This week's most popular Construction Dive reads were mostly forward-thinking, with the role of robots in the industry and a Chinese modular micro-home home design catching a lot of interest. Find out most about those, a potential replacement for nails and Skanska's fighting words for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the links below.

• German research may produce a replacement for nails: Scientists have devised an adhesive that can be put between two pieces of wood, rapidly heated with an electrical current and that forms a solid, nail-less bond.
• Ever seen a Chinese modular micro-home?: Leave it to a nation that understands crowding to come up with a home that can be assembled from three pre-fab units and uses 126 square feet of land.
• Robots in construction: How soon, how much?: Even people who do not like the idea seem to agree that robots will play some role in construction as we go forward.
• Sequestration effect: Bigger fish are feeding in a smaller pool of gov't work: Contractors who seek smaller federal contracts are finding themselves competing now with big new names.
• Skanska to U.S. Chamber: No LEEDv4, no Skanska: In a dispute that revolves around whether LEED will effectively be blocked as a standard for federal buildings, Skanska USA has withdrawn from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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