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Granemore secures second CityFibre contract in Northampton
CityFibre has awarded Granemore Group a £39m contract for its fibre rollout in Northampton as part of CityFibre’s £2.5bn Gigabit City investment programme.
Design and build technologies for sports stadiums and arenas
Russ Dalton, AECOM’s BIM director for the Americas, traces the development of technology behind some high-profile sporting projects, including the Barclays Center and Marlins Ballpark.
SkillBuild 2019 construction trainee winners announced
Nearly 80 construction trainees were praised at the 2019 Skillbuild Final last week for the Construction Industry Training Board, held at the NEC in Birmingham.
Build2Perform focuses on actions to meet UK emission targets
The opening day of Build2Perform Live featured practical actions to help the UK accelerate its progress to meeting its 2050 emission targets.
The new era of data sharing in construction is around the...
Gareth Parkes, knowledge manager at Sir Robert McAlpine, discusses the urgent need for the construction industry to improve how it uses data.
Plans submitted for National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
Renfrewshire Council is to consider a planning application for the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) situated at the heart of the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland.
Using IoT to unlock the next generation of asset tracking in...
Derek Bryan of Verizon Connect on why the Internet of Things could represent the next step forward for construction asset tracking.
New JCT BIM Guidance and other BIM developments
Part of the strategy to encourage the adoption of BIM was the publication of standard documents, including the Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 1192 series of standards, in particular, PAS 1192-2.
Sevron and BESA partnership to streamline chemical safety
Sevron has officially become the preferred provider of chemical safety and risk assessment software for the Building Engineering Services Association.
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.
Kier completes Infineum’s Global Innovation Centre
Kier has completed and handed over the new multi-million pound Global Centre of Innovation at Infineum’s UK headquarters, near Didcot.
AI software to revolutionise rail track inspections
A new Artificial Intelligence computer software, developed in partnership by Omnicom Balfour Beatty and The University of York, and supported by Innovate UK, is set to revolutionise the rail track inspection process and save the rail industry £10m per year.
The Houses of Parliament are broken
Restoration of the Houses of Parliament has been delayed for decades, but advances in construction technology can help solve the challenges.
Heathrow reveals tracking system to link expansion hubs
As Heathrow prepares to select its final four Logistics Hubs, a centralised tracking system for expansion has been revealed.
LSFA raises awareness of the light steel framing sector
Since its inauguration at Focus on Framing, the first conference held by the Light Steel Frame Association (LSFA) in June 2019, the industry body is gathering momentum.
Atkins secures £49m UK highways improvement contract
Atkins, a part of SNC-Lavalin, has been appointed by Highways England as principal designer for highways improvement schemes in the East of England.
Building a better future for construction
The Construction Innovation Hub, which launched last November, is a government-backed programme to bring wholesale, long-lasting change to the sector. Programme director Keith Waller sets out the challenge – and how it is being met.
Winners of Building Innovation Awards 2019 revealed
PBC Today attended the Building Innovation Awards last week (23 October), where a host of industry experts celebrated some of the best innovation the construction industry has to offer.
MMC and timber frame: The perfect duo for sustainable housebuilding
Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, discusses why Modern Methods of Construction coupled with a build fabric such as timber frame are key to meeting government housing targets sustainably.
Why 2020 could finally be the tipping point for digitisation
A new report indicates that 2020 could be a pivotal year for digital solutions within supply chains. Sander van de Rijdt, co-founder and managing director of PlanRadar, takes a look
Data release to boost UK PropTech sector
Housing Minister, Esther McVey, has revealed plans to release data held by local bodies to enable the UK PropTech sector to thrive and “bring about a digital revolution in the property sector.”
CPC joins world-leading smart cities alliance
The Connected Places Catapult (CPC) has announced its membership of the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance, alongside the World Economic Forum and 15 city networks and technology governance organisations.
Artificial Intelligence delivers £14bn a year to UK infrastructure, data shows
Artificial intelligence delivers £14bn a year in new revenue to UK infrastructure, according to new data from SenSat, as 90% believe AI will transform the industry.
Partnership to encourage careers in infrastructure
Class of Your Own has announced a new partnership with Bentley Systems to provide students with hands-on knowledge for careers in infrastructure.
Pushing the boundaries of offsite construction for emergency care
Raymond Millar, construction director at McAvoy Group, looks at how a new ambulatory care facility was delivered in Northumbria in less than a year – an unprecedented programme for the scale and complexity of the project.
How the skills gap has affected the government’s homebuilding targets
Daniel Ure of PPE specialist Vizwear examines what problems the skills shortage in construction is causing for the government’s homebuilding targets – and what companies can do to help fill key positions.