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Through collaborative ventures, WGM Engineering is adding capabilities to its impressive portfolio

Iain — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:41:35 +0000

WGM Engineering (WGM) is a MEICA self-delivery design and build partner, offering innovative and sustainable solutions to the water sector across the UK. Its unique self-delivery model is underpinned by off-site manufacturing and an impressive range of in-house capabilities, such as technical design, project management, planned and preventative maintenance, and a number of off-site engineering…

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Transforming the construction arena

Iain — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:55:35 +0000

Jackie Maginnis, Chief Executive of the Modular and Portable Building Association (MPBA) was certainly ahead of her time, not only as a high-profile woman in construction but also in promoting the benefits of advanced building technologies. With a long and illustrious career, for over 50 years she has been involved in construction related businesses. With a mission to develop a wider understanding…

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Europe’s first 3D printed football facility to break ground

Finelight Media — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:22:33 +0000

Leading the charge for innovative building technology, PERI 3D Construction is set to create Europe’s first-ever 3D printed football club facility and public building. The project showcases 3D printing’s potential beyond low-rise residential housing with COBOD’s BOD2 printer. Utilising the largest printer configuration to date by PERI 3D Construction, a COBOD BOD2 model measures 25 meters…

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Daiwa House Modular Europe is shaping the future of sustainable construction

Iain — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 19:23:35 +0000

Our mission is to solve the housing shortage across Europe by providing affordable and sustainable homes,” begins Michiel Gieben, Head of Marketing and Communication at Daiwa House Modular Europe. “By using modular, industrialised, and often robotised building methods, our products have numerous demonstrable benefits, such as efficiency, speed, quality, and especially sustainability.

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Britain needs to grow its workforce if it plans to meet new homes target

Iain — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:48:44 +0000

England’s new homes target needs all hands on deck Modular homes can deliver factory-built houses with 50 percent fewer workers from a different pool of employees, and are 40 percent more productive than traditional builds. The government has plans to achieve 300,000 new homes a year target by 2025. However, without adequate skills, this goal might not be attainable.

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Long-established modular building manufacturer, Premier Modular, is investing in technology and processes in its bid to become net zero by 2035

Iain — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:26:41 +0000

Premier’ is an appropriate name for Premier Modular Ltd (Premier). Founded in 1956 in a small factory in Blackburn, England, as a manufacturer of timber garages, it lays claim to being one of the first modular construction companies in the United Kingdom. It was a good time to get into the business, as the UK had a desperate need for rebuilding after the devastation of WW2. By the early 1960s it…

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UK Power Networks Services Partners with TfL for London Underground Upgrade

Iain — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:14:23 +0000

The project, which is scheduled to finish in June 2025, will see UK Power Networks Services complete the design and construction works to upgrade several key electrical substations, and the installation of new electrical infrastructure, electrical control systems, and cables along key parts of the line. The initial framework contract runs for six years, with potential for two more.

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Belgrade Insulation & Drylining

Iain — Fri, 07 May 2021 10:22:25 +0000

Investing for the future First established in Northamptonshire in 1976, Belgrade Insulation and Drylining (Belgrade) is today a respected, recognised specialist distributor of Insulation and Drywall systems. In 2010, a management team lead by Managing Director Alex Khan acquired the business from its previous owners. In the time since, Belgrade has been the beneficiary of significant investment…

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Merit

Iain — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:48:10 +0000

Judged on its merits With innovative thinking and industry-leading technology at the core of its strengths, Merit continues to defy the odds by growing not only in size, but also in the strength of its capabilities At its heart, Merit is and always has been seen as a dedicated engineering and construction company. Yet, as it is proud to confess, the skills of its people and its unrelenting…

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More with less

Admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:53:38 +0000

Could robotic solutions become the construction workforce’s new right hand? Max Pearson and Joana Palha take a look Construction and civil engineering is one of the least automated industries. Rising labour costs and skills shortages are limiting the capacity of companies to take on and compete for projects. Yet contractors remain heavily reliant on manual labour.

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