London Assembly calls for mayoral plan to reduce heat-related deaths in social homes

Estimated 75% of capital’s social homes at high risk of overheating

TBM cradle completed for Polish high-speed rail tunnel

Construction of a cradle for a tunnel boring machine (TBM) at the Retkinia launch chamber in Łódź, Poland, has been completed, with assembly of the first TBM components now under way. The post TBM cradle completed for Polish high-speed rail tunnel appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Earthwork Starts on Poland’s First Nuclear Plant as Bechtel Takes Site Control

Contractor is building out roads, workshops and assembly facilities for Poland’s first nuclear power plant while critical licensing and EPC negotiations continue in parallel.

McLaughlin & Harvey wins £100m-plus Rolls-Royce defence facility job

McLaughlin & Harvey has secured a contract worth more than £100m to build a combat air research and manufacturing facility for Rolls-Royce in Bristol. The building will provide space for research, manufacturing and assembly work supporting the development of future combat air products. Construction is… The post McLaughlin & Harvey wins £100m-plus Rolls-Royce defence facility job appeared first on Construction News.

Green light for Derby city centre regeneration scheme

Planning approval paves way for demolition of Assembly Rooms building

Manufacturing of Composites - Lecture 7 (Part 2 of 2) - Design for Manufacturing contd, 24072017

The continuation of the Lecture on Design for Manufacturing This video looks at implementation techniques such as minimising the number of parts (e.g. standardisation, modularity), and ease of handling and assembly with clear instructions

Manufacturing of Composites - Lecture 7 (Part 1 of 2) - Design for Manufacturing, 24072017

A lecture on Design for Manufacturing highlighting the efficiencies of the manufacturing process by providing good design of selected material composites and products. This involves 'concurrent engineering' where the design engineer, material expert and manufacturing expert work together from Concept Design to get the right design

Ryan Smith - Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA), 23102020

MOD X features Jaimie Johnston from Bryden Wood, an architecture firm in the UK. He shares the firm's journey from traditional design services to manufacturing and now digital design and horizontal integration of the supply chain using a kit of parts and DfMA process. Jaime shares product platform design and construction approach with unskilled labor across a myriad of building and project types

BE-ST - DfMA and RIBA Plan of Work, 02092020

This video explains how DfMA can be considered and applied through the various RIBA design stages (0-6). (The RIBA Plan of Work provides a shared framework for design and construction that offers both a process map and a management tool)

BE-ST - Getting Education Modernised - Embracing Modular Innovations in Construction, 10102022

Hear from the project partners behind EMIC GEM, a pan European project to modernise the delivery of off-site and modular construction vocational education & training (VET) course materials. [Also, attached below is a PDF copy of the 'EMIC GEM' paper "Competency Framework for Offsite and Modular Construction"] www.emic-gem.eu