Construction Manager Social Housing TargetCM reports that two established UK firms have responded to the UK’s housing crisis by announcing offsite manufacturing initiatives aimed specifically at the social housing sector.‘MetroHome’Engineering giant Atkins has teamed up with a new steel-framed housing system supplier to launch “MetroHome”, a concept designed to let local authorities build on small […]

  – Overt Defence New Material Developed by ScientistsMetallic Wood is the name of a new material that is developed by the scientists of University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, the University of Cambridge, and Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.5 Times Lighter than TitaniumAlthough […]

 CRL Chinese Mega PrintingWith architectural firms all over the world competing with designs for 3D-printed companies, construction Insurance firm CRL reports how Chinese company WinSun has moved past the design stage and actually produced single and multi-storey homes and other buildings from waste.World’s Highest 3D Printed BuildingIn March 2014, WinSun claimed to have printed 10 […]

  construction buzz UN Round Table InterestArchitecture firm BIG has designed a concept for a floating city of 10,000 people that could help populations threatened by extreme weather events and rising sea levels. BIG founder Bjarke Ingels unveiled the scheme yesterday at a round-table discussion on floating cities at the United Nations’s New York headquarters.Archipelago […]

 dezeen Experience VR & ARThis article in Dezeen highlights the Royal Academy of Arts’ unveiling of a series of installations that show how virtual and augmented reality technologies can change the experience of buildings and spaces. The four installations were created by architect Gilles Retsin, 3D-scanning studio ScanLAB, designer Keiichi Matsuda and design studio Soft […]

 Infrastructure Intelligence 2 years to deliver 600 New SchoolsRyan Tute of Infrastructure Intelligence reports that more than 12,000 new school classrooms need to be built in the next two years to accommodate for the soaring number of primary and secondary pupils in England that are expected, according to the latest research undertaken by the Scape […]

 Express VPN What will happen to internet privacy in the future?Unfortunately, we have reached a point where the internet doesn’t work correctly unless we sacrifice some of our privacy. Everything from Twitter to cell phones wants access to our personal information, GPS location, and more.Where’s the Safe?To most of us, how companies store and use […]

Researchers from RGU’s Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment are conducting a research project into an innovative housing construction method which could help to bring down the cost for house buyers Collaborative ApproachIn collaboration with the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and timber engineering firm, Glulam Solutions, the project will focus on the […]

According to a recent Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report, every £1 invested in design leads to an average return on investment of £25. Design thinkingWriting in ‘Housing Technology’ Armin Talić asserts that when asked to describe ‘design’ as a process or an outcome, most people would focus on the visual deliverables of a […]

  BIM+ New 2,000-unit modular home factoryModular builder Project Etopia has partnered with panellised construction firm 4wall on a 4,650 sq m factory, to be built in  Ellesmere Port,  Cheshire.  It will produce 2,000 homes a year at the rate of five three-bed homes a day.120 full time jobsThe facility will create 120 full-time jobs […]