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Will the Procurement Act 2023 really transform public procurement?

2023-11-16T06:00:00+00:00By Rebecca Rees1 comments

We now have the tools we need to make procurement fit for purpose, we all have a responsbibility to ensure this transformation happens, write Rebecca Rees

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Let’s lift modular into the mainstream

2020-09-25T05:00:00+01:00By Mark Farmer

It is time to think big and give our archaic homebuilding industry something to be positive about, says Mark Farmer

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The Building Safety Bill explained

2020-08-03T05:00:00+01:00By Theresa Mohammed, Rebecca Rees and Helen Stuart

Three lawyers detail what measures the new legislation is likely to contain and how it will operate

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International BIM takes a big step forward

2020-06-24T06:00:00+01:00By Simon Lewis

The first BIM protocol for use with ISO 19650 provides a legal framework for those using the international standard

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How to adapt now and for the future

2020-06-03T05:00:00+01:00By Iain Parker

Business are tackling urgent problems but they also need to think further ahead about long-term trends emerging from this crisis, says Alinea’s Iain Parker

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Five lessons from building NHS Louisa Jordan

2020-05-12T05:00:00+01:00By Graeme Watson

Aecom’s multidisciplinary team helped build Glasgow’s new covid-19 hospital in just three weeks, project director Graeme Watson explains how

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How contracts can smooth the path to offsite construction

2020-04-14T06:00:00+01:00By Peter Hibberd

Offsite construction has been heralded as the future for many decades – so what is standing in its way?

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Lockdown is taking digital collaboration to the next level

2020-04-14T05:00:00+01:00By Will Squires

Delivering essential projects in difficult times reveals technology’s ability to bring us closer together in a crisis

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After this is over, what will have changed?

2020-04-09T05:00:00+01:00By Ann Bentley

If we learn nothing else from this crisis surely we will realise that we are all capable of so much more than we thought

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What will new building safety legislation look like?

2020-04-03T12:05:00+01:00By Rebecca Rees

A legal view on what the government’s response to the Building a Safer Future consultation means

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Research into construction methods gets £18m funding boost

2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00By Will Ing1 comments

Contractors participating on a range of projects, including merging AI and BIM

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Gleeds launches construction app

2018-10-17T06:00:00+01:00By Will Ing

App allows users to track project’s progress from beginning to end

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Delayed £420m construction Sector Deal unveiled

2018-07-05T06:44:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

The deal, which was originally due out in January, has been published

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Use modern methods of building, PM tells industry

2018-05-22T14:01:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Theresa May says modern construction integral to clean growth

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Hackitt's digital records call could boost BIM take-up

2018-05-21T14:00:00+01:00By Hamish Champ

Safety and accountability issues could get more firms on board

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BIM take-up growing at highest rate since 2014

2018-05-11T06:01:00+01:00By Debika Ray2 comments

But worries grow government is not enforcing 2016’s BIM Level 2 mandate

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Mace appoints first chief technical officer

2018-05-09T10:59:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Stephen Jeffery has been with Nova Victoria builder for 22 years

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L&G lining up management team for affordable housing operation

2018-04-30T06:01:00+01:00By Hamish Champ

Newcomers will oversee affordable home construction and operational management

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Peers hear modular the only way to solve housing crisis

2018-04-26T06:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Willmott Dixon’s Tim Carey tells House of Lords inquiry there is not enough traditional resources

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2017-08-16T15:04:00+01:00By Will Mann

Virtual and augmented reality technology aims to reduce costs and waste, and boost productivty

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