Innovative design leads the way at University of Birmingham
Following its completion earlier this year, the University of Birmingham’s Teaching & Learning (T&L) Building has become a symbol of innovation and collaboration across the city.
Wates launches social housing energy service
Wates has launched a new service which will help social landlords to prepare their housing stock to meet zero carbon obligations.
Spending Review: Sunak warns ‘economic emergency has only just begun’
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed the economic cost of the government’s response to Covid-19 and unveils the new National Infrastructure Strategy.
Esh Construction to build new Travelodge at Cobalt Business Park
Esh Construction will build a £3.6m 80-bed Travelodge at Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside.
Architect receives £2,500 fine for backdating ‘architects certificate’
Architect, Gerald William Adair Binmore has been fined £2,500 for failing to provide his client with an accurate ‘architects certificate’.
Women in BIM: Thoughts on the future of construction
Women in BIM core team members Rebecca De Cicco, director of Digital Node, Vicki Reynolds, chief information officer at i3PT Certification, and Dr Jenni Barrett, director at coLAB and senior lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, discuss what has impressed them the most in the past five years and what future technology trends they predict for 2021.
HS2 and WMCA agree enabling works for Metro Eastside extension
HS2 and the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) will work together to provide the utility diversions for the West Midlands Metro Eastside.
Morgan Sindall to deliver £36m low carbon secondary school
Morgan Sindall has been appointed as preferred bidder to deliver a new low carbon sixth form entry secondary school in Aylesbury for Buckinghamshire Council.
Green light for 15 new airspace homes in London
A four-storey airspace development has been given the green light by Southwark Council, which will set a new blueprint for sustainable urban development in London.
Indoor Air Quality developments accelerated by Covid-19
The recent health crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic has brought the debate on Indoor Air Quality developments to the broader attention of the mainstream media, BSRIA explores its importance.
ARB launches new Architects Register
The ARB has launched a new and improved Architects Register, allowing users to access the register quickly via a tablet, phone, or pc/laptop.
HS2 invites tenders for phase 2a linking Birmingham to Crewe
HS2 has invited businesses to tender for the first major works contracts to be awarded on Phase 2a, linking Birmingham to Crewe.
Graham launches net-zero carbon workshops
Graham has commenced a series of workshops to help achieve its ambitious pledge to reduce its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 as the first step in reaching Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2045.
BIM blends the old and new in Edinburgh
Using a BIM model streamlines collaboration and provides benefits in the successful building design of the first Virgin Hotel in Europe
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Digital twins, data quality and digital skills
Like many industries, engineering and construction is seeing a greater digitisation of the sector that is being driven both externally and internally. At the heart of this change lies a growing interest in using data across built asset projects. Frank Weiss, senior director at Oracle Construction and Engineering explains.
Network Rail fined £10,000 after trains ran across damaged viaduct
Network Rail has been fined £10,000 for allowing trains to travel at more than 100mph over a badly storm-damaged viaduct in South Lanarkshire.
Walsall College acquires CITB’s National Construction College
Walsall College will purchase CITB’s National Construction College (NCC) facility based at King’s Norton, Birmingham, on 30 November.
Stakeholders urged to handle plant operators drug and alcohol misuse
The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has called for stakeholders across the industry to tackle the problem of plant operators failing drug and alcohol tests without any impact on their competence cards.
VolkerFitzpatrick delivers multimedia facility for University of Roehampton
VolkerFitzpatrick has delivered the £13.7m project under budget, to redevelop the Department of Media, Culture and Language facilities for the University of Roehampton.
Penguen to support Asite with its European expansion
Construction technology and consulting company, Penguen, will support Asite with its European expansion.
GMI to build new Jobcentre Plus for South Shields
GMI Construction has been awarded a contract by Muse Developments to construct a new 12,000 sq ft office for the Department for Work and Pensions in South Shields.
Preparing your construction business for post-Covid-19 growth
Real Business Rescue, part of Begbies Traynor Group, discusses how you can prepare your construction business for post Covid-19 growth.
Builders’ merchants bounce back in Q3 2020
Builders merchants sales bounced back to near normal levels in Q3 2020, as BMF warns ‘we are likely to see more volatility in the coming months’.
Kier to deliver £106m Marylebone Square scheme
Concord London has appointed Kier to deliver Marylebone Square, a £106m scheme in Central London on the site of the former Moxon Street car park and the last whole city block in the W1 postcode to be developed.
The smart city: Why the silo mindset will limit its full...
Jens Strinsjö of Axis Communications analyses the barriers to smart city innovation and why cybersecurity and sustainability will be critical to demonstrate long-term value.
BIM4Water in 2021: Planning the unplannable
The newly elected vice-chair of BIM4Water, Clare Kovacs and current chair Jamie Mills reflect on some of the developments made by the BIM4Water group over the year.