MoD to split £6.6bn military homes maintenance mega deal

Procurement rethink aims to widen competition and boost SME opportunities

Marlborough wins £150m West Berks highways contract

Marlborough Highways has secured a seven-year highways maintenance contract with West Berkshire Council, worth £150m.

Maintenance bill to fix NHS buildings could exceed £16bn

Data from Property Inspect shows the NHS maintenance backlog has increased dramatically over the past decade. The post Maintenance bill to fix NHS buildings could exceed £16bn appeared first on Property Week.

Energy savings performance contracts offer a path to building upgrades when city budgets are tight

With deferred maintenance growing and capital dollars stretched thin, local governments are using ESPCs to fund energy and infrastructure improvements through future operational savings.

South West Water extends Kier contract

South West Water has extended Kier’s appointment to deliver maintenance and improvements under the Network Services Alliance for two years, a contract worth around £140m.

Engineering with Rosie - Should We Build Batteries in the Ocean? 27102022

Ocean energy storage is a broad category of different methods of generating and/or storing energy in the open ocean. The companies seen developing ocean energy storage systems pretty much all use one of three operating principles: pumped hydro, gravity and buoyancy. In this video Rosie talks about how each of these energy storage principles works, and mentions some of the companies who are trying to commercialise each type of ocean energy storage.

Practical Engineering - Does Rebar rust, 25092018

While steel reinforcement solves one of concrete’s greatest limitations, it creates an entirely new problem: Corrosion of embedded steel rebar is the most common form of concrete deterioration. There are lots of ways to combat this problem, a few of which we discuss/demonstrate in this video, including fiber reinforced concrete, adequate protective cover, and fiber reinforced polymer bars

REDD Firm - How AI is transforming and Enhancing the design process for Architects, 29102022

This video touches on the history and the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It also highlights the role of A.I. in Architecture and how it transforms the design and construction process for Architects and engineers

Metroun - NRM3, Construction Method of Measurement, 22092021

This video takes a look at the final construction method of measurement volumes produced by RICS - NRM 3. NRM 3 covers everything to do with cost planning and cost estimating for maintenance works of a building and throughout its lifecycle.

Smart buildings and whole life maintenance

Ahead of a short speaking window in the Tridonic 2022 seminar I decided to start doing some research on this topic in other parts of the globe.

How many public and commercial properties have really excellent planned preventative maintenance programmes?

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