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Tekla Launches Structural Designer
A Powerful New Way for Engineers to Analyse and Design Buildings…
Tekla, a Trimble company, announced it has added a product to its portfolio, Tekla...
BIM – is infrastructure an exception?
Nick Nisbet examines how we ensure that infrastructure doesn’t get left behind in the BIM journey…
The lorries took the ‘B of the Bang’ sculpture...
The urban dimension of Cohesion Policy
Corina Crețu, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy outlines how Europe should be exploiting urban areas to their full potential…
An important responsibility was bestowed upon me...
A milestone for timber specification
Adrian Young, Technical Editor, Exova BM TRADA hails the release of TRADA’s new National Structural Timber Specification – providing best practice guidelines for timber...
Research hopes to improve the resilience of buildings
Research to improve the resilience of buildings against earthquakes has been tested in Japan on the tallest building to date…
Researchers from the National Research...
The Future of Construction Plant Hire
Kevin Minton, Director of The Construction Plant Hire Association provides the highlights of their 2015 conference…
The Construction Plant-hire Association’s 2015 conference was a huge...
£15 a year low energy house wins national energy award
A low energy home that costs just £15 a year to run has been given a national energy award…
A four-bedroom property that runs on...
Shortage of skills pushes up construction prices
A skills shortage is pushing costs up so high that contractors are turning down work from high risk projects…
A new poll of UK contractors...
The building conversions challenge
Premier Guarantee outline the challenges faced when building conversions are not as simple as once imagined...
Building conversions as we know are often difficult to...
BIM – is infrastructure an exception?
Nick Nisbet examines how we ensure that infrastructure doesn’t get left behind in the BIM journey…
The lorries took the ‘B of the Bang’ sculpture...
Tekla Launches Structural Designer
Tekla Structural Designer’s sophisticated loading and analysis functionality, fully automated design, high-quality documentation and seamless BIM collaboration allows engineers to analyse and design buildings more efficiently and cost-effectively
Agreement reached for Hope Construction Materials acquisition
Breedon Aggregates has announced a new agreement with Cortolina Investments Sarl to buy Hope Construction Materials for £336m…
A new leading force in cement, concrete,...
Ladder injury sees Nottingham subcontractor prosecuted
A Nottingham subcontractor has been prosecuted after a worker fell from an unsafe ladder and sustained injuries…
Subcontractor Hardev Gutheran Singh was prosecuted after 57-year-old...
PROFILE: Retrofit insulated render system saves a fortune in heat loss
The world’s demand for energy will only ever grow and whilst new sources of sustainable and renewable energy are secured through incentivising financial investment,...
Full fill for the perfect fit for insulation
How fully filling with mineral wool insulation can be the most practical and cost effective solution
When it comes to installing any form of insulation,...
What does the Construction Products Regulation mean?
Kevin Frewin, Technical Development Manager, BSI Assurance explains what CE marking is and what it means in relation to the Construction Products Regulation…
Although manufacturers...
The Internet of Things for civil engineering structures
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Elsener, ETH Zurich, Institute for Building Materials argues that civil engineering should embrace the Internet of Things and its values to...
Delivering the Urban Agenda
Corina Creţu, Commissioner for Regional Policy at the European Commission outlines how the Urban Agenda not only benefits cities, but citizens also…
As Commissioner for...
The Internet of Things for civil engineering structures
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Elsener, ETH Zurich, Institute for Building Materials argues that civil engineering should embrace the Internet of Things and its values to...
What does the Construction Products Regulation mean?
Kevin Frewin, Technical Development Manager, BSI Assurance explains what CE marking is and what it means in relation to the Construction Products Regulation…
Although manufacturers...
Green belt development has halved
Over the past two decades the number of new homes built on green belt land surrounding towns and cities has halved…
Research from Countrywide has...
Building contractor guilty of breaching safety practices
A building contractor from Spain has been sentenced over unsafe working practices seen at a Manchester site...
Betcat International has been sentenced for failing to...
Green Sky Thinking: Can construction really be sustainable?
The construction industry has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but only if it is open to innovation and change with a more...
Designing steel portal frame buildings to Eurocode 3
Dr Richard Henderson, Manager of the Advisory Desk at the SCI discusses the new SCI document P399 which provides a guide for the design...
Construction company fined £60,000 for roof fall
The Health and Safety Executive has fined a construction company £60,000 after an employee fell through a skylight roof...
Race Interiors Ltd has been hit...
Council houses benefit from external wall insulation
Council houses across Wrexham are set to receive a face lift due to an external improvement programme, which will insulate and improve the outer...