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Benefits of vehicle tracking for construction companies
Keeping track of your fleet in real-time can ensure greater efficiency and accuracy, improve safety and let your employees focus on the job.
The Importance of SuDS
Chris Griffiths, Marshalls SuDS Marketing Development Manager, discusses the vital role SuDS plays in our built environment
Five Deadliest Construction Sites
Modern technology has revolutionised many aspects of modern life, including the efficiency and safety of construction sites around the world. However, it took a long time to reach our current level of health and safety. Here Insulation Express takes a look at some of the deadliest construction sites throughout history
How to handle disruptions to the supply chain on major projects
According to the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) annual report on global supply chain disruption, 65% of the 400 respondents experienced at least one supply chain disruption in 2017
The power of location for project and asset control
When GIS & BIM combine: Unlocking insights from your projects and assets with a next-generation CDE. GroupBC takes a look at the explosion of external data sources that are becoming available and how you can unlock value and insights from them within digital construction
Seven tips for managing surface water on construction sites
Simon Knott, Managing Director of environmental consultancy Naturally Compliant, shares seven tips to manage surface water on construction sites
Waldeck and HKA in agreement with Environment Agency to provide BIM...
Waldeck and HKA have entered into an agreement with the UK’s Environment Agency (EA) to provide strategic BIM assurance across its wide-ranging national Water and Environment Management (WEM) Framework
Structural waterproofing: It’s built into the detail…
Whether your project is large or small, getting the structural waterproofing right is an absolute must
CIBSE to launch Green Infrastructure challenge
The third annual Green Infrastructure Design Challenge is set to be launched by CIBSE and UKCIP at CIBSE’s Build2Perform Live event on 21 November, at Olympia, London
Concrete and masonry – Building resilience in the urban environment
Guy Thompson of the Concrete Centre looks at the need to build resilience into the urban landscape and key infrastructure using concrete and masonry
Urban Sciences Building opens in Newcastle
As part of Newcastle’s ‘Science Central’ development, Newcastle University has opened its £59m Urban Sciences Building
Forest Carbon partners with Kier Living to create new woodlands
Kier Living, part of the Kier Group, has launched its Greener Living campaign and partnered with Forest Carbon with a commitment to create new...
Masonry solutions are key when it comes to building more homes
Guy Thompson of The Concrete Centre outlines the response by the Modern Masonry Alliance to the Housing White Paper, "Fixing our broken housing market”
Geospatial data results from a two-year research project have been revealed
A two-year research and development project to connect geospatial data has unveiled the findings at the GeoBusiness show
Invasive Weed Control Group shares decades of experience with new video
A new video has been created by the Invasive Weed Control Group to provide insight into the major issues surrounding plants such as Japanese knotweed
Greater effort must be put into delivering SuDS and green infrastructure
More needs to be done to ensure SuDS and green infrastructure are taken into account on all developments
Construction Products Association gains new member AWMS
Alumasc Water Management Solutions has joined the Construction Products Association as an affiliated member
Balfour Beatty warns major infrastructure projects under threat
Construction firm Balfour Beatty has warned major infrastructure projects could face significant challenges in the wake of the vote to leave the EU
A new...
Level 3 BIM and the data explosion
Level 3 BIM, location intelligence, and the explosion of data are all considered here by Paul Marshall of Landmark Information Group
The AGI’s Foresight 2020...
The ground beneath cities – opportunity for urban design
Stephanie Bricker, Urban Geoscience team leader at the British Geological Survey describes how BIM approaches can help unlock the potential of the ground beneath...
A Data-Driven Approach
Paul Marshall, of the Landmark Information Group outlines why a data-driven approach is vital for the construction sector...
Within the last month, we have seen the...
The Housing and Planning Bill: A time of confusion
Naomi Luhde-Thompson, Planning Campaigner for Friends of the Earth details how further reform of the planning system heralded by the Housing and Planning Bill...
BIM: Integrating Environmental Intelligence at Landmark
Next month sees the arrival of the deadline for the mandated adoption of BIM Level 2 for all centrally procured projects. I read a great statement from RICS, which I felt really summed up just what BIM Level 2 represents
Archaeology, BIM and large-infrastructure (part 2)
In this article, we discuss the remaining two phases of archaeological works undertaken during construction: evaluation of the potential archaeology within the scheme, and finally, mitigation and monitoring during construction, and look at how they can contribute to the BIM
Preparing Europe’s cities for climate change impacts
Climate change is impacting and will continue to impact Europe. Are cities ready to face rising sea levels and temperatures and more extreme events...
Student electrical safety campaign underway
Electrical Safety First’s campaign to make university students in Scotland aware of the risks of electrical fires gets underway as the new academic term...