Category: Noteworthy News
The Construction Industry Council says turning shops and offices into homes without any planning controls is a recipe for disaster. Government proposals to extend so-called permitted development rights, which will...
Hard hats now available with Mips multi-directional impact protection. British hard-hat manufacturer Centurion Safety Products has added a new level of protection to its Nexus helmet. Centurion Safety Products has...
AGC of California partners with LGBTQ industry group that includes execs from Turner, Jacobs, Gilbane “This is the culture that the industry is adopting and moving toward,” said the CEO...
The Federal Aviation Administration has granted its first approval for a company to operate automated drones without human operators on jobsites to American Robotics. The FAA approved American Robotics’ Scout System, which...
Highland Council has begun detailed design of a 92kW ‘Archimedes Screw’ hydroelectric power turbine that is also expected to serve as an educational tool. The £2.5m River Ness Hydro energy...
The Andrews Labor Government is ensuring the right infrastructure is in place to support a new community in Melbourne’s south east – including thousands of new homes, four new schools and 22 MCG’s worth of...
The UK government is setting up a new regulatory body to oversee the safety of construction materials. The construction products regulator will be a division of the Office for Product...
Soft plastics used to create sustainable concrete carpark and footpath A team of engineers from RMIT have partnered with Victorian recycling organisations Replas, RED Group and SR Engineering to create...
Victoria’s Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG) has released new, free resources for property managers and owners’ corporations to help improve recycling in multi-unit developments (MUDs). According to a...
The UK government has initiated legal proceedings to have eight former Carillion directors banned from holding boardroom seats. The filing comes three days before the third anniversary of the collapse...