Highland Council cuts down on construction and demolition waste
The Highland Council is to restrict the amount of construction and demolition waste bought to its network of 21 Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Kier Highways reaches safety milestone on smart motorways
Two Kier Highways smart motorway projects have reached a safety milestone after over one million working hours without a reportable injury.
Pre-built apartments craned into position on Bristol’s Park Street
Nine pre-built apartments have been lifted by a 200-tonne crane into 50 Park Street, Bristol, through the open roof into the cleared shell of the building.
Willmott Dixon to finish Pochin’s Smithfield development scheme
Construction work is expected to continue on the stalled Smithfield development as Willmott Dixon is to be confirmed as replacement contractor for Pochin.
A world-first research hub to create Living Buildings
Experts from Northumbria and Newcastle Universities will develop new technologies to revolutionise how buildings are constructed and how they operate.
Timber: The smart, affordable way to build new UK homes
Jeremy English, sales director for manufacturing at Södra Wood, Sweden’s largest forest-owner association, explores how timber can facilitate less expensive, more efficient and attractive construction.
Radisson Hotel agrees partnership with £5bn London Resort
Radisson Hotel Group has partnered with The London Resort to become a stakeholder in the planned £5bn London Resort theme park in Kent.
Offsite manufacturing: Creating construction’s Uber moment
Scaling up and maturing the offsite manufacturing sector could create an “Uber moment” for housebuilding, says Dave Sheridan, executive chairman of ilke Homes.
Willmott Dixon appointed to University of Oxford’s framework
Willmott Dixon will be delivering projects for the University of Oxford with a value between £5m to £20m alongside other contractors
Willmott Dixon has delivered...
BIM4Water: A drive for digital transformation across the UK water sector
BIM4Water has moved from a start-up group in 2013, to become a leadership group with over 200 members, who are taking practical and collaborative steps to implement BIM in the water sector.
Excavator sales to grow as construction equipment industry bounces back
Comprehensive study on excavator market, opines that the excavator market will witness a modest 3.2% volume y-o-y in 2019 over 2018.
whg reveals plans for modular homes in Walsall
Midlands landlord whg is exploring the potential of modular homes to tackle the housing crisis, thanks to a £1m research grant.
The need for speed in housebuilding as new starts fall again
New build housing starts fell by 9% in the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest statistics. Joseph Daniels, chief executive of modular homes provider Project Etopia, argues that the system is clearly failing and there is a need for speed in both planning and construction.
Plans submitted to redesign M62 Rocket Junction
Transport for the North has submitted a £120m plan to redesign Liverpool’s Rocket Junction at the M62 to replace Queens Drive Flyover with a new roundabout.
CIOB joins the Northern Powerhouse
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has become a member of the government's Northern Powerhouse Partner Programme.
Building our way out of Brexit
Mike Leonard, CEO of Building Alliance, discusses the construction industry in a post-Brexit landscape.
New training hub to teach local people construction skills at Perry...
A new £100,000 training hub will give hundreds of people the chance to learn construction skills at the Perry Barr residential scheme in Birmingham.
Adapting the planning system to emerging trends
The housing crisis, shifting demographics and a rise in people living on their own represent major changes for how we live, yet town planning is slow to react to new forms of housing, argues WYG associate director Mark Westcott.
Gauging the true value of the construction industry
A new series of reports from the Chartered Institute of Building will examine the true value of the construction industry to the economy and wider society.
Charing Cross tunnel to trial innovative icephobic coating
As part of Transport Scotland’s strategic trunk road management programme, Scotland TranServ will install an innovative new icephobic coating on the M8 Charing Cross tunnel.
We must work together to prevent occupational lung disease
Malcolm Shiels discusses the body’s support for the HSE’s Dustbuster campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of occupational lung disease and its own efforts to tackle work-related cancers.
Changing building services for a changing population
Henry Lawson, senior analyst of world market intelligence at BSRIA, discusses a new white paper examining demographic megatrends and what they mean for the planning and development of the built environment.
Will Boris Johnson inject new life into the Northern Powerhouse?
Will Boris Johnson inject new life into the Northern Powerhouse, and will he be able to build on the momentum from the last five years to ensure the North can truly prosper?
The use of admixtures to waterproof concrete: Part 7
James McDonald of Cementaid discusses the importance of waterproofing admixtures that also provide damp-proofing in achieving design intent.
Building smarter cities with digital twins
PBC Today talks to Robert Mankowski, vice-president of digital cities at Bentley Systems, about how digital twins can help to plan, design, build and operate smarter infrastructure.
Acciona wins €400m Ness Energy Project in Scotland
Spanish renewable energy firm, Acciona is to construct and operate a waste-to-energy plant in Aberdeen, titled the Ness Energy Project.