Arrests after police seize £200k of plant machinery
Plant machinery and farm vehicles worth around £200,000 have been recovered in Dover following an operation led by Kent Police’s Rural Task Force. Working with Port of Dover Police, the…
Video | HS2 slides 1,620t bridge over Grand Union Canal
HS2 engineers have launched a 130m-long steel bridge over the Grand Union Canal, allowing a 1.5-mile section to be reopened to the public seven days ahead of schedule. The launch…
Mace Consult carve-out marks ‘exciting new chapter’
Mace Consult is officially a standalone company, following a majority private equity investment by Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Led by CEO Davendra Dabasia, Mace Consult will retain the Mace brand, with…
Infrastructure pipeline grows to £718bn and plots workforce demand
The National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) has updated the infrastructure pipeline tool, increasing the total value of projects to £718bn over 10 years (up from £531bn when the…
Developer targets key-worker housing shortage with German prefab system
First scheme in Dorchester set to complete early next year, with a 25% faster build time predicted. The 79-unit Oak House in Dorchester will have a prefabricated concrete frame, hollow-core…
How do you maintain the Large Hadron Collider?
The UK Atomic Energy Authority’s robotics team and the operator of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have developed a novel approach to maintaining the 27km-long facility: robotic mice. The 3.7cm-wide…
Women in BIM: driving global change through structured mentorship
To mark International Women’s Day on Sunday (8 March), Women in BIM global vice-chair Marie Grieve offers five top tips for a successful mentorship. The Women in BIM Mentor Scheme…
Tilbury Douglas delivers Manchester’s new tech hub
Tilbury Douglas has completed construction of the flagship Greater Manchester Institute of Technology (GMIoT) building in Salford. The GMIoT building is the latest project to be delivered under the University…
Video | HS2 completes piling works at Curzon Street station
HS2 engineers have completed the last of more than 2,000 concrete piles that will underpin the foundations of the project’s Curzon Street station in Birmingham. Stretching for more than 400m…
Can AI use alerts to proactively reschedule a project?
Can AI-enabled project management rewrite a project schedule the moment a problem occurs? Researchers at the University of East London (UEL) believe so and have proposed a system architecture that…