Creating quality BIM data
Peter Foster, Director of Manufacturers and Merchants and Manufacturers, coBuilder UK talks about why we need to produce quality BIM data and how it...
Belfast International Airport ‘powers up’ with solar
Solar energy alone powers Belfast International Airport for nine hours on the first day of connection thanks to Lightsource Renewable Energy’s new solar farm…
Lightsource...
Building services and FM firm goes into administration
A building services and facilities management company based in Warwickshire has ceased trading…
EiC, a building service and facilities management company has gone into administration....
Controversial Exeter development gains planning approval
Despite receiving more than 360 objections a planning application for over 120 homes in Exeter has been recommended for approval…
Plans to create 123 homes...
BIM for Landscape – building a digitised future
The BIM for Landscape guide aims to de-mystify the BIM process and provide practical advice to the industry to help them create a digitised...
Office building sees a return to pre-recession levels
For the first time in eight years the rate of office building in the UK has returned to pre-recession levels…
Figures from consultancy firm Barbour...
Without the zero carbon homes standard can we achieve carbon reduction?
The vision of zero carbon homes is not all lost according to Mike Foster, CE at the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA)...
In December 2006,...
Construction costs could increase by 15 per cent following Brexit
A vote to leave the EU would push the price of construction up, according to London’s largest private housebuilder…
With the referendum set to take...
Green building in London hindered by lack of performance goals
A new whitepaper has warned a lack of city-wide performance goals are stopping London from becoming a global leader in green building…
A new whitepaper...
Campaign to attract former armed forces could plug skills gap
The Chartered Institute of Building has joined a campaign aimed at attracting former members of the UK’s armed forces to the construction sector…
The skills...
North East firm Esh Group gains BIM certification
Esh Construction has been awarded BIM accreditation, making the firm one of the first in the North East…
BIM (building information modelling) is steadfastly becoming...
Cardiff and London law firm named top for construction cases
A law firm based in Cardiff and London has been named the best in the UK for handling construction legal cases…
According to a new...
Midlands college to open construction centre
Stourbridge College in the Midlands is set to open a £1.5m construction centre in September…
Work is underway on a new construction centre that will...
BLP Insurance event addresses housing supply challenges
A seminar aimed at drawing attention to the challenges facing the housing sector has been hosted by BLP Insurance and the British Property Federation…
On...
A Euro Vision: What Brexit could mean for planning and building...
Remain or Brexit?
With the European Union (EU) Referendum looming, the potential implications and debates surrounding the two choices – whether to stay or go...
ICE BIM 2016: Looking to the future
2016 is the year industry takes over BIM, and ICE are delighted to welcome industry leaders to their sixth ICE BIM conference on 19...
Architect expert called in to lead Edinburgh schools enquiry
John Coles, an architect and procurement expert, will lead the investigation into serious construction problems that shut 17 schools across Edinburgh…
Earlier this year, a...
Connect4 Becomes First United Arab Emirates Printing Company to Install HP...
Connect4 broke new ground today with the installation of an HP Pagewide XL 8000, the first HP Pagewide printer to be installed in the...
Installation of HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer Allows Sadiq to Target...
HP announced that UAE-based print service provider, Sadiq, has installed an HP PageWide XL 8000, the company’s first HP printer
Sadiq provides print services and...
Contractor fined after apprentice stonemason injured by power line
A Scottish contractor has been fined after an apprentice received significant injuries after coming into contact with overhead power lines…
A 20-year-old apprentice was left...
Level 2 approval granted for McBains Cooper
Property consultancy firm McBains Cooper has achieved a BIM Level 2 certification from BRE Global…
Property consultancy firm McBains Cooper has become the latest organisation...
Annual competition recognises young plant mechanics
The ‘Stars of the Future’ event, held earlier this week, recognised the achievements of young plant mechanics across the country…
The fourth annual ‘Stars of...
EU construction sector sees recovery
New figures have revealed a 2.4 per cent recovery in activity across the EU construction sector during 2015…
The European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) has...
Scottish construction jobs fall
Scottish construction employment figures declined by 1,000 during the first quarter of 2016, it has emerged…
The Scottish construction job market reportedly saw a decline...
British construction would be harmed by Brexit
Housebuilding firm Crest Nicholson has warned leaving the EU would have a significant impact on British construction…
Crest Nicholson has warned Brexit would damage the...
£43.1m loss for Morgan Sindall construction division
Construction and regeneration firm Morgan Sindall has confirmed it has seen losses of £43.1m last year in its construction division…
Changes to the way in...