Balfour Beatty looking for BIM improvement
Balfour Beatty is to work on a project to develop automated software to tackle issues faced by the industry when using BIM technology. source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/best-practice/technology/balfour-beatty-looking-for-bim-improvement/10041329.article
Start for £300m Bedfordshire incinerator
Turnkey contractor Hitachi Zosen Inova has got the thumbs up to start construction of a £300m energy from waste plant in a former clay pit in Bedfordshire. Developer Covanta and investor Green Investment Group have reached financial close on the Rookery South Energy...
Concrete – on a roll
A competition entry by two industrial design students has grown into a highly successful multi-million-pound business. David Taylor reportsA competition entry by two industrial design students has grown into a highly successful multi-million-pound business. David...
Thinking in three dimensions
3D modelling and 3D printing have helped find a solution to a tricky formwork challenge on a new viaduct outside Ely. David Taylor reports3D modelling and 3D printing have helped find a solution to a tricky formwork challenge on a new viaduct outside Ely. David Taylor...
Its a wrap!
A grand Victorian house in the leafy London suburb of Hampstead is being restored to its former glory with the help of some highly technical scaffolding A grand Victorian house in the leafy London suburb of Hampstead is being restored to its former glory with the help...
Poles apart
Michael Krajewski started Steelo with £12,000 after failing to get into the Polish army. A decade on, his UK-based business is turning over nearly £4m and pioneering 3D printing for structural steel fabrication. Emma Crates meets the self-styled “Steel Guy”...
Nearer, my God, to thee
Phil Bishop makes a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral – to see the scaffoldingPhil Bishop makes a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral – to see the scaffoldingRead Full Article: The Construction Index from All Construction News | The Construction Index...
In pictures: Spurs new stadium opens to public
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club held the first test event for fans at its new £850m stadium yesterday. source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/projects/in-pictures-spurs-new-stadium-opens-to-public/10041316.article
Funding approved for £450m Dudley tram
West Midlands Combined Authority has approved £449m worth of funding to extend the West Midlands Metro. source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/projects/funding-approved-for-450m-dudley-tram/10041323.article
£450m funding green light for Midland Metro extension
The West Midlands Combined Authority has given the final go-ahead for the cash to finance the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Midland Metro link. It is the final hurdle for the long-awaited project, which will link Dudley with Birmingham, Wolverhampton and the national...
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