UK Construction Blog

MARCH 26, 2025

The post Top 10 Construction Defects: Prevent These Costly Building Mistakes appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Key Takeaways Construction defects commonly stem from design deficiencies, poor workmanship, substandard materials and inadequate quality control, potentially reducing property values by up to 25%.

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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?

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CCR Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Recent data indicates that residential roofs are suffering unprecedented hurricane damage which carries major implications for extended maintenance and repair costs. Buildings with roofs that are more than 20 years old receive claims that are between 50% to 100% more severe compared to those with recent roof installations.

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UK Construction Blog

JUNE 13, 2025

The continuous increase in energy costs has led homeowners and businesses to invest more in thermally efficient garage door solutions. The range of design options available today for architectural projects has grown to accommodate numerous building styles due to the evolution of contemporary architectural trends.

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UK Construction Blog

MAY 13, 2025

Ensuring health and safety compliance goes beyond meeting regulatory requirements; it is essential for protecting workers, maintaining project timelines, reducing costs, and preventing legal and reputational damage. Adhering to these standards ensures legal compliance and creates a framework for maintaining a safe environment.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The partnership builds on Bentley’s recent acquisition of Cesium , the foundational open platform for creating powerful 3D geospatial applications. Infrastructure organizations can leverage AI and reuse their data to automate repetitive tasks, such as documentation and annotation, enabling engineers to focus on higher-value activities. “At

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Construction Marketing

MAY 17, 2023

These tools enable construction professionals to rethink every aspect of project planning, execution, and collaboration, whether it be through the use of project management software, virtual reality (VR), or building information modeling (BIM). Safety and Risk Management Safety and risk management are paramount in the construction industry.

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CCR Magazine

APRIL 8, 2025

Protecting your commercial building goes beyond locking the doors. Good security measures give both employees and customers confidence, showing that your business takes their safety seriously. Security Alarm Systems Security alarm systems serve as your building’s first line of defense against unauthorized entry.

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UK Construction Blog

MAY 2, 2025

Fire sprinkler systems are one of the most critical safety features in any commercial building. These systems work instantly during a fire, helping to control damage and potentially saving lives. They help to: Control fires before emergency services arrive Limit the spread of fire and smoke. Who Should Perform These Inspections?

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CCR Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The idea of maintaining a high-rise building might seem daunting, but it’s a crucial aspect of ensuring safety and longevity. By staying on top of maintenance tasks, you ensure a safer environment for residents and a more sustainable building overall. You might wonder if implementing these technologies will impact costs.

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Safety Services Company

JUNE 13, 2024

Accidents and injuries not only disrupt productivity but also escalate costs and potentially lead to legal repercussions. By proactively adopting control measures, you can cultivate a culture of safety that safeguards your workers and underpins a thriving business. It’s time to rewrite these narratives.

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UK Construction Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

Real-time visibility allows organizations to monitor shipments, inventory, and operations as they happeneliminating blind spots, improving decision-making, and driving cost efficiency. This leads to mismatched production, missed opportunities, and higher carrying costs. This builds loyalty and reduces customer service inquiries.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

APRIL 14, 2023

. – After a long, stormy winter, drivers are faced with dodging potholes or suffering the consequences of damage to their vehicles, but a first-of its-kind quality control tool may help increase the quality of pavement and keep those potholes, ruts and cracks from forming.

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UK Construction Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Meanwhile, subcontractors arrive without proper documentation, training records exist in different formats across various platforms, and RAMS assessments remain buried in email threads. Inefficient safety management leads to delayed project starts, increased admin costs, failed audits, and potentially compromised safety standards.

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Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

By Amy Becker Photo courtesy Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) Specifiers and design professionals should always consider seismic performance attributes for buildings in areas that previously have experienced the damaging effects of earthquakes. Building codes are adopted with the intent to preserve life and safety.

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Buildern

MAY 20, 2025

Profit Margin Markup Definition Profit as a percentage of revenue Profit as a percentage of cost Formula (Revenue – Cost) / Revenue 100 (Revenue – Cost) / Cost 100 Focus Bottom-line profitability Pricing based on cost Use Case Reporting, financial analysis Estimating, bidding Main Question How much profit do I keep?

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iField Smart

APRIL 2, 2024

The Role of As-Built Drawings in Quality Assurance and Quality Control As-built drawings are accurate and exhaustive construction documents that portray the final state of construction. This leads to greater quality assurance and control for construction projects.

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BDC Network

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Facility Condition Assessment Data Can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint 1 kcichowicz Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:59 Facility condition assessments provide powerful insight into your buildings and offer an ideal vehicle to advance resiliency and decarbonization goals. Smart control systems enable more precise and efficient energy management.

