The FIA courses are changing – Find out how
The FIA courses are being updated to accommodate for progression within the industry. The reasons and the changes are discussed within this article.
Highways England names winners in £3.3bn resurfacing framework
Highways England has signed a framework deal with 11 contractors for national road resurfacing on motorways and trunk roads
Ambitious plans set to ‘revamp’ Edinburgh
Edinburgh Council is examining ‘ambitious plans’ to revamp the public realm of the Scottish capital’s city centre. Delivering the opening keynote at a Built Environment Networking event, the authority’s Head of Place Development Michael Thain said the city was in the middle of a building boom
Affordable Housing: A Focus on Construction
The Homeowners Survey of 2018 states that people living in the UK today are more concerned about property prices and availability of homes than they were 5 years ago. With home quality also a concern these findings equate to an overall lack of confidence in the housing sector
Using BIM to define criticality, vulnerability and risk
Iain Miskimmin of Bentley Systems explains the value of an asset tagging strategy in assessing criticality, vulnerability and risk to ultimately inform better decision making.
Brokenshire awards funding to reduce rough sleeping
Housing Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP has announced new pilot projects in three areas of England to support getting rough sleepers with complex needs off the streets and into stable and affordable accommodation
Spotlight on Mental Health in the Construction Industry
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week commencing on 14 May, solicitors Kara Price and Sarah Wales from law firm Womble Bond Dickinson discuss how to tackle mental health issues in the workplace and spot the early signs
Why technology is the key to inspiring the industry’s next generation
More than anything else, we have come to associate the younger generations with technology – be it smartphones, social media or video games. When we look ahead to the next generation of construction industry leaders, we therefore need more than anything to capitalise on young people’s interest in tech, says Nick Conway of ITC Concepts.
The BIMovation Roadshow London presented by FARO
The FARO BIMovation Roadshow London, UK; in collaboration with University College London - with key note speakers from UK BIM Alliance, Maltby Land Surveys,...
Supporting the Checkers – Time to Restore Confidence in Construction Company...
Peter Vinden Managing Director of The Vinden Partnership discusses the complexity of Construction Company Accounts
BIM: The elephant in the room
A lot of people say they ‘do’ BIM. But what does that really mean? Niraj Mistry, senior BIM assessor at Stroma Certification, says BIM is actually about joining the dots through engagement and collaboration.
Building smart cities
Smart cities that harness data to improve the lives of citizens are no longer a far-off vision – they are a reality. Susie Tomson, Sustainability Director at PCSG, discusses their emergence – and a new initiative to create a blueprint for smart cities around the globe
Construction equipment sales climb in Q1
Sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK rose by 5.7% in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the same period of 2017.
Wates bans single-use plastic cups on London scheme
Wates Residential has banned single-use plastic cups on one of its London developments and is looking to roll out the policy to all of its sites.
Slavery and exploitation widespread in construction industry, says report
Construction is a "high risk" sector for labour exploitation, including slavery, theft of wages and bogus self-employment, a new report has warned.
How the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre is helping companies adopt BIM
The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre provides a wide range of support to help businesses through their BIM journey. Skills and training manager Lisa Deane discusses what’s on offer.
EU’s first 3D printed house points the way to a more...
The first concrete 3D printed house in the EU has been revealed in Milan as part of the Salone del Mobile 2018. Guglielmo Carra, Europe materials consulting lead at Arup, takes a look at this groundbreaking project.
Finalists for Eiffel Tower BIM remodel revealed
Following the announcement that Autodesk will be working with the City of Paris to redesign the area surrounding the Eiffel Tower using building information modelling (BIM), the four teams competing to renovate the space have now been revealed
Why BIM is here to stay
April marked the two-year anniversary of BIM Level 2 mandate, yet industry reports suggest that the adoption of BIM remains slow. However, Lucy Abbott, BIM director of Wates Group, believes the benefits of BIM for design teams, clients and end users mean it is here to stay
Delivering fast, reliable connectivity to temporary sites using 4G WAN solutions
Hubert Da Costa, VP EMEA at Cradlepoint, explains how leading industrial services provider Bilfinger uses 4G WAN technology to bring short-term sites online quickly and reliably
BSRIA welcomes measures to level playing field for government contracts
BSRIA has welcomed the recent announcement by the Cabinet Office Minister for Implementation, Oliver Dowden MP, to launch a package of “tough” new measures to “level the playing field” for smaller businesses bidding to win government contracts
Digitalisation holds key to £575m savings for housebuilders
Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Group, discusses how utilising digital technologies in the design and build process can bring added value and yield savings for UK housebuilders
CITB employees launch petition against reforms
Employees at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have launched a petition against plans to outsource training and back office functions
How to engage in a BIM project
There is much rhetoric surrounding BIM and this only seeks to add curiosity and confusion in equal measures. This prompts many people to ask: “How do I engage in a BIM project?” Mike Shilton, chair of the Landscape Institute Digital Practice Group, addresses this rather loaded question
RIBA: UK must build flood resilient homes
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today (3 May) published a new report outlining what the Government needs to do to help create homes and communities that are resilient to flood damage
Report reveals how BIM benefits water projects
A new report has outlined how Building Information Modelling (BIM) is improving water projects by generating higher levels of client satisfaction, and improving critical aspects of the project design and delivery process