All Digital construction articles – Page 8
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FeaturesMeridian Water: From the ground up
In one of the country’s most deprived areas, a new scheme – Meridian Water – is aimed at tackling not just a lack of affordable housing but also unemployment, poor health and low incomes. Debika Ray reports
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CommentSocial value is key to emerging stronger
To minimise the harms of coronavirus and to rebuild better, we need stimulus-funded infrastructure that seeks to maximise social value, says Aecom’s Mary Zsamboky
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NewsFirms gear up for £500m Leeds General Infirmary revamp
Scheme one of six pledged by government last year
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FeaturesCovid and digital transformation
The push for widespread digital adoption had reached something of a plateau, when suddenly the pandemic ruled out the luxury of leisurely change. At a roundtable hosted by Bluebeam, professionals from across the industry discussed the recent changes – and what happens next
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CommentA chance for permanent transformation
If we hold fast we’ll look back on 2020 not just as a year of crisis, says Keith Waller
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Information - BuildingWebinar | Outcome based design: Better project outcomes through efficient design
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Information - BuildingWebinar | How do you choose the right common data environment?
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CommentMMC is the key to faster and better hospitals
Project teams achieved the seemingly impossible during lockdown, we must not revert back to old ways, says Gleeds’ Victoria Head
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FeaturesRoundtable: How covid is changing construction
What can we learn from construction’s response to the challenges of the pandemic, and how might industry practices change as a result? Some of the biggest names in the sector offered their thoughts at a virtual roundtable hosted by Fieldfisher and Alinea Consulting
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CommentEngineers must not waste this crisis
We need to make structures more efficient, do more with less and respond to the climate and biodiversity emergency, argues Robert Bird Group’s Paulo Silva
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NewsHS2 asks SMEs to come up with ideas to speed up building work
Winning firms will showcase their ideas to investors and supply chain
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NewsMMC scheme submitted for planning by north London council’s housing company
Barnet Homes will use modular system developed by architect RCKa
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CommentOffsite’s time has come
A trial started 18 months ago is looking at technology that has the potential to monitor safe social distancing, says Stewart Milne’s Stewart Dalgarno
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FeaturesArup Q&A: Digital technology and dealing with a pandemic
Arup’s chief information officer on how the coronavirus pandemic has propelled digital transformation
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Information - BuildingWebinar | Effective communication data management
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CommentDesign’s social value is being overlooked - that has to change
Architects have to quantify the impact their work has on communities, says HLM’s Philip Watson
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CommentAfter Nightingale: Some lessons for construction and public procurement
A crisis triggered the need for the Nightingale hospitals but the mindset behind their construction should apply to all projects, in good times and bad
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Information - BuildingWebinar | Construction litigation and procurement in a world where site data is digitally recorded
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FeaturesGrange University Hospital: How offsite methods helped deliver covid-19 beds and fast-track the whole build
Wales’ biggest ever health infrastructure project, the £350m Grange University Hospital, was planned from the start for rapid delivery, using offsite methods and a collaborative approach – but then covid-19 struck and the client needed beds available even faster. How did the project team do it?