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Bardsley wins £11m construction skills centre in Ashton-under-Lyne
Bardsley Construction has been awarded an £11m contract to build Tameside College’s new construction skills centre in Ashton-under-Lyne.
Innovative autonomous car to support highway management
The Academy of Robotics and Eurovia UK have announced plans for a national partnership to trial the use of Kar-go’s autonomous vehicle technology to support rural highway management.
McAvoy wins £5.5m contract for new technology centre
The McAvoy Group has been awarded a £5.5m contract for the offsite construction of a new three-storey Art, Design and Technology Centre at The Deepings School.
New tool to improve carbon management in infrastructure
The Carbon Infrastructure Transformation Tool (CITT) Project has released a report spurring the next stages of development for a tool that could deliver changes in carbon management in infrastructure projects.
Negating the impact of worker fatigue
The British Safety Council looks at the work-based causes of worker fatigue and seeks to identify what can be done to reduce stress and improve communication.
The journey towards the National Digital Twin and a digital built...
Alexandra Bolton, executive director at the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), reflects on the first-ever CDBB Week and calls for collaboration on the road towards the National Digital Twin.
Innovative tool helps coastal engineers predict ‘wave overtopping’
Coastal engineers are using a tool developed by Manchester Metropolitan University to better understand how strong winds amplify waves that can crash damagingly over the shoreline.
Gaist to transform utilities sector with mapping technology
Providing the increasing services demanded by a growing population cannot be achieved using existing UK infrastructure, warned Gaist head of business development, Ian Job.
Jacobs partners with Simetrica to deliver social value
Jacobs has acquired a 50% share in Simetrica, a U.K.-based organisation that specialises in social value measurement and wellbeing analysis.
Making the case for quality in construction
The CIOB's new chief executive, Caroline Gumble, discusses the work of their Construction Quality Commission in pushing the issue to the top of the agenda.
Pilot schemes to save contractors and supply chain SMEs £25m
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and construction employees are piloting four home building and infrastructure projects in the hopes of improving procurement practices
Revu for reviews: Arup goes digital for project delivery
Bluebeam’s Revu has helped Arup improve collaboration and move towards a paperless future.
CIOB launches free online course on quality in construction
The CIOB Academy is launching a free online course on quality in construction to help identify what steps can be taken to support the delivery of construction projects.
FARO TracerSI for design layout in BIM applications
While the BIM method has been applied widely in the design phase of construction, too often the digital chain is broken when it comes...
Modular buildings lead the way for offsite
How do manufacturers and installers of volumetric offsite construction ensure sustainability and compliance when the key priority is time? Jackie Maginnis, CEO of the Modular & Portable Building Association, shows how the industry has been leading the way longer than you think
RTPI and CPC launch vision for digital future of planning
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and Connected Places Catapult have launched a shared vision for the digital future of planning as part of PlanTech week.
Building Innovation Awards: Best Digital Transformation
PBC Today, official media partner of the Building Innovation Awards, continue our preview of this year's inaugural event with a look at the Best Digital Transformation category.
Adding information to a BIM is hard… Bricsys makes it easy
Consistent level of development in BIM is difficult to achieve. Bricsys has applied machine learning to BIM workflows to simplify and facilitate the creation of high-fidelity building models.
Driving decarbonisation using digital twins
How can digital twins help in the race towards decarbonisation?
Building smarter cities with digital twins
PBC Today talks to Robert Mankowski, vice-president of digital cities at Bentley Systems, about how digital twins can help to plan, design, build and operate smarter infrastructure.
Construction disputes: How to avoid them and what to do
Gary Kitt, UK head of contract solutions, explores the leading causes of construction disputes and discusses what you can do if problems start to arise.
Transforming Construction: Driving innovation
Sam Stacey, challenge director, UKRI Transforming Construction, talks to PBC Today about why he took on the role, the key aims of the Transforming Construction Challenge and the future of precision manufacturing and offsite construction.
R Durtnell & Sons: How the closure of Britain’s oldest contractor...
On 4 July 2019, the country’s oldest building company, and the third oldest company in the UK still in operation, R Durtnell & Sons, ceased trading due to a consistently falling level of net assets.
Can AI transform the way we estimate construction projects?
Anil Sawhney and Alan Muse of RICS, discuss how artificial intelligence can transform the way we estimate the cost of construction projects.
Using 3D VR to verify tunnel systems safety
More transport infrastructure is being built below ground. 3D VR can help to ensure tunnel systems and stations are properly ventilated.
How technology can end construction’s productivity slump
Ibrahim Imam, co-founder and managing director of PlanRadar, looks at how construction technology megatrends could help the industry beat its 20 year-long productivity slump.