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Taking action: Tackling carbon emissions from buildings
Michelle Agha-Hossein, building performance lead at the Building Services Research & Information Association (BSRIA), discusses how owners and operators can tackle the pressing issues of carbon emissions from buildings.
Industry must provide documented evidence to support MMC
MMC projects employ a set of relatively new skills in UK construction. Hemsec examines the need for greater skills in estimating for MMC, and for a range of documented evidence of the benefits, to support the delivery of these new methods and the products used.
20 years in offsite construction and counting
Fusion Building Systems, a well-established light steel frame superstructure manufacturer, celebrates two decades in the offsite construction sector this year. Head of business development Robert Clark discusses the changes the industry has seen since the year 2000 and takes a look at what’s yet to come.
Lincolnshire modular housing scheme complete
Work has been completed on an innovative modular housing scheme in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Construction firms must ‘strengthen supply chain winter resilience’
Construction businesses of all sizes must strengthen whole supply chain winter resilience, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has urged.
G F Tomlinson completes Nottingham Castle visitors centre
G F Tomlinson has handed over the £30m transformation of Nottingham Castle, after completing a brand-new visitors centre.
Mitie reduces Vodafone’s carbon footprint
Mitie has helped Vodafone UK save 100-gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy in three years, the equivalent of 25,000 tonnes of CO2.
BESA calls for focus on clean indoor air quality
In light of Clean Air Day, the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) says there should be more emphasis placed on the quality of air inside buildings.
Mace completes exterior delivery for National Satellite Test Facility
Mace has completed the exterior of The National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF), reaching a major build milestone in the process of becoming the UK’s first co-located set of space test facilities.
Outdoor learning gives children a healthy view of the world
Kath MacTaggart, landscape architect at BDP, discusses the benefits of designing and creating outdoor learning and social environments that spark imagination and creativity.
Kier adopts automated cone laying vehicle on road scheme
After successful extensive off-road testing, an automated cone laying vehicle has now taken to the road network for the first time.
Updated housing design app could get London building after Covid-19
The Mayor of London and Bryden Wood have launched an updated version of housing design app, PRiSM 2.0, to help London’s homebuilding strategy.
Major lift milestone for Hinkley Point C’s second reactor
Construction of the second reactor at Hinkley Point C passed a major milestone with the lifting of the first part of the massive steel containment liner.
How offsite manufacturing can meet school pressures after Covid-19
Craig Smailes, project director at Kajima Partnerships, explores how modular construction can help to address the pressures on capacity and best practice across education following Covid-19.
The promise and benefits of IoT in the construction sector
Internet of Things (IoT) is everywhere these days, with people referring to how they are planning for, talking about or developing for it. With...
Kier hands over £21m Catholic school in Rhyl
The £21m Christ the Word Catholic School will create a new ‘all-through’ school and is funded in partnership by Denbighshire County Council and the Welsh Government, through its 21st Century Schools and Education Capital Programme.
Environmental risks in construction projects
From location to geospatial systems, Piers Edgell, account director at Landmark Information explores the considerations of environmental risks in construction projects.
Work to commence on Southsea’s £100m coastal scheme
Portsmouth's Southsea coastal scheme is set to get underway in early September with the construction of coastal defences beginning between Long Curtain Moat and Clarence Pier.
Global greenhouse gas emissions dramatically reduced
31 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced globally in the last nine years as a result of UK intervention, according to new climate finance data published today (19 August).
Manfield’s first modular council homes arrive on site
Mansfield’s first modular council homes have begun arriving at the site on Rosemary Avenue.
Collapsed crane in Bow could take six months to remove
Five weeks after a crane collapsed at a building site in Bow, Tower Hamlets Council has revealed the complex job of removing the crane could take up to six months.
A guide to construction in times of Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic is challenging for all industries, Alison Knight of Buildworld explores what builders can do to maintain construction during Covid-19.
5 mobile systems that can improve construction workflows
Mobile systems backed with cloud-based technologies offer construction sites a previously unseen level of convenience and ease-of-use. Bryan Christiansen of Limble CMMS looks at five of these systems and how they can improve construction workflows.
IoT data: Maximising its value
Nick Sacke, head of IoT and products at Comms365, explains that stakeholders need to fully understand how to integrate these new data sources into existing data platforms and get the most value from it.
Crane operators must be protected against extreme heat, urges Unite
Construction union Unite is urging for action to be taken to support tower crane operators against extreme heat.
Winvic to construct new Intermodal Rail Freight Terminal
Winvic has secured a £29m contract to deliver a new Intermodal Rail Freight Terminal at Prologis RFI DIRFT in Northamptonshire, forming part of Prologis’ extension to its UK’s logistics park.