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CCR Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2024

At the same time, they also wanted a tool from a company with which they could develop a partnership approach to build custom workflows and features to maximize adoption. SEC had been performing these functions manually with whiteboards, paper forms, and software that was ill-equipped to address these tasks.

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iField Smart

MAY 14, 2024

As project requirements evolve and expand, legacy systems may struggle to accommodate increased data volume, user traffic, or complex project workflows, leading to performance issues and bottlenecks. Limited Scalability : Legacy software may lack the scalability needed to support growing construction firms or large-scale projects.

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CCR Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2024

At the same time, they also wanted a tool from a company with which they could develop a partnership approach to build custom workflows and features to maximize adoption. SEC had been performing these functions manually with whiteboards, paper forms, and software that was ill-equipped to address these tasks.

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Construction Specifier

DECEMBER 23, 2024

on the exterior of the building, which increases the effective thermal resistance of the assembly. EIFS is also a cost-competitive cladding in many markets. These details can negate the schedule and/or cost savings that prefabrication can offer. EIFS provides continuous insulation (c.i.)

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iField Smart

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Introduction: Historically, construction project management has been a complex and demanding task, often characterized by numerous stakeholders, intricate processes, and extensive documentation. Data security and privacy are also paramount concerns, particularly with cloud-based solutions, necessitating robust security measures.

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iField Smart

JULY 7, 2024

The Challenge of Obsolete Construction Submittal Management : Traditionally, construction submittals involved a cumbersome exchange of physical documents, emails, and spreadsheets.

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Stok

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By engaging tenants in the decarbonization journey, landlords can: Guide energy consumption reduction : Depending on the building type, the building’s occupants can control up to 80% of energy use in a commercial building. Tenant engagement in decarbonization efforts is pivotal.

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CCR Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2025

In the evolving landscape of commercial construction , implementing professional basement waterproofing and moisture control systems has become a cornerstone of building longevity. These aren’t just numbers; they’re game-changers for project managers and building owners alike.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 9, 2019

Construction Cost Control Speed Procurement, Limit Waste, Mitigate Risk. Capital costs associated with repairing, renovating, and constructing buildings and other forms of physical infrastructure are out of control for many, if not most real property owners. Costs vary widely by location and remain hard to predict.

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CCR Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Read on for an overview of heat exchangers and learn how a regular assessment program saves energy, reduces costs, and helps facility staff stay focused on their priorities. The temperature at which the heat is reached can be precisely controlled by controlling the pressure of the steam. They should be cleaned annually.

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iField Smart

APRIL 30, 2024

Field inspections are pivotal to ensure construction activities are carried out within regulations and standards for the building process to continue without any issues. Top 10 challenges for building inspectors, project managers, and quality control managers with legacy field inspection techniques.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 20, 2023

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. The follow elements are common to a credible construction cost estimate. Credible Cost Estimate Core Elements #1 Objectivity – The information used and those invovled in the creation of the construction cost estimate must be objective.

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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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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2019

Repair, Renovation, & Construction Project Cost Management. LEAN Processes Embed Transparent Costs and Project Cost Management Project cost management and efficient project delivery are core capabilities enabled by the OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting (JOC) Solution.

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iField Smart

MAY 25, 2024

RFIs are formal documents used to request clarification or information about various aspects of the project, ranging from design drawings and specifications to contracts and schedules. Version Control Issues : With multiple revisions and iterations of drawings and specifications, maintaining version control becomes challenging.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Project stakeholders can now access critical model data with fewer steps; powerful new features provide greater control over cost and schedule management. The model is a great source of truth during design and planning, but data isn’t easily transferred to construction teams during the build phase of a project. New Orleans, LA.,

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Civil + Structural Engineer

JUNE 28, 2024

And tools and methodologies like Building Information Modeling (BIM) and cloud-hosted, web-based Information Management platforms that let everyone involved in a project share info are total game-changers. They’re making a huge difference in how we build things and keep up with the times.

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CCR Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

In construction, it means leveraging tools such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), artificial intelligence, drones, and IoT-enabled devices to streamline processes, enhance productivity, and reduce costs. Both governments and clients are demanding greener practices, energy-efficient buildings, and sustainable materials.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

When it comes to large construction projects, the last thing a contractor wants to deal with is a costly mistake that will cause them to absorb the repair costs into their budgets. Owning up to mistakes is also a critical component of building trust on the jobsite. 2: Thoroughly Document Mistakes. In the D.C.

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