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How Mobile Mapping Is Cutting Survey Time on Large UK Construction Sites
The post How Mobile Mapping Is Cutting Survey Time on Large UK Construction Sites appeared first on UK Construction Blog. A large infrastructure site can lose days, sometimes weeks, to preliminary survey work before a single machine moves earth. On a programme carrying liquidated damages, that’s not a minor inconvenience, it’s a direct hit to the margin. Mobile mapping has quietly become the modern standard replacing slow, manual topographic surveys on large-scale UK construction and […]
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Oliver Bonas to enter retail park market with stores at two British Land sites
The lifestyle brand will expand to the retail park segment in autumn with stores in Glasgow and the near Middlesbrough. The post Oliver Bonas to enter retail park market with stores at two British Land sites appeared first on Property Week.
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Airbnb partners with Oneder to add London flex workspaces to its offer
Oneder is initially offering two London sites, in White City and King's Cross, via the online booking platform. The post Airbnb partners with Oneder to add London flex workspaces to its offer appeared first on Property Week.
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How Branded Workwear Improves Health and Safety on Construction Sites
The post How Branded Workwear Improves Health and Safety on Construction Sites appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Health and safety on a construction site usually gets discussed in terms of hard hats, harnesses, and toolbox talks. Workwear branding rarely comes up in the same conversation, treated as a marketing decision rather than a safety one. That separation doesn’t hold up well once you look at how visibility, accountability, and quick identification actually […]
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Japan’s Shimizu tests humanoid AI robots on site
Shimizu, one of Japan’s largest contractors, is conducting field trials of humanoid robots controlled by AI on construction sites in response to severe labour shortages and to boost productivity. The… The post Japan’s Shimizu tests humanoid AI robots on site appeared first on Global Construction Review.
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Technical overview of F&T Terrix F&T Terrix materials for commercial building sites, new builds and restoration.
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On September 15th, the Transforming Construction Network Plus hosted its second annual conference: Embracing a Movement for Change. This section comprises of an Introduction by Professor Jacqueline Glass, N+ Principal Investigator, who outlines the four main objectives of 'TCNPlus' and sets the scene of this conference. The video also includes a keynote presentation from Professor Paul W. Chan that emphasised the importance of people and of social practices in transforming construction
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Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 7 - Creating new land in the Thames
With 24 construction sites, many right in the heart of London, how does the Tideway project create enough space to build the #SuperSewer? This episode of Tunnel Vision looks at how cofferdams are constructed, how fish are rescued as these structures are built into the Thames, and how some will be turned into new public spaces for London.
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Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 5 - Concrete Proposals
Episode 5 of Tunnel Vision is here, created and produced in the middle of the new national lockdown. The main Thames Tideway Tunnel only has 5.5km left to dig, but the 20km of tunnel we’ve constructed now needs the crucial secondary lining, and we take a closer look as to what that means and how it’s created. We then take a look at how the giant shafts across the project sites are built and why they’re so important.
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Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 4 - A year like no other
Filmed pre-lockdown, watch as we review an extraordinary year across the project, and take to the Thames to show you an alternative view of the sites. We take a look back on all of the key milestones hit across the #supersewer project in 2020.
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