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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

Hamish Champ

Archaeologists Discover Stone Age Drawings of Human-made Mega Structures

Diana Kightlinger

Social Value and the Construction Industry

Hamish Champ

Tips for Small to Mid-Sized Construction Firms in Tough Economic Times

James Chambers

Site Logistics: The Next Frontier in Construction Technology

Frank Kalman

How to Convince Tech Sceptics to Use Bluebeam: 3 Tips from Golder

Caitlin Davidson

The Metaverse and Architecture—A New Tomorrow?

Contractor. Landscaper. YouTube Star?

The Metaverse Comes to Construction

Why This Woman Chose a Career in Construction

Videos

People

Meet Brendan Hasty

People

How One Engineer Is Dismantling Stereotypes of Women in Construction

People, Projects

Tips to Survive a Hot Construction Summer on a Jobsite

People

Meet Lashanna Lintamo, welder-turned-social-media-mogul

People, Projects

Does Construction Have a Noise Problem?

Inside Gothenburg’s $100 Billion Sustainable Building Spree

Has Construction Finally Cracked Flexible Working Practices?

Innovation
Hamish Champ

Construction has been somewhat behind on things like technology and remote working. But the COVID-19 pandemic forced the sector to revisit how it did things; now it is embracing fresh ways of working that could lead to gains in productivity and worker well-being.

City of Coral Springs Cuts Plan Review Times by More Than Half Going Digital

Innovation
Hamish Champ

Digital plan review software is speeding up the review process for urban planning agencies. Learn how one city cut plan review times with Bluebeam Revu.

The Importance of Pre-Construction Site Inspections

Innovation
Hamish Champ

Construction activity is complex, requiring huge amounts of coordination and cooperation. Pre-construction site inspections are part of this process, ensuring that the groundwork—literally—for success is being done properly.

A New Foundation for Concrete: Used Nappies

Innovation
Erik Sherman

Researchers at the University of Kitakyushu in Japan found that chopped up cleaned nappies can replace up to 10% of the composite material in a concrete mix for structural use in single-storey buildings and as much as 40% in non-structural and architectural components

How Can GPS Help Construction?

Innovation
Hamish Champ

From keeping onsite equipment secure and productive to helping map out land and terrain for projects, Global Positioning System (GPS) technology offers the construction industry a dimension of information that was simply unthinkable a few decades ago.

Navigating the Markups List in Bluebeam

Tips and Tricks
Chris Graham

Cluttered markups can proliferate construction plan documents in today’s digital world. Thankfully, Bluebeam’s Markups List is a powerful tool to quickly organise things in a meaningful way.

Can ‘Hempcrete’ Be Part of Construction’s Sustainability Solution?

Innovation
Hamish Champ

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?