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modular bedrooms, modular building,

Caledonian awarded £25m modular bedrooms project

Caledonian has been awarded a £25m contract to manufacture modular bedrooms as part of a £54m development for the University Campus of Football Business, First Way Campus in Wembley.
site diary, Costain,

Case study: How Costain’s site engineers benefit from a digital site...

Having a detailed daily site diary is essential for any construction project in case there is a claim/dispute down the road. Paper diaries often take too much time to complete and are sometimes not accurate; a better option is using an app to record the day’s activities and observations on the go.
Housebuilders

Housebuilder shares hit by Brexit turmoil

Shares in housebuilders suffered yesterday as the markets digested a day of turmoil in Westminster
Engineering services

Engineering services optimistic despite ongoing payment problems

The latest quarterly sector-wide Building Engineering Business Survey has shown steady growth in Q3 2018, but ongoing payment and retention problems continue to be rife across the industry
BIM accreditation

How LR’s BIM accreditation benefited RoyalHaskoningDHV

Engineering design and project management consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV has harnessed LR’s BIM Level 2 accreditation to save time, cut costs and improve service
new homes

Communities Secretary welcomes rise in more new homes

New figures have revealed that 220,000 new homes were built in the UK last year, which has helped to elevate the country’s housing crisis.
digital technology

RTPI urges planners to embrace digital technology

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and Future Cities Catapult have urged the planning profession to strongly consider more use of digital technology.
asset management

Yotta to provide asset management services to Glasgow City Council

Technology company, Yotta has secured a 7-year deal with CGI, a leading independent IT firm, to deliver asset management services to Glasgow City Council.
Argyll Environmental

Argyll Environmental discusses GIS in Data Visualisation

Jake Hawkey, consultancy manager at Argyll Environmental discusses the use of GIS in its new data visualisation service for property portfolios
Manchester Airport

A6 Manchester Airport relief road creates thousands of jobs

Greater Manchester is set to benefit from 5,000 more jobs thanks to a new road improving connections in and around the city to Manchester Airport.
BIM training bimup

Is your BIM fully optimised for your business?

There is growing and quite understandable hype concerning BIM, and how it is helping to transform both the UK residential and commercial building sectors?
city information modelling

Next in BIM: City Information Modelling (CIM)

BIM has radically changed the way we think about building design in terms of collaboration and visualisation. Can City Information Modelling do the same for urban planning?
kier

Kier joins Highways England’s £8.7bn regional framework

Kier has been appointed to Highways England’s six-year Regional Delivery Partnership framework to deliver work across the north of England.
luxury student accommodation

Future Generation to build luxury student accommodation in Guildford

Future Generation, a Southern Grove company, has secured planning permission for a state-of-the-art luxury student accommodation scheme in Guildford.
youth homelessness

RICS launches series of expert thought pieces to end youth homelessness

RICS has launched a series of thought pieces from property experts and political figures to highlight solutions to eradicate homelessness.
BIM solution

Premier Mechanical uses Bluebeam Revu to compete with large firms

Bluebeam Revu has helped Premier Mechanical to rise above the competition and win more work.
AIworx,

Bentley Systems acquires machine learning and IoT specialists

Bentley Systems has announced it has entered an agreement to acquire Quebec City-based AIworx, Inc., provider of machine learning and internet of things (IoT) technologies and services.
homeless people

Bristol housing project to provide affordable housing for young homeless

Bristol County Council has approved plans to restore an empty property into much-needed affordable housing for young homeless people 
garden village

Planning permission granted for South Seaham Garden Village

Durham County Council are set to work in partnership with Tolent to build a 'Garden Village' in South Seaham.
stormwater management

Making the most of SuDS

Martin Lambley, product manager for stormwater at Wavin, explains how the effective use of sustainable urban drainage solutions (SuDS) can support change in the ways we plan, design and build towns and cities.
German subsidiary, bluebeam,

Bluebeam enhances global growth with new German subsidiary

Bluebeam, Inc., has announced the formation of a German subsidiary to better serve customers and strategically advance its overall investment and presence across the region
working in construction

Man arrested on suspicion of modern slavery offences in East London

A man has been arrested on suspicion of modern slavery and human trafficking offences after a Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) operation found the victims had been exploited while working in construction.
Emma-Jane Houghton, Heathrow,

Heathrow Airport names expansion delivery director

Heathrow Airport has appointed KPMG infrastructure director, Emma-Jane Houghton as delivery commercial director for airport expansion
build-to-rent, Winvic,

Winvic wins Leicester build-to-rent project

Contractor Winvic will construct and fit-out a 384 apartment build-to-rent project for property rental agents Leicester Lettings Ltd
flood defences

£5m scheme to regenerate historic Hull dock and flood defences

A construction project to regenerate an historic riverside dock area and to improve flood defenses in hull received a £5m investment to begin the works.
Offsite construction

Offsite construction accelerates new Glasgow Hotel

A new 181-bedroom hotel is set to open in Glasgow after offsite construction techniques helped speed up its delivery.