Digital Construction NHS Scotland ready to digitise its assets with interactive guide NHS Scotland is set to digitise the design, build, and maintenance of its assets with the help of an interactive toolkit from the Construction Innovation Hub (CIH).
Digital Construction £7bn Brent Cross Town improves efficiency of drone surveys Brent Cross Town, a joint venture between Argent Related and Barnet Council, is using Site Scan drone flight management and image processing software from Esri UK to improve the efficiency of groundworks surveys and how it communicates progress of the £7bn development.
News New Balfour Beatty site cabins designed for disabled and neurodiverse Balfour Beatty has launched a new site cabin design with integrated disability and neurodiverse features.
Technical SSDA 2021: Steel on track for station redevelopment Scotland’s third busiest railway station has extended platforms, an expanded concourse and a new contemporary interior and exterior in anticipation of increased passenger numbers.
News Balfour Beatty takes £375m sustainability-linked loan Balfour Beatty has taken a £375m loan which comes with conditions over how well it performs on a range of sustainability measures.
Digital Construction CIOB subs go digital The Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) 2022 subscription notices will now be digital.
Video Video | Project engineer reverse mentors Balfour Beatty boss on inclusion A Balfour Beatty project engineer, Ayo Ogunbambi-Alao, has been sharing her views on diversity and inclusion with Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn, as part of a reverse mentoring programme
News Balfour: Two thirds of businesses believe construction is not ready for net zero Nearly two thirds of construction businesses don’t believe the sector is ready to meet its net zero targets.
News Balfour Beatty installs first of new T-pylons The first of 116 new T-pylons, the first new design for a pylon in Great Britain in nearly 100 years, has been built in Somerset.
News Balfour Beatty stops bidding for central London fixed-price resi projects Balfour Beatty will no longer bid for fixed price central London presidential property projects, after it hit problems on existing schemes, exacerbated by the covid-19 disruptions.
News Balfour and Atkins fund ‘ecological clerk of works’ pilot A new pilot scheme for the role of an ecological clerk of works, who ensures contractors and clients comply with environmental legislation and planning conditions, is set to go ahead after being put on hold by the covid-19 pandemic.
Digital Construction Smart video, drones and digital twins key to sustainable pothole repairs Local councils could use smart video, drones and digital twins to combat potholes in a sustainable way.
News Balfour Beatty to build modular covid-19 testing lab Balfour Beatty is to employ modular construction to build a new covid-19 testing laboratory in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwichshire.
News Balfour Beatty shareholders’ board diversity protest vote A group of Balfour Beatty shareholders has registered its unhappiness with the lack of diversity on Balfour Beatty’s board by voting against the reappointment of one of its directors.
News Balfour Beatty appoints new chairman Balfour Beatty has appointed Lord Allen as its new chairman and a non-executive director, taking over from Philip Aiken.
News Balfour Beatty to repay £19m furlough cash after 2020 profit Balfour Beatty is to repay the money it claimed under the government’s covid-19 UK Job Retention Scheme after it made a £48m pre-tax profit in 2020.
Technical, Video Video | Balfour launches plant operator skills hub Balfour Beatty has launched a new plant operator skills hub in Birmingham in partnership with plant hire firm Flannery.
News Balfour begins £34m Tilbury flood defence build Balfour Beatty has started work on an innovative scheme to improve flood defences at the Port of Tilbury in Essex.
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