Sub Title Business Opportunities“Offsite construction methods are increasingly being used in all sectors of the UK, providing excellent business opportunities.”Off-Site Hub reports this as the view of Ian Pannell from Build Offsite, a company which has been advocating the intelligent use of offsite methods for almost 13 years. Ian argues that this view is increasingly […]
Archives for November 2018
Green Buildings
What is Green Building?Green Building, green construction, or sustainable building is not new; it’s the practice of designing, constructing, and operating buildings to minimize resource use, reduce waste and avoid negative environmental impacts.Slide Share Green BuildingFor 25 years – and more – we’ve been designing, manufacturing and constructing ‘Green Buildings’ and components in a ‘Green way. Creating […]
Gardens of interwar estates could house thousands more
Intelligence Densification – RIBA J Is this Really Innovation?Eleanor Young writes that a one-bed wheeled home is being trialled on a housing estate in Bristol in an innovative bid to help solve the housing crisis. But is this really ‘innovation’ (see Britain’s Housing Crisis) […]
Blockchain and construction:
the opportunities and challenges BIM+ CIOB New ResearchAs BIM+ reports, the construction sector has struggled to embrace technological advancements in comparison with other industries. Lack of trust in other parties and traditional procurement approaches aggravate the inadequate levels of collaboration in construction. BIM processes and technologies have been contributing […]
The future of work won’t be about college degrees, it will be about job skills
CNBC Skill Training Is More UsefulAccording to the survey Freelancing in America 2018, released Wednesday, 93 percent of college-educated freelancers say their skill training is more useful in the work they are doing now than their college training.World Economic ForumSixty-five percent of children entering primary school will end up in jobs that don’t yet exist, […]
Growing Underground – the next ‘Renewables’
Revolutionary Subterranean Farms Effective Land UseMany crops are now being grown in greenhouses. Although this provides a controllable growth environment, greenhouses are heavy energy consumers. Vertical farms are a relatively recent adaptation of the traditional greenhouse and are suitable for use in cities, as their tall glass structures provide high crop yields on a small […]
