With more companies focusing on environmental sustainability, ‘green’ construction practices are increasingly popular. In fact, according to Stefanie Young, vice president, client solutions at the US Green Building Council (USGBC),...
Construction is in the midst of a major technological and process disruption that promises to significantly compress schedules, up productivity and expand savings, according to two leading industry forecasters. Broadly,...
A review of how the pandemic may have hastened the shift to smart cities has been undertaken by the University of NSW. The sudden, enormous shift of most employees working...
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) and the Master Builders Association (MBA) are joining forces to develop ways of helping homes cope with natural disasters. The industry groups have heeded...
Ecologiq is a Victorian Government initiative to optimise the use of local recycled and reused materials in government infrastructure projects, reduce waste and contribute to a Victorian circular economy. Roads & Infrastructure...
Arup has teamed up with a tech start-up with the aim of making offsite construction more affordable and greener. WoHo was founded by a group of engineers, designers and architects...
Mace UK are building a new advanced imaging centre, known as the Extreme Photonics Applications Centre (EPAC), at the Harwell science campus in Didcot. The £81m project is for the...
When asked to removed an old footbridge over the main railway line in to Stockport, Manchester, contractor J Murphy & Sons was advised it needed to be done fast and...
An electric powered ring crane that can generate it’s own electricity has been designed and built by Belgian lifting specialists Sarens. The Sarens SGC-90, nicknamed The Little Celeste, might be the...
Walking through it. A revolutionary jack-up barge is helping to build a sea wall in Devon in the UK. The WaveWalker jack-up barge is an eight-legged device with hydraulic jacks...