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Offsite construction

Design, Sealed, Delivered: Offsite construction changing an industry

Tom Shaw, director at Ramboll, looks at the growing recognition of offsite construction’s potential in tackling the housing crisis and what needs to happen next
Heathrow expansion

Heathrow launches nationwide tour of sites bidding for Heathrow expansion

Heathrow Airport today (9 February) launches a nationwide tour of 65 sites still in the running to be the off-site construction centres for Heathrow expansion
BREEAM Infrastructure

HS2 awarded first BREEAM Infrastructure certificate

HS2 has become the UK’s first infrastructure project to be awarded a BREEAM Infrastructure (pilot) Scheme Certificate for its ambitious sustainability strategy on Phase 1 of the project
BREEAM

UK-China relations strengthened by BREEAM agreement

One of the largest developers and owners of commercial real estate in China, the Jinmao Holdings Group, has committed to applying international sustainability standard BREEAM on a minimum of 100 building projects over the next two years
Constructionline

Capita plans sell-off of Constructionline as shares plunge on profit warning

Capita's shares have plunged by more than 40% after the outsourcing giant issues a profit warning, a £700m cash call and a series of disposals, including the planned sale of Constructionline
BIM assurance

Waldeck and HKA in agreement with Environment Agency to provide BIM...

Waldeck and HKA have entered into an agreement with the UK’s Environment Agency (EA) to provide strategic BIM assurance across its wide-ranging national Water and Environment Management (WEM) Framework

Carillion construction projects worth a total of £5.7bn

As the economy continues to come to terms with the collapse of Carillion, the latest figures suggest that on the day of liquidation, Carillion was the main contractor on 57 construction projects worth a total of £5.7bn, including a £1.3bn HS2 contract
Big Data

BIM: The original Big Data?

Big Data can help building owners and operators leverage insight from a wide range of sources to optimise their assets – and their businesses. Jon Anunson of i3 by AECOM says BIM can be an excellent starting point to get information flowing
retention

Abolish retention in construction

Build UK, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), and the Construction Products Association (CPA), are calling on Government to abolish the practice of retention...
Task Teams

What are BIM Task Teams?

Niraj Mistry, senior BIM assessor at Stroma Certification, examines the role of BIM Task Teams pre-contract, during construction and post-delivery
Geospatial data

Transforming large estates through smart geospatial data

The ‘smart’ use of geospatial data can transform outcomes for large estate owners, writes Adrian Burgess of PCSG
payments

Carillion: Work completed before collapse ‘at back of queue’ for payments

Contractors who completed work for Carillion prior to the company announcing its liquidation earlier this week will be at the back of the queue...
carillion

Engineering specialists press PwC and Government on Carillion collapse

Leading engineering services trade bodies ECA and BESA yesterday (17 January) pressed Carillion liquidators PwC to provide greater certainty to private sector contractors over the outstanding cash owed by the fallen construction giant

BIM: Do the lawyers get it?

Sarah Rock of Gowling WLG and May Winfield of Carillion discuss the initial findings of a UK BIM Alliance research project looking at the understanding of legal and contractual issues surrounding BIM among lawyers and those working within the industry
CAFM

Reaping the benefits of linking BIM and CAFM

Joshua Davies of Stride Treglown discusses what needs to be done to integrate meaningful data from the construction process into a client’s CAFM model for future and existing estates – and how to reap the benefits
Carillion

Carillion collapse “accident waiting to happen” says ACE chief

Carillion's collapse was an "accident waiting to happen" caused by an industry model based on wafer-thin margins and taking on ever-more risk, an industry figure has warned
National Building Approval

How Secured by Design’s National Building Approval works

Secured by Design (SBD) explain how their National Building Approval initiative is making building security compliance simpler, quicker and cheaper for companies and organisations commissioning construction work – and is assisting Local Authorities
Secured By Design

How Secured by Design’s National Building Approval works

Secured by Design (SBD) explain how their National Building Approval initiative is making building security compliance simpler, quicker and cheaper for companies and organisations commissioning...
Carillion's collapse

Carillion’s collapse: Balfour Beatty faces £45m hit from joint venture projects

Carillion's collapse is expected to cost Balfour Beatty up to £45m this year, the infrastructure group has announced
Construction Product Manufacturing

Construction product manufacturing industry set to slow in 2018

The UK's £56.5bn construction product manufacturing industry is expected to slow in 2018 following a drop in activity towards the end of 2017 The Construction...
client members

Build UK welcomes three new client members

Allianz, Landsec and Stanhope have joined Build UK as the latest client members to join the industry's collective voice Build UK is pleased to announce...
construction business activity

Construction business activity ends year with uneven recovery

Construction business activity ended 2017 with moderate growth but it was an uneven recovery according to a new report The Construction Purchasing Managers' Index from...
construction materials

The Urban Bio-Loop: Could city waste become construction products?

The Urban Bio-Loop report from engineering giant Arup argues that organic waste could be turned into useful, valuable construction materials, producing economic, technical and environmental benefits. Lead author Guglielmo Carra explains
offsite

Going offsite is the solution to the UK’s housing crisis: Discuss

Well, not quite the only solution but offsite is certainly a solution that can shake things up, says Ian Pannell of Buildoffsite
Offsite sector

Budget 2017: Rethinking construction through offsite

Steve Thompson, managing director of EOS Facades, shares his perspective on the Budget and how the industry can meet the government’s target of 300,000 homes per year by 2025
BIM Certification

Sewell Construction achieves BIM Certification

Stroma Certification (Stroma) has certified Sewell Construction to its BIM Certification Scheme in line with the PAS 1192-2:2013 standard