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RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables are today welcoming the announcement by Liberty House Group that it has bought a British plant to make wind turbine towers using local steel. The plant’s equipment will be used in a new British manufacturing centre to supply the country’s leading offshore wind market and in the emerging tidal lagoon power […]
New figures for the number of workers who were fatally injured in the construction sector have been released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). They show that between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010: 41 construction workers were killed at work, compared to an average of 66 workers in the past five years […]
Angela Eagle MP, Shadow First Secretary of State and Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, commenting on the warnings from UK Steel about the impact of a leave vote on the industry, said “UK steel is a vital foundation industry. But with the industry in crisis and teetering on the brink, leaving […]
Tata Steel UK have this week announced the completion of the sale of its Long Products Europe business to Greybull Capital LLP, securing 4,400 UK jobs and breathing new life into the floundering British industry. During the last twelve months, the Long Products Europe business has implemented a transformation plan including a portfolio restructuring of assets, […]
Technical Editor Bruce Meechan looks at the range of very low carbon solutions available from a major timber frame manufacturer based on the Shropshire – Mid Wales border. As an offsite manufacturer working across a variety of sectors including commercial, residential and education, Lowfield Timber Frame is well used to being presented with different technical […]
Juliet Woodcock looks at the latest innovations in the built environment from around the world. Tom Robinson, founder of Adaptavate, has been named the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year, winning £30,000 in start-up funding for his invention Breathaboard, a plant-based alternative to plasterboard that locks CO2 into buildings. A builder originally, Tom’s intention […]
With the advent of BIM and the apps that have been created on the back of it having received extensive attention in recent times, Juliet Woodcock reports on some other apps available to the built environment. After reading the paper recently, I was intrigued to discover that an app has been launched that predicts birth […]
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has used his first Mayor’s Question Time to lay bare the finances of the Garden Bridge. Sadiq Khan said it would cost taxpayers more than twice as much to cancel the project now, as it would to complete it and build the new bridge. TfL and the Government have […]
Dubai has seen the completion of the world’s first 3D printed office building – called “Office for the Future.” The opening of the first 3D-printed office in the world comes just less than one month of launching Dubai 3D printing strategy, which showcases a modern model of construction. The building was constructed using a 3D-printer […]
A survey carried out by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has revealed that 80% of construction bosses of SME’s will vote in the upcoming European Union referendum according to their own personal beliefs rather than casting a wider business interest-based vote overall. The poll results indicate that more than 50% of small construction company […]
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