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UK Construction Blog
JULY 3, 2025
Sustainable construction delivers measurable economic benefits, including reduced operational costs, higher property values (3-15% rental premiums), and access to government incentives, whilst circular economy approaches can boost profitability by up to 26%. What Is Sustainable Construction?
Construction Specifier
JANUARY 26, 2025
Photo courtesy Intertek As building codes and standards evolve, the demand for airtight, environmentally friendly building enclosures increases among building owners, insurers, and design professionals. Air barriers are essential for maintaining the integrity and performance of building enclosures.
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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology
UK Construction Blog
MAY 2, 2025
Available in various types (standard prestressed, high strength and fair-faced options) and sizes (widths from 100mm to 215mm and lengths from 600mm to 3000mm), these lintels can accommodate diverse building requirements. What Are Precast Concrete Lintels?
CCR Magazine
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
As they build, it’s crucial for you to pay utmost attention to the plumbing layout and use appropriate materials. Employing preventive measures can save your project from unanticipated disasters in the long run, ensuring trouble-free operation. Error Prevention Measures? Why is Proper Ventilation Vital?
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Construction Daily News
APRIL 3, 2025
Lynx is considering building its Southern Operations and Maintenance Facility on a 59-acre site in northern Osceola County. Consider energy-efficient building systems specifically calibrated for Florida’s demanding climate. Critics often frame green building practices as luxury add-ons that public agencies cannot afford.
UK Construction Blog
MARCH 4, 2025
The starting price sits at AUD 80,000, and choosing the right builder needs careful thought to meet quality standards and regulations. The building journey goes beyond just construction schedules. Experience and track record Professional tiny home builders know specialised construction methods that go beyond regular home building.
UK Construction Blog
MAY 13, 2025
Construction sites are some of the most hazardous work environments, with workers regularly exposed to various risks, from falling objects and machinery malfunctions to environmental and chemical hazards. Various regulatory bodies set out requirements that construction companies must follow to maintain safe work environments.
Stok
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Stok recently attended the IMN ESG and Decarbonizing Real Estate Forum , where real estate leaders shared insights on the top environmental, social, and governance (ESG) trends shaping the industry. These measures reduce energy loss and improve overall efficiency.
Job Order Contracting
APRIL 7, 2025
What is an Independent Government Cost Estimate? An IGCE (also in construction related service an IGE) is a cost estimate developed by the Government Requiring Activity, based on the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) or Statement of Work (SOW). Five primary questions to be answered are: 1.
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Construction Specifier
DECEMBER 23, 2024
on the exterior of the building, which increases the effective thermal resistance of the assembly. While fully adhered systems offer certain advantages, their water management performance depends entirely on the quality of the installation, specifically, the quality of the drainage plane, which is rarely verified.
OmTrak
JANUARY 14, 2025
Champion Validated Data What wed like to see : Building a transparent data environment where validated information drives decision-making. Enhance Project Governance for Commissioning and Handover What wed like to see : Establishing stricter governance frameworks to facilitate smooth transitions during commissioning and handover.
UK Construction Blog
JULY 15, 2025
This innovative sustainable insulation solution transforms yesterday’s newspapers into tomorrow’s energy-efficient homes, delivering exceptional thermal performance while significantly reducing environmental impact. The manufacturing process involves several critical stages that ensure both performance and safety.
UK Construction Blog
MAY 13, 2025
Whether you own a home, manage a commercial building, or work in construction, understanding the advantages of solar power is key to making informed energy choices. The Rise of Solar Energy in the UK Construction Sector The UKs construction industry is increasingly integrating solar energy systems into both new builds and retrofits.
UK Construction Blog
JUNE 25, 2025
Multiple noise sources create dangerous cumulative exposure, including jackhammers (90-110 dB), bulldozers (85-95 dB), and chop saws (100-110 dB), with demolition work presenting the highest risk levels at 110-130 decibels. Jackhammers reach 90-110 decibels during concrete breaking work.
