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How embracing digital adoption will lead to better quality buildings

|Date: 11 October, 2021

How embracing digital adoption will lead to better quality buildings

It’s fair to say the future of construction appears to be distinctly digital. Where once enthusiasm for t ...

It’s fair to say the future of construction appears to be distinctly digital. Where once enthusiasm for the latest innovation was definitively lacking, digital adoption is now gathering momentum and h ...

11 October, 2021
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New report on the future of the cladding crisis unveiled

|Date: 31 March, 2021

New report on the future of the cladding crisis unveiled

Residential property experts recommend ten-point plan to improve the cladding landscape. Government polic ...

Residential property experts recommend ten-point plan to improve the cladding landscape. Government policy and a distinct lack of joined up thinking is holding back the progress needed for the 'claddi ...

31 March, 2021
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SPECIAL REPORT: Offsite Housing

|Date: 7 November, 2018

SPECIAL REPORT: Offsite Housing

In the first of three articles, Geoff Fawkes considers how offsite construction is helping to address the ...

In the first of three articles, Geoff Fawkes considers how offsite construction is helping to address the housing crisis by increasing productivity. He also looks at a pioneering new affordable housin ...

7 November, 2018
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Hong Kong apprentices learn about digital innovations in Scotland’s construction industry

|Date: 14 August, 2018

Hong Kong apprentices learn about digital innovations in Scotland’s construction industry

A new purpose-built high school under construction in Perth has played host to a group of modern apprenti ...

A new purpose-built high school under construction in Perth has played host to a group of modern apprentices from Hong Kong. The site team from Robertson — which is delivering the new school at Bertha ...

14 August, 2018
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Seminar held to help councils and housing associations understand and use BIM

|Date: 18 May, 2018

Seminar held to help councils and housing associations understand and use BIM

The South East Consortium and ECD Architects recently hosted a workshop to support councils and housing a ...

The South East Consortium and ECD Architects recently hosted a workshop to support councils and housing associations in their understanding, knowledge and use of BIM. Speakers at the seminar included ...

18 May, 2018
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McAvoy wins place on £1bn modular buildings framework

|Date: 14 December, 2017

McAvoy wins place on £1bn modular buildings framework

The McAvoy Group has been appointed to the LHC Modular Buildings Framework, which has a combined value of ...

The McAvoy Group has been appointed to the LHC Modular Buildings Framework, which has a combined value of more than £1bn. McAvoy has secured the opportunity to provide permanent and bespoke modular bu ...

14 December, 2017
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Two Nottingham City Homes projects win national awards

|Date: 9 November, 2017

Two Nottingham City Homes projects win national awards

Two Nottingham City Homes construction projects have been named national winners of APS safety awards. A ...

Two Nottingham City Homes construction projects have been named national winners of APS safety awards. A new-build development in the Meadows area of Nottingham, which was created using BIM (Building ...

9 November, 2017
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McAvoy wins industry award for BIM

|Date: 3 November, 2017

McAvoy wins industry award for BIM

The McAvoy Group has won an industry award for its use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the des ...

The McAvoy Group has won an industry award for its use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the design of West Hill School in Surrey. McAvoy was presented with the award for Best Virtual Reality ...

3 November, 2017
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BIM housing model

|Date: 16 August, 2016

BIM housing model

Thurrock Council is using BIM Level 2 to deliver the new Argent Street affordable housing development in ...

Thurrock Council is using BIM Level 2 to deliver the new Argent Street affordable housing development in Grays. ECD Architects designed the scheme and are working with Thurrock to bring the project to ...

16 August, 2016
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BIM within social housing

|Date: 15 June, 2016

BIM within social housing

Social housing: To BIM or not to BIM — that is the question, asks Richard Bishop, category marketing mana ...

Social housing: To BIM or not to BIM — that is the question, asks Richard Bishop, category marketing manager for roof at Wienerberger. ...

15 June, 2016
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