Construction News

MARCH 21, 2024

Construction work on some high-rise residential schemes could grind to a halt because last week’s extension to the building-control registration deadline does not apply to private company certification, Construction News has discovered.

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Construction News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called for an urgent review into how many surveyors will be registered building inspectors by April – amid growing fears that new building-control regulations will strangle capacity in the sector.

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Construction Placements

JULY 7, 2023

How Access Control Systems Elevate Building Security This post offers insights into how access control systems elevate the security of a building, ensuring safety and peace of mind for all occupants. The post How Access Control Systems Elevate Building Security appeared first on ConstructionPlacements.

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Construction Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Guest Editors Roddy Cormack and Katie Percy of Dentons UK and Middle East LLP warn that the new change control regime introduced under the Building Safety Act could make allocating and managing contractual risk significantly more challenging. Long underused digital tools might provide some help.

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Construction News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

With less than two months to go, the new system for registering the competence of building-control inspectors appears to be in chaos. When it comes to… The post What is going wrong with the transformation of the building control profession? appeared first on Construction News.

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Construction Law

MARCH 15, 2024

A crisis in building control in England has been averted by the Building Safety Regulator granting a 13 week extension to the deadline by which inspectors have to prove competence. The Regulator warns however that there will be no extension beyond this transition period that ends on 6 July.

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Construction Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Building Safety Regulator has confirmed that high-rise residential blocks will not always need to have a complete design in order to receive building control approval. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Construction Specifier

JANUARY 11, 2024

This has involved renovations of buildings across North America to create tenant space suitable for housing state-of-the-art research tools and programs. Building services, such as pumps, fans, and generators with vibrations during operation that transmit to the structure, resulting in structure-borne noise and tactile levels of vibration.

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CCR Magazine

JUNE 4, 2023

Access control is a critical aspect of building security. In large commercial buildings, access control systems help to guarantee the safety of employees, visitors, and assets. Biometric Authentication Biometric authentication is a highly secure and reliable method of access control.

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CivilJungle

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Building Layout. After finalising the building plan and design of the structural component, including foundations , the construction activity can be started. The excavation lines which are marked on site is known as building layout. The excavation lines which are marked on site is known as building layout.

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BD+C

JULY 20, 2020

What can be done about COVID-19 infection control in older buildings? How do college students feel about going back to their off-campus apartments in the fall? What will tomorrow’s airports look like? Tune in for "The Weekly" at 1:00pm Eastern on Thursday, July 23: [link]. .

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The Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

approach record highs, calls for national rent control are gaining momentum. While rent control is seen as a quick fix by some, critics argue it could actually lead to higher rents. Instead, opponents are advocating for long-term solutions such as increasing housing supply through zoning changes and repurposing unused buildings.

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AEC Business

JUNE 4, 2018

BIM is becoming mainstream in building design, but building control is still predominantly based on paper documents and 2D drawings. A Finnish KIRA-digi experimentation project has demonstrated how BIM can speed up and improve the building permit process considerably.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Chris Lister “It is already understood in the industry that facades serve multiple functions in the building envelope, making the integration of thermal breaks crucial for several reasons including- enhanced energy performance maintaining the integrity of the thermal envelope, controlling condensation and fulfilling fire performance criteria.

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The Pro Builder

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In Scarborough, Maine, a 51-unit apartment building will be designed to the principles of Universal Design for easy mobility with or without a wheelchair. Whenever we renovate a building, we typically add 5% accessible units where they weren’t intended to be, so we shoehorn in accessible units and we’re left with less space than we’d like.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

New version of Trimble’s next-generation paving control platform for smoother, more precise paving surfaces extends the functionality to an additional machine type WESTMINSTER, Colo. Trimble’s Connected Construction strategy gives users control of their operations with best-in-class solutions and a common data environment.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

After the Stapleton International Airport closed in 1995, most of the associated buildings were demolished. One of the few survivors, an air traffic control tower, stood vacant for over 20 years as the surrounding community grew around the site.

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BD+C

JUNE 26, 2020

That’s where AEC firms, interviewed in late March and through April, say most of their clients were when it came to infection control during the pandemic. It’s hard to see the horizon when you’re fighting to keep your head above water.