UK Construction Blog
MARCH 4, 2025
Whether you’re looking for indoor or outdoor stairs, straight or spiral designs, wooden open rise or glass balustrades, modern manufacturing techniques can accommodate virtually any style while ensuring compliance with building regulations.
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CCR Magazine
JANUARY 21, 2025
It started with simple methods and basic tools, then moved to using heavy machinery, making work faster and larger. It changes how industries work and how they provide value to their customers. These digital processes allow teams to work more smoothly, spot problems early, and save both time and money.
Roads Online
JULY 20, 2025
He says CEA’s build and preparation processes were done to a high standard and effectively. We always found a way to ensure that we could deliver on time and to a high standard. There was a high-volume requirement for custom decals and identification plates over and above standard JCB supply and Government Furnished Equipment.
Construction Specifier
APRIL 16, 2025
As the global focus on sustainability and climate change intensifies, the United States is seeing a new trend in building restoration-deep energy retrofits. buildings account for nearly 50 percent of energy consumption and 35 percent of total energy-related emissions.
Construction Specifier
APRIL 14, 2025
This weeks quiz is from Concrete floors in diverse facilities: Key factors for optimal performance. From curing methods to measurement standards, FF and FL values play a critical role in floor performance. It cannot measure levelness accurately. It measures only visual surface quality, not structural integrity.
The Pro Builder
JUNE 3, 2023
But as building codes become increasingly more stringent with each new code cycle, in some cases the returns on the margins aren't yielding an energy-savings benefit that justifies the higher construction costs. Early editions of the IECC helped new homes achieve much higher levels of energy performance.
Civil + Structural Engineer
OCTOBER 18, 2023
expanding rail track monitoring capabilities to address a wider range of standards and specifications. Additionally, the software allows for relative track monitoring where an as-built survey has not been performed. Event-based monitoring of ground-motion Version 6.5 For more information, visit: geospatial.trimble.com.
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Building Information Management
JULY 16, 2012
July 16th, 2012 – NIBS Report - National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council . Per the NIBS Consultative Council there are four areas where our industry needs to focus highlights four in order to improve buildings and infrastructure. Defining High-Performance and Common Metrics.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 2, 2024
Integrated and outcome-based performance-based planning, procurement, and project delivery teams are needed to drive progress towards required cost effective Sustainment capabilities, capacities, and operational outcomes. Sustainable management of the built environment demands a consistently applied programmatic approach.
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Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Now that we’ve laid the foundation for the four P’s of construction improvement (performance, predictability, planet, and people), let’s add some framework around performance. Particularly, the way performance impacts one of our most coveted metrics of measure—productivity. Governmental change. The end goal?
Building Information Management
JUNE 19, 2013
Standard: Collaborative production of architectural, engineering and construction information. Mandatory BIM for government projects. Requires IFC BIM for new buildings. Building Information Management – A Standard Framework and Guide to BS 1192. Work with key agencies on pilot projects. BS 1192:2007.
Job Order Contracting
AUGUST 20, 2023
To meet their responsibilities as stakeholders of the built environment ( facilities and other built structures ), public sector owners need to have the ability create credible construction cost estimate for ALL repair, renovation, maintenance (FSRM), and new build projects. T The following figure, for example, was produced in 1972.
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Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Integrated internal and external collaborative, capable teams working towards well defined and documented mutually beneficial goals. Quantitative metrics/performance indicators. It is impossible to manage what isn’t measured and most public sector agencies fail at an elemental level, the lack of cost visibility.
Civil + Structural Engineer
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
But, with the entry of AI, companies and government agencies are finding novel ways to overcome such challenges. Job Plans standardize the steps involved in completing a maintenance task or repair. They ensure a uniform process that promotes efficiency, improves communication, comprehension, and compliance throughout an organization.
BDC Network
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A big concern is locating housing where jobs are and figuring out the right ways to build. This is part of what it means to build a sustainable, resilient, and equitable community. Designers can do their part in creating housing that works against the stigma that has long been associated with affordable housing. Construction.
Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The J OCPB (JOC Price Book: reflects the current local costs in detail for construction tasks expected to be performed in the geographical area of the base contract with the primary use of developing a detailed line-item price. Labor line items are not to provide services, typically performed under a separate service or requirements contract.
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BDC Network
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Mike Moreland and Ross Ferries Laboratories Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the United States in 2020, the American research community experienced a sudden spike in funding.
Construction Specifier
AUGUST 22, 2024
Additionally, the government allocates reimbursements based on results, so the survey directly impacts a hospital’s financial performance. When specifying interior finishes such as flooring, building professionals should take the utmost care to ensure all materials help advance these overarching quality measurement components.
Construction Specifier
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Whether creating new architectural expressions or rehabilitating architecturally significant historic buildings, from stick-built to unitized, “off-the-shelf” commodity to custom bespoke systems, utilizing insulating glass units or opaque spandrel panels, simple flat or complex geometry; it seems the sky is the limit with curtain wall design today.
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BDC Network
MARCH 29, 2024
Demystifying carbon offsets vs direct reductions 0 qpurcell Fri, 03/29/2024 - 11:18 Sustainability Chris Forney, Principal, Brightworks Sustainability, and Rob Atkinson, Senior Project Manager, IA Interior Architects, share the misconceptions about carbon offsets and identify opportunities for realizing a carbon-neutral building portfolio.
Job Order Contracting
MARCH 4, 2022
It has done virtually nothing to measurably impact the repair, renovation, maintenance, and construction of the built environment. Robust tools and processes have existing for decades that can assure quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds are consistent delivered on-time and on-budget. Take BIM for example.
Construction Specifier
MAY 30, 2025
By Andrew Irvine Photos and illustration courtesy TYPAR Construction Products In recent years, moisture management has become increasingly important for multifamily and commercial construction teams due to higher expectations for building performance and more stringent building codes and regulations.
UK Construction Blog
OCTOBER 5, 2023
For domestic developers or those working on larger projects, it’s important to get the basics right, starting with understanding the principles. The test is performed to determine the quantity of air that escapes through openings, gaps, or air leakage passages in the building envelope. appeared first on UK Construction Blog.
OmTrak
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Building product safety – New National Building Product Assurance Framework Issued by Australian Building Codes Board The Australian Building Codes Board has developed a new Building Product Assurance Framework. This new policy has been developed as part of the National Building Reform Process.
OmTrak
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Building product safety – New National Building Product Assurance Framework Issued by Australian Building Codes Board The Australian Building Codes Board has developed a new Building Product Assurance Framework. This new policy has been developed as part of the National Building Reform Process.
Construction Specifier
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Even when people are inside, it is hard to block out intruding and distracting noises within the space people are in; noise coming from adjacent rooms, areas above or below, or from hallways; or even from outside the building. The purpose of the building determines what types of noise pollution creates “pain points” for occupants.
Building Information Management
JULY 21, 2016
The fundamental problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy is found within the following quotation “digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.”(Source: ”(Source: 2015, Level 3 Building Information Modelling – Strategic Plan, HM Government).
Building Information Management
JULY 21, 2016
The fundamental problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy is found within the following quotation “digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.”(Source: ”(Source: 2015, Level 3 Building Information Modelling – Strategic Plan, HM Government).
Autodesk Construction Cloud
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
This means navigating a seemingly impossible task – deliver work faster, but with fewer resources.?? . At Autodesk, we believe that the more insights we can empower field and project teams with, the better and safer everyone can build. It starts by putting more insights directly into – and getting more insights out of – the field.? .
Civil + Structural Engineer
JUNE 10, 2024
Through this work, this year’s class of Rising Stars have directly benefited the design profession, their employers, project owners, and society. This impact also extends to work done in their communities as well as leadership and mentorship within their firms.
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