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How can we increase construction efficiency with BIM and data-driven design ?
The construction industry is facing a lot of challenges, as building projects are growing in size and complexity. At the same time, emerging innovations and advancements in technology are disrupting the industry. Virtual and augmented reality, Artificial intelligence...
Structural Engineers are Critical for Green Building Success
Such was the case for Adam Jones, now a structural engineer at WoodSolutions and recognised by the Green Building Council of Australia as a Future Green Leader of the Year. Jones was at his first job at a structural engineering firm. The lunch and learn was about...
Why Civil Engineers Need Digital Contract and Document Management
In some parts of the world, the construction industry is required by law to file documents and bid for tenders digitally, which is why they’re ahead of the curve when it comes to digital contract and document management.However, for the vast majority in the APAC,...
The Ocean Cleanup Approach: Focus, Fail, And Forbear
The Ocean Cleanup is designing and building a passive cleanup technology for the offshore environment, The Ocean Cleanup approach: focus, fail, and forbearthe subtropical gyres, the places in the oceans where vast amounts of plastic accumulate and persist. Plastic in...
Planning Applications Can Be Held Up By SuDs Design, Report Finds
Planning applications are twice as likely to be blocked or delayed due to sustainable drainage system (SuDS) design in England than in Wales, according to a new report published today by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Wavin. Planning applications are...
Modular Construction: Threat Or Opportunity?
When Jan Mischke speaks to industry leaders about the benefits of modular construction they usually respond in one of two ways, he said. “They are either optimistic about the future of modular or they are really worried that modular companies are going to eat their...
How Can We Narrow The Gap Between Project Estimates And Actual Cost?
The Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) cost £3.6bn, a £1.5bn cost over-run, a crisis, now all but forgotten. Miles Ashley, Chair of the steering group for ICE's latest paper on forecasts vs outturns, discusses the steps we need to take to improve public perception of major...
What Does Net-Zero Emissions By 2050 Mean For The Infrastructure Sector?
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has recommended that the UK government puts in place a target for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This means taking steps to reduce emissions in the first instance and then off-setting any that remain, in order to...
Financing our future energy infrastructure
How can the UK best encourage investment into a low-carbon, low-cost energy system while securing energy supplies for the long term? e Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee is currently examining the evidence that was received as part of...