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  • An innovative new show for the concrete and associated industries Concrete Expo presents a fantastic opportunity to take full advantage of an exciting new event for the concrete industry, whilst also ...
  • The Norwegian parliament (Stortinget) has started research into submerged floating tube bridges to be used along the E39 Coastal Highway Route between the cities of Kristiansand and Trondheim in West ...
  • The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series features a sustainable 3D-printed house made with soil and agricultural waste. Italian 3D-printing technology developer WASP, built the house t ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Growth slowed to weakest rate in 10 months in January, according to PMI survey. Mounting fears over a no-deal Brexit are causing delays to new building projects across the UK, according to a survey th ...
  • Unless parliament rushes through an 11th hour extension, on Friday 29th March 2019 the UK ceases to be a member of the European Union. There is not yet any deal in place to preserve the UK’s smooth tr ...
  • The government is to pour £38m into new classrooms, building refurbishments and equipment upgrades ahead of the introduction of T Level construction and building services engineering courses. The mone ...
  • University of Pennsylvania engineers have altered a sheet of nickel to produce a material they call "metallic wood", which is extremely strong and light. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvani ...

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