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Ollie Hughes, co-founder of Digital Construction Week, concluded: “To ensure the best of the best receive the recognition they deserve, we are expanding our judging panel to more than 40 well-known experts drawn from across the built environment sector. No matter which categories you enter, one of the keys to success will be evidence.” Source …
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Despite 2023 having been a bumpy year for construction, there are reasons to remain optimistic in the new year, writes Pablo Cristi Worm. (Image: Dmitry Kalinovsky via Dreamstime.com) 2023 has been a challenging year for the economy and construction. Alongside escalating inflation and a 15-year peak in interest rates, the second quarter brought the highest …
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(Video: HS2) More than 2,000 cu m of concrete were poured to create the first two 90m sections of the viaduct deck structure that will bring HS2 trains into Birmingham’s Curzon Street Station. A total of 26 piers, between 5m and 6m high, have also been built to carry the viaduct. Four huge steel tripods …
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Heat pump applications tripled in the week after the government increased its grant, figures published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) show. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is a government programme in England and Wales to incentivise the replacement of fossil fuel boilers for greener alternatives. It provides funding in the form …
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The traditional ‘recipe’ for making concrete in the UK has undergone its biggest revision since the 1980s, to help reduce construction’s carbon impact. BSI has published the changes to its BS 8500 Concrete standard, which trade body UK Concrete claims could save one million tonnes of CO2 emissions each year if adopted across all UK …
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The UK government has secured £226m to build new drainage and water treatment systems for the Iraqi city of Hillah south of Baghdad. Under the deal arranged by the government’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), Standard Chartered Bank offers a guarantee for £113m and the UK Treasury will make a direct loan of …
Two subcontractors have been fined after a man died following a fall from the roof of a building site in Warrington. The building in Warrington where Dennis Vincent fell from (Image: HSE) On 24 February 2021, father-of-one Dennis Vincent, 36, and another worker were using ropes to install a lightning protection system at the front …
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As discussed earlier, any result or agreement to values in the final account schedule will only be as good as the backup information and substantiation provided. The substantiation should demonstrate, and evidence, actual works undertaken on site and may include site surveys, site measurements, actual costs incurred, meeting minutes, progress reports, timesheets, and potential entitlement …
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Leading insulation, drywall, and ceiling products distributor CCF has taken the first steps towards offering its customers greater visibility on the journey products take from manufacture to site by trialling a new product traceability initiative. Adam Taylor, CCF’s commercial director, discusses the company’s new initiative and how its customers are set to benefit. To explore …
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A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 09.29 hours [on 28 November] to attend an incident in Leith, Edinburgh. We dispatched two ambulances and our special operations team to the scene and treated two patients at the scene.” Source link
