The relaunched PAS 2080 specification provides guidelines for cutting carbon emissions down the construction value chain. It recognizes the importance of climate resilience alongside emissions reductions. Digital twins are a valuable tool for collecting essential data for decarbonizing construction. Infrastructure is essential: We cannot live without it. But we must decarbonize it. According to the […]
Home internet in the UK is getting an upgrade. Two new regulations will now require most new housing construction projects to include gigabit internet, while pre-existing tenants will also have easier access to a high-speed connection. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, & Sport announced the new laws earlier this week, with ministers having amended […]
Prefabrication and modular factory-built housing are on the rise in many parts of the world. In light of Toronto’s current housing supply crisis, we should be embracing these innovative ways of building. We are in desperate need of new housing and building more prefab and modular units is one way to help tackle the growing […]
How Drone Technology is Revolutionising the Construction Industry Drone technology has taken the world by storm, allowing consumers and businesses alike to capture footage all over the globe at the touch of a button. Whether it is a young child playing with a drone in their garden or a global enterprise taking unique aerial footage […]
Brighton and Hove City Council has given an update on the housing schemes due to start, currently being developed and nearing completion as part of its “ambitious” New Homes for Neighbourhoods building programme, which will provide housing for families on the council’s housing register. Work is expected to start in the spring on three new […]
Global modular building specialist, Volumetric Building Companies, has developed and launched the first modular prototype for a new hotel concept to help accelerate the expansion of the Fairfield by Marriott brand across Europe. Fairfield by Marriott is Marriott International’s second largest brand based on the number of hotels, with over 1,200 properties worldwide. […]
By Derek Peter Clark, founder and co-owner of intra-logistics specialist LOSCYO GmbH, Bielefeld, Germany An innovative solution for offsite construction puts the building units onto rail-based platforms. The system requires minimal power. The rails are installed flush with the floor and create no barriers on the shopfloor. This enables efficient factory-line production […]
Merit significantly increases its offsite construction capacity to meet industry demand for sustainable, cost-efficient and high-quality solutions which can be delivered at speed Northumberland-headquartered Merit, the UK’s leading offsite engineering and construction specialist for technically complex, zero-carbon emissions buildings, has announced a 4000m2 factory expansion at its Cramlington site, to accommodate its plans for continued […]
The signing in late October of a framework agreement between Tokamak Energy, the Oxford-based global commercial fusion company and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to develop commercial fusion energy has the potential be groundbreaking. The five-year agreement will take the form of joint technology solutions as well as shared utilisation of equipment and facilities. […]
Peel L&P say each individual home at Redbridge Quay is being “precision-engineered using Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and will exceed all carbon reduction targets”. Town House alone is described as over 50% more energy efficient than the average new build home. THE first residents have moved into homes on Wirral Waters’ now completed Redbridge […]