Construction firms could claim tens of thousands back in R&D tax relief – Just 8% of R&D claims in 2022 came from the construction industry The construction industry is one of the largest sectors of the UK economy, employing around 3 million people and building the foundations of the future with new homes, factories, […]
Manufacturing firm rebrands as part of broader growth strategy A manufacturing firm that has an office in Elland has launched a brand change as part of an expansion drive. Sigmat, with a manufacturing facility and support centre in Leeds and design and engineering offices in Skipton and Elland, aims to double turnover and employment between […]
Flat sheets of a fungal material could provide a safe and sustainable new way to fireproof buildings, according to researchers. The panels, developed by a team at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, are made of mycelium, a network of fungal strands that can thrive on organic waste and in darkness. Touted in recent years as […]
New £45m offsite construction facility to deliver up to 4,000 new homes per year British Offsite, the build offsite company of Weston Group plc, has launched ‘Horizon’, a new £45m 137,000 sq ft offsite construction factory in Braintree Designed in collaboration with Swedish robotic engineering firm Randek AB, which uses “state-of-the-art” robotic automated manufacturing to […]
Water catchment house design in Africa win Special Recognition in the Architectural Design category at the Design Educates Awards 2023 Hong-En, Lin introduces a Pure Power/Daily Combat Strategy for Water Collection in Africa, where water resources are often polluted, and where long distances to obtain water make the task difficult. For many people, it can […]
Visit any news site, and you’ll find recent headlines and op-eds describing big tech’s recent stumbles—overzealous hiring sprees in hyper-growth phases have been disrupted by worrying economic signals, which perpetuate a vicious cycle of mass job cuts. The story unraveling in the construction industry, meanwhile, is quite a different one—job openings far outpace workers in […]
Pirta tests revolutionary climate cooling paint at world-renowned solar simulator Pirta has successfully tested the performance of its revolutionary climate ‘cooling paint’ using a world-renowned solar simulator. The Yorkshire firm visited TS Space Systems’ purpose built site in Marlow, UK, to carry out a range of performance tests. Pirta’s unique paint formula has since been […]
HUD Announces Research Grant Opportunity to Study Off-site Construction and Land Use Reforms The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) to build the evidence base to accelerate the adoption of innovative and effective practices and policies to increase the production and supply of quality, affordable […]
HS2 in UK first, as engineers begin assembling off-site manufactured viaduct HS2 has begun assembling the UK’s first major railway viaduct to be entirely manufactured off-site, in a move that represents a major step forward for viaduct design and promises to boosting safety and efficiency on site. Unlike more traditional viaduct designs, every major element […]
Homeowners embrace solar panels and insulation as cost-of-living crisis bites New data shows that homeowners across the country are turning to solar panels and insulation upgrades to combat high energy costs. According to the new analysis of planning applications by Barbour ABI, the number of planning applications citing insulation has more than doubled since […]