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Case study high-rise event 2018: Understanding how to Build Higher, Faster & Safer, LUIS MORRAL Doka UK, Luis Morral Professional Blog

Case study high-rise event 2018: Understanding how to Build Higher, Faster & Safer

Luís Morral

Client to client and listen carefully. Organizing a specialized seminar requires competent professionals, many hours of work, enthusiasm and the collaboration of the entire company. This is what happened with an event we held at Doka UK: “Case study high-rise event 2018: Understanding how to Build Higher, Faster & Safer”. Continue reading Case study high-rise event 2018: Understanding how to Build Higher, Faster & Safer

Architects / Engineers: The "Coastal Highway Route 39" Mega-project in Norway creates bridges and tunnels with innovative technological solutions, Coastal Highway Route 39, Luis Morral Professional Blog

Architects / Engineers: The “Coastal Highway Route 39” Mega-project in Norway creates bridges and tunnels with innovative technological solutions

Luís Morral

The route runs from Kristiansand in the south to Trondheim in the north, and is approximately 1100 km long. The route runs through six counties, and the cities of Stavanger, Bergen, Ålesund and Molde. Travel time today is around 21 hours, and road users need to use seven different ferry connections. The aim is to create an improved E39 without ferries, which will reduce travel time by half. The route will be almost 50 kilometres shorter. Continue reading Architects / Engineers: The “Coastal Highway Route 39” Mega-project in Norway creates bridges and tunnels with innovative technological solutions

INNOVATE UK, Luis Morral Professional Blog, The keys to the transformation of construction programs and heroes of innovation

The keys to the transformation of construction programs and heroes of innovation

Luís Morral

UK, August 8, 2018.- Digital reading is synonymous with texts linked or enriched to other documentation. Thanks to this marvel I had the opportunity to know the great work done by the public initiative: Innovate UK. The first click landed on this video:

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Is the protection of our personal data a lost battle?, Luis Morral Blog Protection of Personal Data, Luis Morral Professional Blog

Is the protection of our personal data a lost battle?

Luís Morral

UK, July 10, 2018.- The data is the new oil of the 21st century. And the personal data of each human being is the object of desire of private companies, public administrations and other interest groups.

The protection of our personal data is endangered, above all, by the technological giants and the social networks we carry on smartphones. That magical device, connected to the Internet, where we carry our whole life and that we can not despise.

Computer security experts say that a Smartphone is only safe when it is turned off. That is, a Smartphone, laptop, tablet or PC will never protect our personal data if they are connected to the Internet.

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1,100-tonne segment of a 300-metre-long platform was hoisted 250-metres high to be fixed between two towers in Raffles City Chongqing, Luis Morral Horizontal Skycraper, Luis Morral Professional Blog

1,100-tonne segment of a 300-metre-long platform was hoisted 250-metres high to be fixed between two towers in Raffles City Chongqing

Luís Morral

UK, June 14, 2018.- The big dreams, the impossible ideas, the utopia in the construction sector at the end are possible facts, realizable ideas. The big cities struggle to grow orderly in their buildings, in their mobility and for the benefit of citizens. For this reason, the autonomous and electric car industry will be a driver of big changes. But, engineers, architects, construction professionals always advance more than computer programs. I just read in The Guardian this curious architectural project in China and it seems to come from the future:

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Luis Morral Professional Blog, UK Construction: the slump may be short lived, business expectations and hiring both picked up

UK Construction: the slump may be short lived, business expectations and hiring both picked up

Luís Morral

Last month, an unusual Siberian weather system that British meteorologists dubbed “the Beast from the East” brought snow, strong winds and the coldest temperatures in several years to much of Britain and elsewhere in Europe. House building was little affected, but the storm clobbered other sectors, the survey showed Continue reading UK Construction: the slump may be short lived, business expectations and hiring both picked up

Keys to Management under the prism of reinvention at the minute, Luis Morral Professional Blog, Luis Morral: Keys to Management under the prism of reinvention at the minute

Keys to Management under the prism of reinvention at the minute

Luís Morral

UK, March 14, 2018.- All knowledge of the world of human beings, we have to click away. Every second, every minute, every day we have the freedom to read, listen, see, share, comment on any historical event, any current event, any strategy, any business key. We have the immense fortune of having the key of knowledge in our pocket. We just have to worry about having Wi-Fi and enough battery. This historical stage is resolved in the talent of each human being, each woman and each man. An added value built from familiar knowledge, and the circles of people that surround us in student life, or in an early working life.

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Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge: How was born the longest bridge in the world with different construction technologies, Luis Morral Professional Blog

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge: One of the longest bridges in the world will open on October 24, 2018

Luís Morral

UK, February 23, 2018.- China, a country with 1,000 million citizens, is already synonymous with colossal construction and engineering projects. Some works that we do not see in the United States or in Europe. Today, I highlight the construction of the largest bridge in the world with an extension of 55 kilometers between the towns of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao. It is truly extraordinary to see videos about his birth over the past decade. Especially the video of the construction company Bouygues explaining the different construction technologies for bridges. For lovers of civil engineering great works this video is a delight:

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Looking for reliable data for the UK construction sector in 2018, Luis Morral Professional Blog

Looking for reliable data for the UK construction sector in 2018

Luís Morral

UK, February 14, 2018.- I have the great fortune of being Managing Director of Doka UK and Doka Ireland. Doka is a multinational company specializing in formwork solutions for large infrastructures, for decades. For this reason, I need reliable information on trends and forecasts on the construction sector in the UK. And sometimes it’s not easy, because there are unforeseen variables, there are unexpected news that can change business prospects. Below I summarize the information that I was able to read in generic media, and specialized in construction. Perhaps the present has already passed, but perhaps we can find some light for the horizon of the coming months.

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Luis Morral Professional Blog, What´s the real influence of the World Economic Forum in Davos?

What´s the real influence of the World Economic Forum in Davos?

Luís Morral

My conclusion is that the big meetings with political and business leaders, the great regional or world summits, are important and can point to trucks of solutions for complex problems. However, the big conclusions need to be built in each country, in each company and in each household. Continue reading What´s the real influence of the World Economic Forum in Davos?

Building a Skyscraper with 4D VR, Luis Morral Professional Blog, The full 4D build animation of "22 Bishopsgate": One of London's tallest new skyscrapers

The full 4D build animation of “22 Bishopsgate”: One of London’s tallest new skyscrapers

Luís Morral

UK, January 13, 2018.- Crazy ideas, no, technological revolution in the construction industry. We can foresee for real a new era in construction, design and planning put together in 4d virtual reality for massive efficiency improvements.

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Has the Welfare State died in the Blockchain era and the cryptocurrencies/ digital currencies?, LUÍS MORRAL:Has the Welfare State died in the Blockchain era and the cryptocurrencies/ digital currencies?, Luis Morral Professional Blog

Has the Welfare State died in the Blockchain era and the cryptocurrencies/ digital currencies?

Luís Morral

UK, December 11, 2017.- Climate change can be denied, but it is clear that the climate has changed in the last 50 years. The death of the Welfare State can be denied, but the population pyramid has changed drastically. And technology, added to finances, looks for new ways to guarantee our level of purchase and the future of pensions.

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