Lord Markham CBE has stated that the New Hospital Programme will only be possible by radically transforming the way building engineering projects are procured and delivered. In a webinar hosted by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), The Portfolio Minister for the New Hospital Programme Lord Markham said: “We need standardised designs using modern methods […]
Modular construction has been heralded for several years now as a construction methodology that saves time, reduces waste and minimises cost. It is therefore unsurprising that modular construction forms part of the various “modern methods of construction” that are now being encouraged by the UK Government. Use of modular construction can range from isolated elements […]
If you think greenwashing is limited to retail or fashion, think again. It’s rampant in the construction industry. So buying the right materials requires a lot of diligence, writes Victoria Brocklesby Brand after brand within the retail and packaging spaces is being undone by ‘greenwashing’ claims. Just look at Coca Cola, Unilever, Tesco and H&M […]
Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales, visit a modular home in Cambridge. When Kevin McCloud, presenter of hit property TV show Grand Designs, went to the typically English town of Tunbridge Wells last September, it looked like a potentially revolutionary moment in Britain’s housing industry. One that might reverberate in Australia. McCloud was […]
The long-awaited new £35m hospital for Berwick is being built one year quicker than traditional construction methods would take. Work is well underway on the new hospital at manufacturing specialist Merit’s its offsite manufacturing factory in Cramlington. Marion Dickson, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust’s executive director for nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals and project lead […]
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has partnered with Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to develop a fusion energy plant. Fusion energy harnesses the same processes that power the sun and stars. The collaboration aims to demonstrate the production of safe, virtually limitless energy through UKAEA’s Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme. Using the 3DEXPERIENCE […]
Trawsfynydd Lake, Snwdonia Companies including TerraPower, founded by the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and Rolls-Royce have declared an interest in building small modular reactors (SMRs) in North Wales, according to reports. Development company Cwmni Egino – established by the Welsh government – recently completed the first phase of its viability study on the site […]
A programme of testing being carried out by one of the country’s leading research universities is expected to verify the team’s early findings around the WikiHouse offsite building system – indicating that West Fraser’s SterlingOSB Zero panels offer superior performance benefits for the production of their large format blocks, beams and other components. The material’s […]
Climate change is an urgent issue that needs to be addressed, particularly in the construction industry as buildings are responsible for 39% of global energy related carbon emissions1. This has led to demands to use more timber, and the release of new resources addressing concerns over fire safety in timber construction. For example, in […]
In short/abstract The sound insulation of a timber house must be designed on paper and integrated during the construction of the building. “SOUNDPROOFING SOLUTIONS” is the new Rothoblaas catalogue, 150 pages of in-depth information on sound propagation and products adapted to different types of building materials (timber, steel, masonry), loads and heights. New additions […]