Floor fitters and home owners alike will be all too familiar with the curse of squeaky floorboards. Time after time the culprit is the fasteners; nails working loose over time, leading to expensive callbacks and customer dissatisfaction. While it’s well known that screws provide a tighter grip power by pulling the boards together, fitting 6mm […]
Students at ETH zurich have used innovative technology to create an extremely lightweight pavilion using bamboo. The project demonstrates the possibilities of digital fabrication combined with natural construction materials such as bamboo — a rapidly renewable and high-quality raw material. Bamboo can be compared with hardwood species, but due to its hollow core, is extremely […]
The £7.6m community assessment unit will deliver a new type of healthcare and is designed to help reduce emergency admissions. It will also ensure older patients can return home more quickly and with an appropriate care plan in place. The handover marks the completion of the project delivered by Shrewsbury-based firm Darwin Group, specialists in […]
by Womble Bond Dickinson The construction industry was quick to adapt and carry on working in 2020, but it continues to struggle with labour levels. And this is a problem that’s not going away any time soon as, due to Brexit and the new immigration system now in place, we are likely to see […]
Land at the rear of Bexhill Road in Bulverhythe is the proposed site. A spokesman said: “The scheme will provide a range of much needed quality housing including a significant number of affordable homes for local families.” Cllr Andy Batsford, lead councillor for housing and homelessness, said: “We are thrilled to have submitted this exciting […]
Concrete 3D printed in patterns inspired by the internal structure of lobster shells. Bio-inspired: How lobsters can help make stronger 3D printed concrete New research shows that patterns inspired by lobster shells can make 3D printed concrete stronger, to support more complex and creative architectural structures. Digital manufacturing technologies like 3D concrete printing (3DCP) have immense potential to save time, effort and material in construction. They also promise to push the boundaries of […]
Contour Crafting’s 3D concrete printing technology. Image via CC Corp. A project carried out by the Tsinghua University’s School of Architecture has successfully constructed a 3D printed concrete bookstore in Shanghai’s Wisdom Bay Innovation Park. The bookstore is due to open to the public at the end of January, and was printed on-site in […]
L-R Scott Bibby of CoreHaus; Sarah Slaven of Business Durham; and Cllr Carl Marshall of Durham County Council Innovative modular housebuilder, CoreHaus, is opening its first UK manufacturing site at a County Durham business park as part of its scale-up plans. CoreHaus has secured its new 20,000 sq ft unit at Jade Business Park, in […]
Shearwater Energy, which describes itself as a UK-based hybrid clean energy company, is developing a wind-small modular reactor and hydrogen production hybrid energy project in North Wales. Shearwater says it has selected the SMR (Small Modular Reactor) technology being developed by NuScale and has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US company to further […]
Data may well be the new oil, but the ability to interpret it properly is the oxygen for any business. Rob O’Connor reports on an insightful webinar on how digital transformation can help the UK build back better in the post-Covid recovery. The vital importance of digital transformation to enable the construction industry to help […]