It is one of engineering’s most impressive double acts – a father and son from Britain’s best-known construction family have joined forces to create the world’s first hydrogen digger. JCB chairman Lord Bamford and his son Jo, who runs Ryse Hydrogen and Wrightbus, have spent two years working on the construction industry’s first ever hydrogen-powered […]
With Construction companies back to work and social distancing measures in place, JSP have developed the new Helmet Mounted Cough Guard, an easy to fit screen which provides an extra layer of secondary protection against droplets and aerosols. It will reduce the likelihood of any exhaled airborne droplets directly contacting the wearer’s face and discourage […]
Sites are reopening and while the sector will face a subdued second half of 2020, construction firms and housebuilders will be attempting to catch up over the next couple of years. With tough times ahead, we need to work together to get through it. Which is why at Eurocell we’ve put in place robust processes […]
DoorPedL™, an innovation from Selo, has been developed to allow doors to be opened and closed hands-free. Helping to create safer and more hygienic environments for offices, schools, hospitals and other buildings.
The current UK government advice is for everyone in the UK to practice social distancing – limiting face-to-face contact with people who are not in your household and maintaining a two-metre distance between one another. Where this is not possible – such as on public transport etc. you need to wear a face mask. The […]
Construction works have started to create a new neighbourhood centre and residential apartments at Blythe Valley Park in Solihull. Led by Midlands contractor G F Tomlinson, the works will involve the construction of four new mixed-use high quality apartment buildings at Blythe Valley Park – as part of client IM Properties’ strategic vision to create […]
Baroness Maddock, who died on June 26th, was a strong advocate for social equality and energy-efficient homes and had been President of the National Home Improvement Council since January 2015. She originally stood as Vice President for the Council since the mid 90’s working alongside then-President Lord Ezra of Horsham and during her time continued […]
Following growing public demand for more eco-friendly policy and the publication of a Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report into the UK’s Net Zero progress, the country’s construction industry should consider pragmatic and decisive action to lower its carbon footprint. Recent Climate Assembly UK polling has highlighted that an overwhelming majority of Britons see the […]
The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS), is hosting its first webinar and the first in a series focussing on sustainability – “Calculating your project’s carbon footprint”, on 21 July 2020, at 11am. With the UK committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, it is important we begin examining how this can be achieved […]
Calls for boiler repairs across the UK were up by over a quarter during the strictest period of the national coronavirus lockdown, according to new enquiry data. The data, which looked at the period between the start of the lockdown (March 23rd) and the easing of restrictions on May 11th, found that calls from homeowners […]
Almost all construction experts agree that the greatest risk to a construction project is ground conditions and in particular, when ground conditions are different to those expected. Equally most people agree that employing computers to analyse vast amounts of data and present it in a user-friendly way is far more effective than having humans reading […]
Specialist heating and plumbing merchant Wolseley will fully reopen all of its UK trade counters from 1st July. Wolseley, which has been supporting installers throughout the pandemic by operating an order and collect service for essential maintenance, has been reopening trade counter doors on a phased basis since June with the majority already open. The […]
