Manchester’s High-Rise Renaissance: How Towering Developments Are Transforming the City
The city in northwest England is famous for its successful soccer teams, a vibrant music scene and, in recent years, a proliferation of tall buildings.
The Future of Cycling as Sustainable Transportation
The growing popularity of cycling is a promising step forward on the road to creating a more sustainable transport system for our towns and cities. But investment in cycling infrastructure is vital if the potential of a cycling-led future is to be realized.
First Nation Engineering Hosts Blood Drive for National Reconciliation Week
In an effort to support cancer patients and strengthen community ties, First Nation Engineering’s blood drive during National Reconciliation Week aims to recruit 30 new donors and promote the importance of blood donation
Can Green Corridors Solve Cities’ Climate Crisis?
As cities become larger, many are looking at innovative ways to mitigate climate change with sustainable infrastructure like ‘green corridors,’ which use trees and plants to cool urban districts and improve air quality
Can ‘Hempcrete’ Be Part of Construction’s Sustainability Solution?
Traditional building products such as steel and concrete are construction’s ‘tried and tested’ materials, yet they come with a significant environmental cost. Can ‘hempcrete,’ a concrete-like product made from the hemp plant, help the industry elevate its sustainability efforts?
How Bluebeam Can Help the Public Sector Send RFIs, Submittals
Those involved in delivering built assets need access to the right data and information. For public sector organizations, this can be made easier using digital technology
Can Swarm Robotics Help Construction?
Might swarm robotics, where thousands of mini-bots work collaboratively, increase productivity?
Can Climate Proofing Structures Help Reverse Climate Change?
With the built environment such a prominent source of carbon emissions, it is vital that the industry recognizes the urgent need to ‘climate proof’ homes and other built assets and infrastructure.
How Bluebeam Can Help Public Sector Agencies Deliver Better
Deciding what materials a construction project is going to need is critical to ensuring the project can be delivered on time and within budget. Here’s how more public sector organizations are discovering the advantages of using Bluebeam to get quantity and estimate data accurately
Healing Spaces and Wellness Architecture
Designers have long been aware of the link between healthy buildings and healthy occupants. The emergence of wellness architecture will only add to the clamour for our built environment to be better for us.
Using Bluebeam: Real Time Savings—And Much More
From speed of approval to being able to free up storage space for other purposes, going digital can help public sector organisations process building activity more quickly and efficiently than working on physical paper plans ever could.
Sense and Sensibility: How Architects Are Designing with Sensory Needs in Mind
Architects have long sought to design buildings that suited occupants’ needs, as well as being aesthetically pleasing. Lately, the built environment has acknowledged the need to create buildings which cater for occupants’ needs in more ways than one
How to Get a Fast ROI for Software for Construction
How do you choose the right construction software for you, and make sure that your investment is worthwhile?
How Supply Chain Management Is Responding To Challenging Times
Experts argue that relationships across the construction industry are more vital than ever in today’s challenging markets. Contractors who establish a good relationship with their suppliers can hope to rise to meet and surpass these challenges.
Are Sustainable Drainage Systems the Solution to Our Growing Flooding Problem?
Climate change is increasing the threat of flooding across many parts of the world, so engineers and others in the built environment are turning to alternative methods to tackle water flow and drainage issues than the traditional pipework and sewer networks.
