MORE than 2,500 factory-made low carbon houses could be pumped out in Oxford in the near future. The new homes could be modular, meaning they would be made of pre-assembled pieces a bit like giant LEGO, and must also help to reduce the carbon emissions caused by buildings in the city. Oxford City Council’s own […]
Winners include Impact Capital, Melius Homes and Totally Modular Six offsite builders have been selected for a place on a £400m framework to build homes for housing associations. Modular builders on the offsite housing framework include the newly formed Impact Modular, and Melius Homes, set up by Zero Carbon Hub founder David Adams and Willmott […]
Innovative use of shipping containers characterizes this home design. Some of the most innovative work in home design happening right now is being undertaken with an unexpected medium: shipping containers. A 2019 article in Dwell helped explain why — they’re durable and modular, meaning that you can easily create a cozy or spacious home or […]
Green Park Village Primary Academy Leading brick slip cladding specialist, Eurobrick, has been supplying its systems to the education sector for 30 years and, more recently, with offsite construction specialist Reds10 to supply two new school projects in Reading; Green Park Village Primary Academy and Addington School. Green Park Village Primary Academy is a new […]
The existing Borssele nuclear power plant (Image: EPZ) EPZ, operator of the Borssele nuclear power plant, has called for an extension to its operation beyond 2033 and/or the construction of two new large reactors at the site in order to help the Netherlands meet its energy and climate goals. The company’s director, Carlo Wolters, presented […]
Image credit: Dogger Bank The project will have three phases and will power up six million homes per year The UK, already the world’s leader in offshore wind, is getting ready to start construction of what will be the world’s biggest offshore wind park, Dogger Bank. The British utility company SSE and the Norwegian […]
The construction industry is vital to Europe’s economy, providing around 18 million direct jobs and contributing to about 9% of the EU’s GDP. Its importance as a sector has prompted research into making it even more competitive. HEPHAESTUS PROJECT The HEPHAESTUS project explores the innovative use of robots and autonomous systems […]
There’s a lot of buzz around self-driving cars, but autonomous driving technology could revolutionise the construction industry first. That industry hasn’t changed much over the last several decades, according to some experts, making it an ideal candidate for automation. “The way we build today is largely unchanged from the way we used to build 50 […]
Computer scientists at the University of the West of England are developing software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help construction reduce the amount of embodied carbon in their building and infrastructure. Computer scientists at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) are developing software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) […]
A British company that was devastated by covid-19 has won a major US military contract just one week after winning a Lloyds National Business Award. Servicerobots.com, a robot specialist based in the West Midlands, has been selected to supply the US military with new UVC disinfection robots. The good news for the troubled company comes […]