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Transforming quality with clear visibility and BIM data
BIM data can provide crucial insights into a building’s components, encouraging more robust specification and ultimately a better quality finish.
Willmott Dixon Interiors appoint Phil Crowther to lead Midlands office
Willmott Dixon Interiors has announced the appointment of Phil Crowther as director for its new office at Two Snowhill in Birmingham, as it continues to expand its West Midlands team.
Is the government embracing offsite construction?
The summer saw two key inquiries by Sir Oliver Letwin and the House of Lords put the spotlight on offsite construction as a way of closing the gap between housing production and the government’s target of 300,000 new properties a year. Tom Shaw, director at Ramboll, discusses their findings – and how the industry must respond
Highways England reveal 13 contractors for £8.7bn framework
Highways England has announced a deal with 13 contractors to collaborate regionally to carry out up to £8.7bn worth of work on England’s motorways
A modern solution to London’s housing crisis?
Erica Belcher of Centre for London, explains how Modern Methods of Construction can help London to improve quality of homes during the housing crisis.
£36m boost for turning buildings into power stations
Research pioneered at Swansea University to create “active” buildings that generate their own clean energy has received a multi-million pound boost from the government
Facilitating collaborative working in construction
Script & Go discuss the need for collaborative work in the construction industry, something that is crucial in today's industry
There has been a global...
Willmott Dixon awarded £10m Reef Way Special School
East Sussex County Council has awarded a £10m contract to Willmott Dixon to build Reef Way Special School in Hailsham, in a move that makes this the largest project to date on the Orbis Framework
Laing O’Rourke delays filing accounts amid “turbulence” in construction
Laing O’Rourke has said it would not be able to file its annual finance report until Christmas at the earliest, citing “delays with historic turbulence in the construction sector”
Gentoo injects £multi-million investment into Sunderland housing
The housing association is set to improve more than 1,500 homes across Sunderland with its £43 million investment.
Gleeds introduces BIM & project management app
Property and construction consultancy Gleeds has launched a new online BIM and project management app called Frame
GEO|Design+BIM Awards to recognise outstanding innovation in construction
Geospatial Media and Communications has announced the introduction of GEO|Design+BIM Awards to recognise and celebrate organizations with outstanding digital strategies in the construction industry
Builders’ Merchants experience summer surge
Builders’ Merchants have reported a 3.5% increase in August sales compared to August 2017, as Timber & Joinery and Landscaping led the way with 9.5% and 6.9% respective growth
Balfour Beatty wins £2.1bn civil engineering frameworks
Scape Group has revealed that Balfour Beatty has been selected for each of its next generation civil engineering frameworks valued at a combined total of up to £2.1bn
Royal HaskoningDHV to showcase Open BIM at GEO|Design+BIM 2018
The GEO| Design+BIM event has announced that Royal HaskoningDHV will organise a programme on Open BIM successes at the event, scheduled to take place from 1-2 November 2018, in Amsterdam
Kier wins £39.5m Gloucestershire hospitals development
Kier has secured a £39.5m contract to deliver Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
Bricks, bytes and the move to digital project working
It is well recognised that compared to other major industries, construction is slow adopting new systems and processes to support better ways of winning and delivering project work.
Six percent rise in construction firm insolvencies since Carillion crash
Recent data from the Insolvency Service has shown that there has been over 2,700 construction firms to enter insolvency in the last year, a 6% rise following Carillion's liquidation.
Construction product manufacturers expect strong sales to end year
Construction product manufacturers are cautiously optimistic of a strong finish to 2018 after sales returned to "business as usual" in Q3, according to a...
Kier secures £42m school and leisure development in Ponteland
Kier has been chosen by Northumberland County Council to deliver a £42m leisure and learning destination space in Ponteland.
Willmott Dixon trials robotic vest at new school development in Cardiff
Willmott Dixon, the leading independent and construction property services company has partnered with robotics firm Ekso Bionics to trial a high-tech vest which will aid the completion of a new school development in Cardiff.
UK construction PMI reveals weakest rise for six months
Activity in the UK construction industry slowed to its weakest output in six months in September, according to Markit’s construction PMI
Construction insolvencies rise following the collapse of Carillion
The number of construction firms entering into insolvency increased by 20% following the collapse of Carillion earlier this year, a new study has revealed
Government announces apprenticeship levy reform
In response to industry criticism, the government has revealed several measures it hopes will rescue its failing Apprenticeship Levy scheme
Carillion redundancy payments to cost taxpayer millions
The Unite union has discovered that taxpayers are set to pay £65m to former Carillion workers who were made redundant following the company’s collapse in January
Wates awarded Liverpool cruise terminal hotel
Wates Construction has been appointed to build a new 200-bedroom hotel by Liverpool City Council as part of the city’s major waterfront regeneration project