Civil Engineering

Turning Trash into Treasure: How Plastic Waste is Modifying Concrete Construction

Posted on June 27, 2025

The Problem We Face Imagine walking down any street in Pakistan and counting the plastic bottles, bags, and containers you see. Now multiply that by millions across the globe. Every year, the world produces 400 million tons of plastic waste, but only 9% gets recycled. The rest? It clogs our landfills, pollutes our oceans, and…

Civil Engineering Engineering

Bend, Don’t Break: How ECC Can Secure Buildings in Earthquakes Prone Regions

Posted on December 27, 2024

Pakistan is in an earthquake-prone region, as evidenced by the catastrophic earthquake in October 2005, which resulted in the loss of more than 75,000 lives, injured thousands, and left millions homeless. Entire towns like Balakot were destroyed, and the collapse of well-known buildings such as the Margalla Towers in Islamabad became a powerful symbol of…