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Mechanical handling equipment makes your workplace safer

Jess Penny, General Manager of Sales at lifting equipment specialist Penny Hydraulics, outlines how using mechanical handling equipment can increase your business’s productivity as...

Building up could solve Oxford’s housing crisis

An economist has created a booklet examining a solution to the housing crisis in Oxford… Retired economist Charles Young said extending upwards in Oxford could...

Level 3 BIM and cost management

Alan Muse, Director of Built Environment Professional Groups at the RICS considers how Level 3 BIM will impact on cost management and the wider...

Less than a fifth have heard of smart cities

A new survey has revealed a substantial number of the UK public are unaware of smart cities… A poll of 531 people has revealed awareness...

Is UK energy safer within the European Union?

Dr Kerry Mashford, Chief Executive of the National Energy Foundation, examines what the EU Referendum vote could mean for the future of UK energy...

Forget Generation Buy, its Generation Build that matters

Britain is facing the biggest construction industry skills shortage for a generation. While the government’s commitment to build more new homes is a welcome...

CPA reveals strategic objectives for 2016

The Construction Products Association has announced its three strategic objectives for this year… Speaking at the Construction Products Association’s (CPA) Spring Lunch, chair John Sinfield...

Balfour Beatty chief appointed to Construction Leadership Council

The chief executive of Balfour Beatty has been appointed to the Construction Leadership Council Leo Quinn, chief executive of Balfour Beatty, has been appointed a...

BIM, IoT, big data: A vision for a data enabled built...

Graeme Forbes, Managing Director, Clearbox talks about BIM, the Internet of Things and big data in the built environment... The building information modelling (BIM) journey is underway...

Plans revealed for new station at Inverness Airport

Detailed plans have been released outlining the proposals for a new £2m railway station located at Inverness Airport… Hitrans, the Highlands and Islands transport body,...

Minister says Germany must embrace BIM

The German Transport and Digital Infrastructure Minister has said using BIM must become standard practice for construction projects in the nation… Building information modelling (BIM)...

London mayoral candidates dismiss value of infrastructure

Natasha Levanti, Group Communications Executive, ACE Group discusses the mayoral candidates disdain for the needs of Londoners in their quest to take office... Despite the fact that...

The Housing and Planning Bill: A time of confusion

Naomi Luhde-Thompson, Planning Campaigner for Friends of the Earth details how further reform of the planning system heralded by the Housing and Planning Bill...

The National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2016-2021

With the newly launched National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2016-2021 covering more than 600 projects or programmes worth approximately £483 bn, it is vital to...

National Infrastructure Delivery Plan outlines priorities

A new plan has been published outlining the government’s infrastructure priorities for the next five years… The National Infrastructure Delivery Plan has laid out the...

Budget 2016: What it means for construction

Planning and Building Control Today outlines the key points from the Budget and how it will impact the construction sector... Today, Chancellor of the Exchequer...

Onwards and Upwards? – Londoners Reach for the Skies to Solve...

Mark Thackeray, Principal Consultant at Walsingham Planning examines if the housing crisis in London can be solved by building upwards... At a Green Belt seminar...

Brownfield redevelopment refused planning by Kingston Council

Planning permission for 700 homes on brownfield land in south west London has been declined by the local authority… Plans to build 700 homes on...

Skills need has changed the UK’s perspective on apprenticeships

Natasha Levanti, Group Communications Executive at ACE outlines how the shortage of skilled workers has changed how the country views apprenticeships...  The UK field of...

Construction industry training specialist wins Hanson UK contract

National construction industry training specialist DTL has been awarded a major contract with building material supplier Hanson UK… Develop Training Limited (DTL) has been awarded...

CBI calls for next Mayor of London to build 50,000 homes...

The next Mayor of London must commit to building 50,000 homes a year to ensure the capital remains attractive... The CBI has called on the...

The road to BIM in Scotland

In an interview with Andy Anderson, Project Manager at Transport Scotland, he shares his views on BIM benefits, challenges, and his expectations for the...

Emissions standards for commercial vehicles

Sarah Kenny, of Construction Industry Publications discusses air pollution and emissions standards for commercial vehicles and non-road mobile machinery... Petrol and diesel-engined motor vehicles emit a...

Brownfield sites: still our greatest untapped resource?

Tom Shaw, Director at Ramboll argues that developing brownfield sites for housing can contribute to the quality of existing urban areas and the wellbeing...

Construction firm uses tracking devices to cut vehicle emissions

A UK construction and engineering firm has utilised tracking devices in its vehicles to reduce carbon emissions by 22 per cent… Construction and engineering firm...

Building better BIM

Matthew Teague, Senior Architect at Tata Steel, discusses how an in-house professional team of architects, developers and engineers collaborated to develop Tata Steel’s new...