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Hamish Champ

What Causes Urban Blight – And What Can Be Done About It

ProjectsBy Hamish Champ

Cities across the globe have experienced urban blight, where districts that have seen a significant downturn in fortunes are abandoned and residential and business properties left vacant. Responding to this change in fortunes is becoming an industry in itself.

How the Internet of Things Can Help Construction

InnovationBy Hamish Champ

The construction sector’s productivity challenges are well known. The advent of the Internet of Things – part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution – could see the industry’s processes and resulting buildings become more efficient.

City of Henderson Transforms Its Review Processes With Bluebeam

People, ProjectsBy Hamish Champ

While the private sector has been using Bluebeam for several years, the public sector is now getting in on the act. Here’s how the city of Henderson, Nevada, is using the technology.

Is Solar Power in Construction the Industry’s ‘Silver Bullet’?

InnovationBy Hamish Champ

Humans have been using the sun’s energy for millennia, but only now can industries like construction fully embrace the world’s most readily available, renewable and sustainable source of energy.

9 Priorities for Construction Technology for 2023 – And Beyond

InnovationBy Hamish Champ

Some construction firms are well down the path toward a technologically enhanced future, with robots, drones, cloud-based resources and acres of software. But others have work to do. So what should they be thinking about?

Green Building Materials for Sustainable Construction

ProjectsBy Hamish Champ

Given the level of carbon emissions construction generates, the industry knows it has to smarten up its environmental act. Part of the sector’s response will be to embrace more green construction materials, while some, like timber, have been a part of the industry for centuries.

Using Plastic Building Materials in Construction

ProjectsBy Hamish Champ

Plastic is a dirty word among those who are concerned about its impact on the environment. However, in construction, plastic is playing an increasingly important role in helping deliver pipes, cabling, roofing products and other elements that make up the built environment.

Is Construction Robotics the Future of the Industry?

InnovationBy Hamish Champ

The construction industry lags many other sectors when it comes to adopting technology. Could robotics be the answer to the sector’s skill shortage and help deliver faster, better-quality buildings?

Is Concrete Seawall Construction the Answer to Coastal Threats?

InnovationBy Hamish Champ

Rising tidal activity, in part driven by climate change, increasingly threatens coastal communities. Officials are assessing shore defenses around the country, including considering seawalls. But are such structures the answer, or are there more effective alternatives?

What Can Engineers Do To Strive Toward Net-Zero Engineering?

InnovationBy Hamish Champ

Engineers have a crucial role to play in making the built environment greener, particularly when it comes to delivering infrastructure that impacts the world around us. In an interview with Bluebeam, expert Tim Chapman of Arup and the Institution of Civil Engineers spells out what needs to be done.

Using Cryptocurrency and Blockchain To Manage Construction Cash Flows

ProjectsBy Hamish Champ

The collapse of contracting giant Carillion offered a lesson for the construction sector. It reminded the industry of the need to carry out jobs for the right amount of money and to maintain good cash flow. It has also led to the sector looking at new technologies such as cryptocurrency to smooth out cash flow issues.

What Is Embodied Carbon in Construction and How Can It Be Reduced?

InnovationBy Hamish Champ

The construction industry needs to address not only the operational carbon of a building – what it emits throughout its use – but the embodied carbon in buildings, which is linked to the materials used to deliver it, along with the construction activity itself.

The Pre-Construction Phase Plan: Key To Delivering a Good Project

ProjectsBy Hamish Champ

Construction projects can range in size, but they all require extensive planning, and this, in turn, demands collaboration from an early stage, known as the pre-construction phase.

Designing and Delivering a Low-Carbon Building

InnovationBy Hamish Champ

With pressure building for the construction sector to address its carbon emissions as part of the battle to reverse the impact of climate change, designers and others are coming up with innovative ways “to do their bit” using materials like timber.

Wooden Buildings: Trees Converted into Habitats for Humans

Innovation, ProjectsBy Hamish Champ

Concern around climate change and a desire to construct more sustainable buildings is driving the construction industry to deliver a built environment that has less impact on the world around it. The increased use of timber in tall buildings is part of this process.

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