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BD+C

MAY 18, 2020

Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, the AE firm Gresham Smith had a client in Tennessee that was in the process of consolidating 1,000 of its employees into an office building that already had 1,000 of its workers.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 1, 2023

The new Chief Inspector of Buildings appointed to lead the biggest change in building safety for a generation has retired. Former HSE director of construction, Peter Baker was picked two years ago to lead the new Building Safety Regulator set up in the wake of the Grenfell disaster.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 15, 2024

We saw a real efficiency in building the modules on a remote site at the airport, while, at the same time, working on the needed foundation and utility relocation works at the concourse. WSP designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. WSP in the U.S. wsp.com

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Civil + Structural Engineer

AUGUST 17, 2023

LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has added three new team members: Junior Theolus as Project Administrator and Diversity Monitor, Patrick Jeep as Project Controls Scheduler and Chris Draper as Project Engineer and Construction Manager. ABOUT KWAME BUILDING GROUP Kwame Building Group, Inc. Louis Community College.

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The Pro Builder

JUNE 12, 2023

While enacted under the guise of preserving affordability and benefiting cost-burdened tenants, rent control also acts as a deterrent to develop new rental stock by reducing its return on investment (ROI). Read more Affordability Housing Policy + Finance Build to Rent Housing Policy + Finance

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The Pro Builder

MAY 2, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE) announced six finalists in the Equitable and Affordable Solutions to Electrification (EAS-E) Prize , which awards innovative solutions that advance electrification retrofits across various residential building types and geographies with $2.4 Category Innovators Remodelers Building Tech Smart Home Products

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

AUGUST 18, 2020

Special webinar to highlight how contractors can better control their data with modern software solutions like ViewpointOne and Viewpoint Analytics.

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Build LLC Blog

MAY 16, 2023

KUGGEN, photo by Tord-Rikard Soderstrom Back in 2014, BUILD met with Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh at his Stockholm headquarters to discuss his impressive roster of forward-thinking public and commercial designs. BUILD and Wingårdh discussed the design of golf clubhouses, how to keep your clients happy, and what it means to be a maximalist.

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Prodyogi

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The traditional approach to managing temperature control in buildings often treats heating and cooling as distinct and isolated systems. Typically, heating is accomplished using primary fuels, furnaces, or electric resistance heaters, while cooling relies on air-conditioning units.

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Build LLC Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

Build is actively thinking about how our industry impacts ecology. While reducing the environmental impact of our buildings is critical, we also want to understand how a holistic approach to site development can be used to regenerate degraded ecosystems. Among the most heavily impacted ecosystems are rivers.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MARCH 20, 2024

The progressive design-build project, totaling approximately $175 million, will upgrade solids handling facilities and incorporate cutting-edge technology to sustainably transform wastewater to a renewable energy source and a nutrient-rich soil amendment. Completion is projected by the end of 2029.

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The Pro Builder

MAY 21, 2024

Georgia Gets Its First Passive House csweeney Tue, 05/21/2024 - 13:38 With just one other PHIUS-certified house in the southeastern US, Georgia is the second state to build to the green, zero-carbon standard Georgia just saw the completion of its first certified passive house. was officially certified by the Passive House Institute U.S.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 21, 2024

Her areas of expertise include design-build, integrated project leadership, interdisciplinary collaboration, strategic foresight and planning, cultural transformation, high performance teaming, market capture and positioning, and developing competitive advantage.

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Construction News

JUNE 18, 2024

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has said that work on more than 50 ‘higher risk’ projects will need to be paused until it can sign off their applications, Construction News can reveal.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 14, 2019

An innovative plan for erecting structural steel improved safety, quality and scheduling on the Ellington Airport Air Traffic Control Tower and Utility Building project in Houston.

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Construction Enquirer

APRIL 19, 2023

The lift plan failed to stipulate how the individual SIPs were to be safely lifted and failed to consider proximity hazards or how the SIPs would be adequately controlled during the lifting operation. in costs at Newcastle Crown Court. in costs at Newcastle Crown Court.

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BDC Network

MAY 3, 2024

Advancing Healthcare: Medical Office Buildings at the Forefront of Access and Safety 1 kcichowicz Fri, 05/03/2024 - 07:18 Healthcare Facilities This article explores the pivotal shift from traditional hospital settings to Medical Office Buildings (MOBs), focusing on how these facilities enhance patient access.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 27, 2023

Persimmon chief executive Dean Finch will then assume interim responsibility for the finance function, supported by Mike Smith, group financial controller. The board said it would now start the hunt for a new finance chief. ”

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 21, 2023

Ovidiu Dobra was working for Henry Construction Projects Limited at a building site on Kensington High Street when the incident happened on 2 March 2021. Dobra, who is from Romania, was working on the demolition of a building as part of the construction of a new commercial and residential building.

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