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  • New research into the engineering construction labour market has revealed the significant challenges facing employers. With the industry set to grow by 33,000 jobs in the next decade, employers told r ...
  • black box is a small, first floor rear extension to a mid terrace victorian era house situated on a dense site in london‘s islington neighborhood. with the desire to maximize natural daylight and cele ...
  • Five decommissioned oil tanks set in an abandoned airport have been transformed into an “urban art park” in Shanghai, to a design by New York headquartered OPEN Architecture. Located along the Huangpu ...
  • new york based artists and designers, nikolas bentel and lukas bentel, have created the ‘geodesic igloo’ using large slabs of ice. the concept has been developed as an architectural exploration that c ...
  • Noor Art & Architecture Studio has completed a digital reconstruction of the Ayine Khaneh Palace of Isfahan, Iran. Based on historic plans and written documents, the project visualizes one of the most ...
  • FIS, representative body for the £10 billion finishes and interiors sector in the UK and the Steel Construction Institute (SCI), will launch the much-awaited Technical Report ED017 – Design and Instal ...
  • The Ultimate Pool & SPA brochure from Designworks Tiles has been extended. With new products added to the ‘Feature Walls’ and ‘Poolside & SPA’ ranges, there are more stunning tiles to choose from than ...
  • IKEA worked with UK artists and designers to create this series of animal habitats, repurposed from the company's used furniture. Architects Studio Weave and designer Adam Nathaniel Furman are among t ...
  • Modular home developer Project Etopia has opened a new factory capable of producing 2,000 houses a year. The 50,000 sq ft factory in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, is a collaboration with partner company 4 ...
  • A total of 40 modular homes are set to be built in Birmingham after Homes England agreed a £7.45m loan from the government’s Home Building Fund for a new development by Urban Splash and Places for Peo ...
  • Steve Hunt, managing director of Liverpool-based mechanical and electrical engineering consultancy Steven Hunt & Associates, is calling on UK’s construction industry to join his fight to reverse what ...
  • Persimmon is launching a ‘retention’ scheme for home buyers to protect them from construction problems. The scheme will see 1.5% of a home’s value withheld by the buyer’s solicitor until any build fau ...
  • Search begins for new Chief Executive; new long term service provider agreement confirmed London, 21 March 2019:  The Considerate Constructors Scheme - the not for profit organisation that works with ...
  • Arup has launched its Rethinking Timber Buildings report aimed at accelerating the construction industry’s response to reducing global emissions and achieving net zero carbon buildings by using sustai ...
  • Cumbria County Council has given the green light for a 21st century deep coal mine in Cumbria requiring around £175m of investment. To be known as Woodhouse Colliery, the new underground coking coal m ...
  • Snøhetta has completed Under, the "world's largest underwater restaurant", which plunges from a craggy shoreline in the remote village of Båly, Norway. Designed by Snøhetta to resemble a sunken perisc ...
  • Swedish global giant Skanska has signed a contract with Fabege to build what it calls “Scandinavia’s first zero energy hotel” in Solna, Sweden. The contract is worth about $51m (SEK 470m), which will ...
  • Mjøstårnet, a mixed-use building in Brumunddal, southeastern Norway, has been declared the world’s tallest timber building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The 85.4m-tall, 1 ...
  • Drone Use In Construction

    18 Mar 2019 Manor Loft Conversions
    While drones have been a luxury item for some time with prices being so high for just a domestic solution, in terms of the commercial uses, drones haven’t become a mainstream tool as of yet. But havin ...
  • Calor’s latest CPD course, on the benefits of its BioLPG fuel for new homes based off the mains gas grid, has been accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The fuel, available e ...
  • PROJECT OVERVIEW The traditional surge in electricity during sporting or historic television events, when households switch on the kettle during a television ad break, can place huge demand on the ele ...
  • Philip Hammond’s spring statement includes funding to build 30,000 affordable homes. A new £3bn scheme will fund the building of 30,000 affordable homes, the chancellor has said, as he proclaimed that ...
  • Environmental groups say chancellor’s climate change pledges do not go far enough. Gas boilers will be replaced by low-carbon heating systems in all new homes built after 2025 in an attempt to tackle ...
  • Drones and robots could build and repair future cities, but only if they can work together – by copying the tactics of nature. A new review, published today in Science Robotics and co-authored by Impe ...

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