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Experts in Risk
The UK Building Safety Act imposes a duty to appoint competent professionals for work on higher risk buildings. The challenge for dutyholders is how to
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#358 Experts in Risk
Residents of tall buildings can face significant risks in the event of fire or structural failure. At Grenfell Tower in the UK, a fire in
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#357a Well-Grounded Decisions: Site Selection
On any project, uncertainty creates risk. Decisions that are made without a good understanding of site conditions can result in overengineering or threats to safety.
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#353 Carbon Assessment in a Time of Housebuilding
This week, the UK House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, or EAC, released a report on environmental sustainability and housing growth. The UK government is
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#334 Digital Construction’s Past, Present and Future
In 2016 management consultants McKinsey released a report that reverberated around the construction and engineering sectors. This sector, the report said, was consistently delivering projects
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#236 RAAC: The Misunderstood Material?
RAAC, or reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, enabled a boom in public building in post-war Britain. It allowed schools, hospitals and other services to be built
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#202 After the Collapse
What do we do after a structure fails? Often, we go to court. Courts cannot make bereaved families, or those injured, whole. They cannot repair
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World’s tallest 3D printed building complete
A three-storey house that stands at 9.9m has been completed and is the world’s tallest 3D printed building. Using the BOD2 construction 3D printer the
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Improving building performance
Partner: WSP Real estate accounts for 39% of society’s total carbon, and three quarters of that comes from the operation phase. The UK has some
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#174 Closing the Building Performance Gap
Buildings can use around three times as much energy as design models anticipate. This is an incredible figure and becomes a real problem when considered
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SHORT: Making the Big Decisions
Supply chain disruptions that initially left companies entirely without critical materials have given way to inflation of shipping and production costs, shortages of skilled labour,
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Waste glass to improve thermal insulation of concrete
Concrete produced with waste glass was found to have better insulating properties than traditional mixes, according to an article in The Engineer. The Additive Manufacturing