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Morgan Sindall bags £37m Clydach Vale school contract

The Construction Index

Set across a two-storey building, the project includes the construction of 23 classroom spaces, a wellbeing centre, canteen, various multi-use spaces and supporting areas across the two floors, and a hydrotherapy pool on the ground floor. The entire school site will be enclosed by a secure boundary fencing. stake in Sizewell C.

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Morgan Sindall to build Bishop Auckland leisure centre

The Construction Index

The new Bishop Auckland leisure centre will have a 25-metre, six-lane main pool and a 20-metre four-lane teaching pool with moveable floors, as well as a large gym, two exercise studios and an adventure play area for children. The facility also incorporates a public library to cater for healthy minds as well as healthy bodies.

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Demolition firm fined after worker’s fall

The Construction Index

On 25 th May 2023, 42-year-old Sylwester Zdunczyk was working with a team on the warehouse roof, removing aluminium over-sheeting. The sheets were being carried to pre-cut holes in the roof from where they were dropped to the ground floor. He fell approximately six metres to the concrete floor below. the roof Got a story?

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Lack of clarity weighs on timber frame sector

The Construction Index

Muir Timber Systems recently secured a contract with SIM Building Group for 22 affordable homes at Whitehill Court in East Dunbartonshire A survey of more than 80 UK timber frame manufacturers that build homes and schools reveals “a sector with growing pressure on its shoulders and diminishing clarity about how to meet it”, according to its authors.

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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Enormous Complexity Under a Veil of Simplicity

ENR Construction

SOM joined in 2015. These four buildings were taken down, but there wasn’t enough site area to get all the floor area on this portion. acre site, the museum features a single level exhibition floor that presents all art on the same level with no hierarchy. “I

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Offsite vs. Onsite Construction Part 2

Civil + Structural Engineer

The panel of experts below, representing the construction, engineering, and building systems industries, explore and explain the many benefits of this alternative construction method. A commercial example of this approach is best represented by a hotel chain located in Redondo Beach, California whose owner chose a modular system.

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AISI Publishes “Thermal Design and Code Compliance Guide for C-Shape Cold-Formed Steel Framing in Building Envelopes”

Civil + Structural Engineer

They will also be able to determine the level of performance in an energy code or high-performance rating system. Larson noted that AISI D250-23 is an update of the “Thermal Design Guide for Exterior Walls” originally published by AISI that was updated and revised in 2008 and 2015.