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  • A detailed analysis of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, with or without a deal, has shown that it will have little or no impact on UK construction, Laing O’Rourke has determined. The analy ...
  • Leeds City Council and building contractor United Living are proposing to build what they claim will be the UK’s largest modular council housing development. A planning application for a fully modular ...
  • College chiefs are warning that a lack of funding could undermine plans for construction T levels. The qualification will be equivalent to an A level and is designed to encourage a whole new generatio ...
  • Europe's highest load test ever conducted on a test pile has taken place in the City of London. A 5,000-tonne load test was specified for the future main build structure of the new 21 Moorfields build ...
  • Research to create an ‘extreme eco tent’ that is set to be tested in Antarctica could also influence the future design of buildings in Scotland, according to Heriot-Watt University. The tent made from ...
  • What is claimed to be the world’s largest 3D printed concrete bridge has opened in Shanghai. The 26.3m long bridge, which spans a canal in Shanghai's Baoshan District, was built by a team led by profe ...
  • he LAGI 2019 competition offers designers and creatives the opportunity to re-imagine energy infrastructure and demonstrate the beauty of a 100% renewable world. The latest challenge from the Land Art ...
  • It rightfully feels incongruent that plastic waste litters the shores of the Island of the Gods and dirty energy feeds its needs. While ‘green’ hospitality might be creeping into Bali’s tourism indust ...
  • Geberit Mapress is a shipshape solution for Parkol  marine engineering 
  • The newly updated Faus brand of premium laminate flooring now includes fashionable herringbone and chevron planks, elegant parquet stone and industrial-style concrete and cement tiles as part of its d ...
  • A group of leading female industry figures has begun a ’day of action’ in protest at the lack of women awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal. The Part W collective, which includes architect Sarah Wigglesw ...
  • One of the UK’s leading architects has called for public money to be invested in housing in Africa to help solve the UK’s housing crisis. Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, who designed Waterloo Station’s interna ...
  • The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said that housing developers are “consistently ignoring” its advice on fitting sprinklers. According to a new report by the London Fire Brigade, an audit of purpose-b ...
  • Interserve has confirmed that Dougie Sutherland, managing director of the development division, is stepping down from the board with immediate effect. He played a key role in the ‘Fit for Growth’ busi ...
  • Scientists have created flags that can generate electrical energy using wind and solar power. The novel wind and solar energy-harvesting flags have been developed using flexible piezoelectric strips a ...
  • Two established UK firms have responded to the UK’s housing crisis by this week announcing offsite manufacturing initiatives aimed specifically at the social housing sector. Engineering giant Atkins h ...
  • Highways England is seeking new ideas on how roads are designed, managed and used. A pot of £20m is to be shared out among research projects that help develop ‘digital’ roads and/or improve air qualit ...
  • Construction has begun on the 550m tall Burj Jumeira skyscraper located opposite Sheikh Zayed Road in Al Sufouh in western Dubai. Dubai Holding, the investment firm behind the project, says the tower’ ...
  • Manuelle Gautrand has designed a 400 unit mixed housing block for the futuristic Hyde Park district in Amsterdam. The homes are divided into nine buildings that make up "thematic" houses organized aro ...
  • Espen Surnevik's replacement for a 19th-century church lost to a fire in the Norwegian village of Våler has pyramidal timber roofs that funnel daylight into its worship spaces. Våler Kirke replaces th ...
  • Karl Bateman, National Specifier Manager at Calor, dispels some of the common installer myths surrounding LPG... There isn’t much customer demand for LPG installations Nearly four million rural homes ...
  • Domus Ventilation - formerly known as Polypipe Ventilation – has expanded its CMX range of Mechanical Extract Ventilation (MEV) units with the launch of the CMX-MULTI, an extremely compact and highly ...
  • While other indicators suggest that the UK construction industry is hovering on the brink of a downturn, an old-fashioned headcount of tower cranes suggests we’re booming. According to Deloitte’s late ...
  • Interserve has agreed a rescue deal that could see it cut its debts from £600 million to around £275 million by issuing new shares. The outsourcing giant, which had refinanced its debt in March last y ...

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