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Masonry solutions are key when it comes to building more homes

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

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

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
green infrastructure

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

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

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
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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...
electrical safety campaign

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...
BIM for Coastal Defences: Operational and maintenance data

BIM for Coastal Defences: Operational and maintenance data

This is the third in a series of interviews with Carl Green, Head of Engineering Services for Wyre Council as we follow the progress...

Summer edition of PBC Today Northern Ireland is live!

Welcome to the Summer edition of Planning and Building Control Today Northern Ireland... We are only a few months into the biggest planning and local...

APBC Northern Ireland 4

Welcome to the Summer Edition of PBC Today Northern Ireland. We are only a few months into the biggest planning and local government shake-up...

APBC Scotland 4

Welcome to the Summer edition of Planning and Building Control Today Scotland. We open this edition with an article highlighting a wonderful example of what...
risks above ground

The ground you work on

Kevin Minton, Director of the Construction Plant Hire Association highlights the levels of risk involved in ground conditions for machinery and how it can...
BIM for coastal defences: Identifying data

BIM for coastal defences: Identifying data

In the second of a series of interviews with Carl Green, Head of Engineering Services for Wyre Council, we follow the progress throughout the...
The ground you work on

The ground you work on

Kevin Minton, Director of the Construction Plant Hire Association highlights the levels of risk involved in ground conditions for machinery and how it can...
coastal defence

BIM for coastal defences: A client’s perspective

In the first of a series of interviews with Carl Green, head of engineering services for Wyre Council, we follow the progress throughout the construction and operation of the world’s first BIM coastal defence scheme.

Preserving our heritage

Dr Gerry Wait, Director at Nexus Heritage provides an overview of Desk-based Assessments and their importance in early-stage heritage advice. A Desk-based Assessment (DBA) is...