerging Construction Technologies at www.new-technologies.org has been
awarded a Standard of Excellence award in the 1999 WebAward Web Site Competition and a Outstanding Web site award in the 2000 WebAward Web Site Competition. (12/01/00)