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Digital buy-in needed to address climate emergency
How can construction mitigate carbon emissions, address climate change and close the building performance gap? The answer could be to go digital, says Peter Barker, managing director of BIM Academy.
Construction sector recovery needs ‘shift in approach to quality’
The Construction Innovation Hub is inviting clients and businesses to join the discussion around new processes which could spark a game-change in the construction sector’s approach to quality planning.
J3 development outlines net-zero carbon ambition
Plans for the proposed J3 development north of the M54 reveal £40m worth of investment in making the new community net-zero carbon once completed.
Homes for Heroes: Eco-friendly modular homes for key workers
A new campaign, ‘Homes for Heroes’ has been launched echoing the 'Homes fit for Heroes' and wants to create 100,000 affordable homes manufactured in British factories.
Industry bodies urge Scottish Government to reopen construction sites
Construction bodies have urged the Scottish Government to introduce a gradual reopening of non-essential construction sites, in line with health and safety requirements.
Methodology for quantifying the benefits of offsite construction
CIRIA and the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology, University of Cambridge, have launched a new guidance framework to unlock evidence-based assessments of offsite construction.
Creating a warm and safe study environment with secondary glazing
Selectaglaze’s purpose-made secondary glazing offers the performance and security to help create ideal spaces for learning and research.
Building for biodiversity
Ben Kite, managing director of Ecological Planning & Research, looks at how to correctly apply metrics to achieve meaningful net gain.
Buildings: The decarbonisation elephant in the room
Buildings and building materials are major contributors to carbon emissions. Engineered timber offers a sustainable, green option to reduce this but its use may be restricted by flawed assumptions, argues Matthew Linegar of Stora Enso.
CIH director appointed non-executive chairman at XeroPoint
Keith Waller, lead director of the Construction Innovation Hub, has been appointed as non-executive chairman of XeroPoint’s board.
Interserve to deliver new £4.1m school in Frankley
The Department for Education has selected Interserve to design and build the new £4.1m Merritts Brook Primary School in Frankley, Birmingham.
BAM to build special emergency COVID-19 facilities
BAM is restarting work at a number of sites across the UK, including projects critical to the national pandemic, as well as new projects to build emergency COVID-19 facilities.
Interserve wins £25m Saddleworth School contract in Oldham
Interserve Construction has been named preferred bidder by the Department for Education to design and build the new Saddleworth School in Oldham worth £25m.
Planning reform: 10 takeaways from Planning for the Future
10 things you need to know about the government’s latest plans for planning from Nigel Hewitson and Ben Stansfield of Gowling WLG.
What are the rules and regulations of secondary glazing?
Selectaglaze has gained a reputation as a leading secondary glazing specialist, creating sensitive designs with low visual impact, here, they explain the rules and regulations.
The value of an apprenticeship in the planning sector
Anna Relph, associate director at Turley, discusses the recent introduction of the Chartered Town Planner Degree Apprenticeship and how it could help provide a solution to the planning sector’s skills gap challenge.
Ground-breaking 7D BIM to radically reduce carbon and whole life cost
Cartwright Pickard has joined forces with the Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit at the Glasgow School of Art to adapt 7D BIM processes.
Postgraduate building for University of Glasgow gets the go-ahead
Hassell’s £86m development at the University of Glasgow has been granted planning permission, which will see the creation of 11,600 sq m of research space for the university’s postgraduate community.
Kier reaches milestone at all-through school in Portsmouth
Kier has broken ground at Mayfield School in Portsmouth, as it looks to deliver modern buildings and transform the schools offering.
Cemex launches UK’s first low carbon concrete range
Cemex has launched the UK’s first ready-mixed concrete that is a CarbonNeutral® product, part of the Vertua® low carbon concrete range, which includes the option to offset residual CO2 and provide a CarbonNeutral product.
Hayfield secures Woburn Sands site to deliver £28m development
Hayfield has secured an 8-acre development site in the historic town of Woburn Sands and a 16-acre development site in Blunsdon.
Kier begins work on £21.2m Deer Park School in Botley
Kier has started construction on the £21.2m Deer Park School in Botley, to provide 1,000 pupils with first-class teaching facilities.
Morgan Sindall helps bridge the construction skills gap across England
According to CITB data, over 24,000 new construction workers will be required in East Anglia by 2023, in order to help bridge the skills gap in the region, Morgan Sindall has been engaging in a number of initiatives to inspire the next generation of construction professionals.
Achieving Biodiversity Net Gain on construction projects
The Conservation Hierarchy is a new framework developed by the University of Oxford to help construction projects achieve Biodiversity Net Gain, improving infrastructure while protecting and enhancing the natural environment. Hollie Booth, Henry Grub and Professor EJ Milner-Gulland from the University of Oxford and Julia Baker from Balfour Beatty major projects explain.
CIH and Buildoffsite: A new partnership to transform buildings
The Construction Innovation Hub and Buildoffsite announced a new partnership at the Construction Show in London that will see Buildoffsite help to deliver the Hub’s mission to transform buildings and infrastructure.
Engaging with offsite construction
Gaynor Tennant of Modularize examines the importance of early engagement in offsite developments.