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How can robotics and intelligent automation help address the global housing crisis?

November 6, 2024• by

Robotics and intelligent automation can reshape modular construction, and contribute to solving the global housing shortage, writes Gilles Retsin, co-founder...

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New smart hard hat will detect impacts and falls

November 5, 2024• by

The world’s first smart hard hat has been launched with a sensor that can detect and record impacts and falls, and automatically call for help if needed The...

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Plans for England’s biggest onshore windfarm to be submitted

November 5, 2024• by

Plans for England’s biggest onshore windfarm, the Cubico project in Scout Moor, with enough wind energy to power 100,000 homes, will be submitted this week...

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Sustainability in construction: Beyond the buzzwords

November 5, 2024• by

Sustainability cannot be achieved through shortcuts. However, construction companies that are genuinely embedding sustainable practices into their business and...

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Getting on the social value front foot ahead of February’s Procurement Act

November 5, 2024• by

With the Procurement Act looming, the way construction firms see – and see fit to report on – social value has to change. Catherine Manning, programme...

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£500,000 likely lost to cladding fund fraud, says NAO

November 5, 2024• by

A National Audit Office (NAO) report has revealed that a payment was made from the cladding fund to a suspected scammer The report details a £500,000 payment...

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Innovative solutions for sustainability and energy efficiency on construction sites

November 5, 2024• by

With photovoltaic modules, CONTAINEX modules can now also be used as a green energy source for the first time. This and other energy-saving equipment options...

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Scottish Water seeks partner for £800m investment programme

November 5, 2024• by

Scottish Water has opened a search for a partner for an £800m investment programme to deliver Ceramic Membrane plants The Ceramic Membrane Capital Investment...

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RIBA criticises ARB reform as “elitist and ill-judged”

November 4, 2024• by

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has denounced a reform from the Architects Registration Board (ARB) on qualification awarding powers The ARB...

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Actis backs call for renewed training following 1.3m workforce shortfall report

November 4, 2024• by

Checkatrade’s Annual Trade Skills Index report indicated there was a workforce shortfall of over 1.3m skilled workers and apprentices that are needed to meet...

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Actis backs call for renewed training following 1.3m workforce shortfall report
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