Neurodiversity-friendly design: Creating spaces where everyone can flourish

How do we put the conversation around neurodiversity-friendly design into practice? Magdalena Arent, building performance consultant at Holmes Miller, says architects must drive good design and ensure the built environment is more accommodating and welcoming to neurodivergent individuals. The post Neurodiversity-friendly design: Creating spaces where everyone can flourish appeared first on Planning, Building & Construction Today.

Entrepreneur Sara Davies to share business success secrets at UK Construction Week London

Businesswoman and television personality, Sara Davies MBE is ready to breathe fire into UK Construction Week London (ExCeL, May 7th-9th), as the latest high-profile speaker to be announced at the UK’s biggest event for the built environment. The entrepreneur and founder of Crafter’s Companion will make her construction show debut when she appears as a […] The post Entrepreneur Sara Davies to share business success secrets at UK Construction Week London appeared first on Architecture Magazine.

Building communities with social value

Amos Simbo is founder and chief executive of BPIC Network BPIC Network is a built environment network and consultancy working with the industry to bring inclusion and social impact to life. Over the years, our journey as a network has shown the power of collaboration… The post Building communities with social value appeared first on Construction News.

Arup and Open Data Institute team up to tackle carbon data issues in built environment

The built environment represents a “massive” proportion of total carbon emissions in the UK and data sharing strategies are critical to accelerating decarbonisation, according to Arup and the Open Data Institute (ODI). The post Arup and Open Data Institute team up to tackle carbon data issues in built environment appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Rethinking the housing crisis – three radical ideas to fix the current trajectory

Dr Kayla Friedman, Course Director for the Master’s and Postgraduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE), with The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), showcases her ideas to address the housing situation the UK is facing. With a likely UK… The post Rethinking the housing crisis – three radical ideas to fix the current trajectory appeared first on Construction News.

RICS - Inauguration of Ann Gray FRICS as President of the RICS 2023, 03032023

Watch the inauguration of Ann Gray as the President of the RICS and her keynote speech

Batimat - Batimat 2022 - Horizon 2030, all the world to build

Batimat is an international multi-specialism trade show for the construction industry. This video promo was for the 2022 Batimat Conference in Paris where "Contractor decision-makers and professionals" considered innovative solutions for the buildings of today and tomorrow. The conference took place from 3rd to 6th October 2022

World Economic Forum - Biodiversity as an Asset Class Ep 3 - Philanthropic Capital and Industry Transitions 30112022

The energy transition is going to require an estimated $2 trillion investment every year. With just $750 billion available from philanthropic capital, what role can it realistically play in this context? Leslie Johnston, CEO of the Laudes Foundation explores the catalytic power of philanthropy and the role it can play in building partnerships toward achieving a net zero green economy.

BSI Built Environment White Paper - How the built environment sector can boost productivity with best practice

BSI's vision is to drive greater productivity, resilience and sustainability across all industry sectors through the effective development and implementation of consensus based best practices, captured in actionable, market led standards that will support the delivery of national policy and industry ambition. Best practice standards are one of the most important tools that we have available to accelerate industry transformation and improve infrastructure delivery and outcomes

RICS Insight paper - The future of BIM: Digital transformation in the UK construction and infrastructure sector, July 2020

This publication provides useful insight into the progression of the BIM movement in the UK, charting the continued development and transition of standards to ISO, and the original work of the UK BIM Task Group extending out to the wider built environment industry, exemplified by the significant collaborative effort in developing the UK Guidance for the BS EN ISO 19650 series and the UK BIM Framework as a whole

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ProjectReady

ProjectReady is a collaborative project information management solution that distills data and information across projects to empower decision making, reduce risk, and save money. Our ability to apply automation and governance to system integration empowers users to drive faster, more effective decisions in the field and behind the scenes. Reduce labor costs, delays, rework, budget overruns, safety issues, and the likelihood of litigation when you use ProjectReady to sync information across the platforms you use most, like Procore, BIM 360, SharePoint, PlanGrid, BOX, and others.

CITC Global

Construction in the 21st Century (CITC Global) is an organization that executes international conferences to bring together like-minded construction management professionals. CITC events have brought together diverse groups of academics, professionals, government agencies and students from all over the world to contribute to the future growth of the industry. The mission of the CITC Conferences is to facilitate communication between multidisciplinary teams, especially those involved in engineering, management and technology. In this regard, interdisciplinary integration and international cooperation are encouraged. It is the purpose of CITC to provide an international forum for the discussion of topics important to developing new knowledge in construction and engineering disciplines.

ALDStone

ALDStone is a leader in flooring underlay. Offers an affordable flooring system which facilitates construction decarbonisation by the reuse of many types of flooring. These include flooring materials made of stone, ceramic, carpet, vinyl and wood. In addition, surfaces such as laminate flooring are amongst numerous materials which are compatible for use with our product. We span the globe serving customers, from Europe to Japan & beyond ALDStone is committed to bringing transformation to the built environment sector by enabling other businesses to become fully circular. Together, we can meet mutual business, economic and environmental targets & benefits whilst closing the loop for the flooring sector. We work towards building long-term relationships with business and the government