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Reconsidering resilience and infrastructure
Amid great challenges and change, we need to rethink how we look at resilience of critical infrastructure and adopt a whole-life approach.
Modern Methods of Construction: Time for some honesty?
Gary Cawley, director of North & Central England at Consortium Procurement Construction (CPC), ‘spills the beans’ about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to implementing Modern Methods of Construction.
Mace Develop finalises £157.5m student accommodation sale
Mace Develop has completed the sale of its student accommodation portfolio to Ares Generation, assets sold include the Depot in Exeter and West Wing in Cardiff.
Creating the first-ever 3D map of Northern Ireland’s coastline
Bluesky International is taking to the air with laser scanning to create the first-ever 3D map of Northern Ireland’s coastline.
Mott MacDonald and Alchera win £2m transport location data competition
Mott MacDonald and Alchera Technologies have secured funding from the Geospatial Commission to help solve transport challenges using geospatial data.
Smart Construction Network: Business and university collaboration
The newly launched Smart Construction Network brings together academia and leading R&D centres to support the modernisation of the industry. Ian Heptonstall, director of the Supply Chain School, sets out the journey ahead.
TfL awards five new contracts to deliver walking and cycling schemes
Transport for London (TfL) has awarded five new contracts as part of its Surface Transport Infrastructure Construction Framework.
BIM and AI: A marriage of two minds
Buildots examines the different strands of technology that feed into BIM, highlighting why the alignment of BIM with AI, in particular, is really maximising processes across complex, control-essential construction projects.
Women in BIM: BIMentor Scheme one year on
In early 2020. Women in BIM (WIB) launched its mentor scheme. One year on, we talk with BIMentor lead Katya Veleva on the success of the scheme, lessons learned and what comes next in this programme she designed for personal and professional development of WIB members.
Australia’s Queen’s Wharf takes shape with Nemetschek AEC software
Faced with immense scale, extreme complexity and near-unfathomable levels of information, the team at the Queen’s Wharf in Brisbane is using AEC software solutions from the Nemetschek Group to succeed.
CBI appoints ENGIE CEO as Public Sector Partners Council chair
Nicola Lovett, ENGIE UK & Ireland CEO, has been appointed as the new chair of CBI’s Public Sector Partners Council.
5 AEC industry trends to watch
Kevin Lea, SVP product management at ALLPLAN, discusses the most important AEC industry trends for construction professionals.
Removing infrastructure bottlenecks to deliver reliable power in India
Sterlite Power’s renewable energy innovation using a collaborative design workflow helps deliver reliable power to over 30 million residents in north-east India.
The diligent contractor: Managing the construction journey in 2021
With new regulatory changes on the horizon, such as the Building Safety Bill, contractors will be expected to meet new levels of compliance in line with government legislation. But how can digital adoption help contractors achieve this goal and what methods are currently available?
Information for today’s “buildings of tomorrow”
Nick Blake, BSRIA’s Principal FM Consultant discusses climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and the fourth industrial revolution are all driving changes in the industry.
Amey Consulting designs ‘UK first’ carbon-neutral road project
Amey Consulting has designed the UK’s first carbon-neutral road improvement project – an £8m Highways England carriageway reconstruction in Cumbria.
Stellar Services joins the Asite Ecosystem
Stellar Services has joined the Asite Ecosystem to expand opportunities for Asite in North America and help the platform grow.
Shared immersive space to boost construction processes
Mott MacDonald has joined forces with Igloo Vision to develop a 360° shared immersive space which will help clients rehearse construction processes ahead of time.
A mostly sunny outlook on cloud-based reality capture
While 2020 was no doubt a challenging year, there were some decidedly sunny breaks, says Jerry Hardy, integrated marketing director, architecture engineering and construction, FARO Technologies.
The value of Powerproject Vision: Proven in a pandemic
Powerproject Vision, a web-based portal for managing construction plans, has now been proven in use for well over a year. What a year it has been.
Jacobs wins £162.5m Lower Thames Crossing contract
Highways England has awarded Jacobs the £162.5m Integration Partner contract to assist collaboration on the Lower Thames Crossing scheme.
Approval for Wester Moffat as site for new hospital
NHS Lanarkshire has welcomed the Scottish Government’s approval of Wester Moffat as the site for the new University Hospital Monklands.
G F Tomlinson completes £23m medical technologies facility
G F Tomlinson has handed over construction works on a new dual-site facility for Nottingham Trent University (NTU), which will facilitate vital research for medical devices and technology.
nmcn appoints former NG Bailey director as new CEO
Construction company nmcn has appointed Lee Marks, former group commercial director at NG Bailey, as its new director and CEO.
Construction Playbook: Paving the way to a platform-based future
With the Construction Playbook setting out a clear policy direction for the transformation of the sector, Trudi Sully, impact director for manufacturing at the Construction Innovation Hub, argues the time is right for a shift to platform solutions.
Has BIM taken over the construction industry?
Parm Bhangal, managing director at Bhangals Construction Consultants discusses BIM and how deeply it has established itself in the world of construction.