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Offsite Expo: A masterclass in advanced building technology

Bringing together the sector’s most influential innovators, Offsite Expo provides unparalleled access to a wealth of industry intelligence and offsite expertise. Leading multidisciplinary offsite specialists from Cogent Consulting have played a central role in developing the Masterclass speaker programme – here, managing director Darren Richards shares a few of the many highlights.
Fasteners

Flat out on flat roofs: Adjustable fasteners and heat induction innovations

As construction gets back to work post-Covid, roofing installers and contractors will be asked to work more efficiently. The fastening solutions they choose can make all the difference to this effort, as explained by Martyn Holloway, business development manager – flat roof at SFS.
HS2 viaduct

HS2 designers cut carbon with new viaduct design

HS2 designers are on track to more than half the amount of embedded carbon in one of the high speed rail project’s viaducts.
Buildability

The buildability gap

The use of highly sophisticated building models has transformed how we design the built environment. But, how can we design better for buildability?
Featherstone Building

Skanska ‘tops out’ at new £57m Featherstone building

Skanska has reached a crucial milestone on the £57m mixed-use commercial development at The Featherstone Building with a topping out ceremony.
st pancras campus

BAM Construct lands £95m St Pancras Campus deal

BAM Construction UK has signed a £95m contract to deliver the 230,0000 sq ft W.RE’s St Pancras Campus in Camden, London.
building emissions, greenhouse gas,

Don’t shoot yourself in the foot trying to reduce greenhouse gas...

A new report from the European Academies Science Advisory Council argues that a fundamental policy changes are needed if we are to successfully tackle greenhouse gas emissions from the built environment, construction processes and the supply of building products. Dr William Gillett and Professor Brian Norton take a look.
Concrete printing, 3D

Trail launched for low carbon 3D construction printing 

A new partnership between United Utilities and Changemaker 3D Ltd has moved forward the possibilities of concrete printing technology in a way that will ultimately benefit construction.
Construction output, housebuilding

Construction output expands at fastest pace since June 1997

Construction activity expanded at the fastest rate since 1997 in June, largely thanks to a sharp rise in new orders, according to the latest PMI data.
Materials shortages, recycle materials

A sustainable answer to material shortages

Sourcing locally and using reclaimed building materials is possible and should be part of the solution towards zero carbon and current material shortages, argues Andrew Richards, co-chair of the Supply Chain Resilience Sub-group of the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum.
retail and office

RED to deliver mixed-use scheme in London’s west end

RED Construction has been appointed to deliver a new mixed-use retail and office scheme in the heart of London’s West End.
sfs external wall systems

New specifiers guide for light gauge steel frame external wall systems

FIS and the Steel Construction Institute (SCI) have launched a specifiers’ guide to light gauge steel framing systems (SFS) external wall systems.

HS2 landscape design to restore Midlands heritage hotspot

Landscape designs by HS2 show how an area around the River Cole in Warwickshire, identified as a Heritage Hotspot, can be transformed.
uk housing construction

The future of UK housing and the construction industry

In this article, The Access Group talks about the future of UK housing and the construction industry, and explores how housebuilders can prepare as we look ahead.
net-zero carbon solutions, technology,

Mace drives net-zero carbon on the MoJ’s prisons programme

Following the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)’s announcement in May that all new prisons will be built sustainably, Mace is supporting the organisation in introducing energy-saving technology.
Abraham Moss Library

Laing O’Rourke lands new library and leisure centre in Manchester

Laing O’Rourke has been chosen by Manchester City Council to deliver the new Abraham Moss Library and Leisure Centre.
Construction machinery

BAM to reduce emissions from construction machinery by 90%

BAM has committed to running all of its UK construction machinery using recycled cooking oil, contributing to goals focused on reducing carbon emissions from its activities.
Chalk grassland, HS2

HS2’s Chiltern tunnel chalk grassland project gains approval

HS2 has gained approval for a scheme that will use material excavated from the Chiltern tunnels to create 127 hectares of new chalk grassland and wetland habitats around the tunnel’s south portal.

HS2 opens Chipping Warden relief road

HS2 has opened a new relief road around the village of Chipping Warden in Northamptonshire, allowing construction vehicles and other through traffic to avoid the centre of the village and the local primary school.
Southwark student accommodation

Graham secures £13m Southwark student accommodation contract

Graham has been awarded a contract by Student Urban Living Bermondsey to build a new £13m student accommodation block in Bermondsey Spa Gardens, Southwark.
London victoria footbridge

VolkerFitzpatrick replaces London Victoria to Ramsgate footbridge

VolkerHighways and VolkerFitzpatrick have replaced an expired pedestrian footbridge over the London Victoria to Ramsgate railway cutting, at Gillingham, Kent VolkerHighways and VolkerFitzpatrick replaced the...

Sub-contract opportunities unveiled for Scotland’s River Clyde project

Graham has disclosed sub-contract opportunities for local suppliers to help deliver and transform the bridge over Scotland’s River Clyde.
Road improvements, highways

£218m investment to improve roads across East of England

Millions of road-users in the East of England are set to enjoy safer and quicker journeys as Highways England plans improvements across the region over the next 12 months.
building materials shortage

2021 building materials shortage: What is the price of building materials?

Covid-19, Brexit and booming demand are combining to drive up prices for the essential materials the UK’s construction sector desperately needs. Bluebeam takes a look at the 2021 building materials shortage.
fabrication management information system

Graitec launches 2022 fabrication management information system

Graitec has released Advance Workshop 2022, a purpose-built fabrication management information system to give steel and rebar fabricators control over every stage of production.

HS2 opens its Innovation Accelerator programme to five SMEs

HS2 Ltd launched the search for five SMEs and start-ups to become part of its Innovation Accelerator programme, in partnership with Connected Places Catapult and Bruntwood SciTech.