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Kier are at the top of the contractors’ league table for May 2019, thanks to 12 contracts awarded with a total value of £397 million. Construction of the new HM Prison Wellingborough contributed £253 ... -
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If robots built your house, what would it look like? Construction has been slow to adopt new technologies. But that is changing fast as robots, drones and 3D printing are making construction more effi ... -
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Dr Paul Cureton of ImaginationLancaster at Lancaster University and Elliot Hartley, managing director of Garsdale Design, examine the UK’s digital twin ambitions “[If to develop future] infrastructure ... -
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One of the UK’s leading industry events has this year partnered up with the recently launched Construction Innovation Hub to put innovation in the spotlight across the construction supply chain. UK Co ... -
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The bellwether construction buyers index saw a fall back into negative territory in May. The IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index recorded 48.6 in May down from 50.5 in April. The inde ... -
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A new rubberised asphalt which uses recycled waste tyres is being used to surface roads in Coventry by Balfour Beatty. Manufacturer Tarmac claims it is the first in the UK to develop a new asphalt tec ... -
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The European construction industry is continuing to demonstrate encouraging growth, with Deloitte forecasting that the market is on track to grow at a steady rate of 2.5% a year to 2022. With this con ... -
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Chief executive Peter Oosterveer says industry should embrace external influence. Modernising the construction sector will not take place without the influence of those currently outside the industry, ... -
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The University of Stuttgart’s Institute for Computational Design has developed a method for building with wood in which a building effectively shapes itself during the drying process. The institute ha ... -
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BIG founder Bjarke Ingels has delivered a TED Talk focusing on floating cities, the LEGO House, and other architectural forms of the future. Offering a worldwide tour of the firm’s projects, Ingels al ... -
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Some assembly required for this vision of future urban living. Known for simple, well-designed, flat-pack furniture, IKEA is proposing expanding their DIY-model to a much larger scale: entire city cen ... -
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How quickly – and widely – will robotics and automation become part of construction processes? Stephen Cousins looks at the robots already in use in the industry – and the R&D projects that could soon ... -
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Skanska is using 3D concrete printing (3DCP) to create tree planters on a highways project in Lincolnshire. The robotic arm of the printer reads CAD information to create the curved planters (above), ... -
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Studio Octopi has revealed a new site for the Thames Baths project along the Royal Docks in London. Dubbed the East London Baths, the latest addition was unveiled at SAM Swiss Architecture Museum in B ... -
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With the government’s recent revisions of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), it is now easier for homeowners and developers to create homes above existing residential and commercial proper ... -
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The 2018 Engineering UK State of Engineering report states that the engineering industry employs over 5.6 million people in the UK. However, the report also highlights an annual shortfall of up to 59, ... -
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided €200m for work on 120km of railways to prepare for the opening of the Fehmarn Belt undersea tunnel. A/S Femern Landanlaeg, the firm behind the Danish se ... -
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This house in Poland by architect Robert Konieczny has a moving outdoor living space that pivots and docks with rooms on either side of the garden. Konieczny's studio KWK Promes designed Quadrant Hous ... -
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Hiring an architect is one of the best investments that you can make. But how can you find one that is right for your project? The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has launched a new Find ... -
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Industry group says firms will have to source product from overseas if Scunthorpe site cannot be saved Contractors will have to get used to the price of steel on their jobs going up and down because t ... -
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Figures just released in the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) show positive sales growth through UK builders merchants during the first quarter of the year. Total Q1 sales were up +5.9% ... -
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Springfield Properties has become the UK’s first house builder to use waste plastic to build a road on a housing development. Springfield has used the more environmentally friendly asphalt product con ... -
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The investment bank’s decision to put £75m into TopHat could signal changes to come for the whole housebuilding industry. There’s probably no bigger name in global finance than Goldman Sachs. Infamous ... -
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The Minister of State for Housing has announced plans for a garden community in Greater Exeter with 20,000 new homes. Kit Malthouse MP announced £75,000 of government funding to develop the garden com ...