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Principal Tower
Feature | March 2021
WSP has utilised Bentley's technology to overcome complex challenges in delivering a new high-rise tower in London, subsequently winning the Structural Engineering...
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AI and its place in the future of BIM
Feature | March 2021
Craig Johnson, Business Development Manager - Steel - Structures Division at Trimble Solutions (UK) explores the topic of Artificial Intelligence and imagines its future...
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The water sector runs on Bluesky
News | March 2021
Water sector solution provider MWH Treatment is using the latest 3D computer modelling technology to improve the delivery of major construction projects across the UK.
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Holding new-builds to a higher standard
News | March 2021
A new organisation to champion consumer rights and ensure new-build homes are built to a high standard has been launched by the government.
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Construction contract awards in 2020
News | March 2021
The latest edition of the Economic & Construction Market Review from Barbour ABI highlights levels of construction contract values awarded across Great Britain.
Contactless biometrics for Causeway
News | March 2021
Causeway Technologies has accelerated its roll-out of a new facial recognition tool to help construction companies implement contactless biometric sign-in on site.
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A BIM inspired eco home
Case Study | March 2021
JRA's Earth Sheltered Eco Home was the runner up in the Construction Computing Awards BIM Project Of The Year category, proving BIM is not just a resource...
Gliding over all
Software Review | March 2021
How Glider has cultivated success through an innovative culture
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Welcome to the construction control centre
Software Review | March 2021
Buildots builds a comprehensive construction management tool from site surveys using helmet mounted cameras, supported by advanced AI techniques for detailed...

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Hold the Popcorn

I thought I would settle down in a comfortable armchair, laptop fully-charged, anything throwable at the TV moved out of reach and a nice bowl of popcorn on a nearby coffee table whilst I flicked between the budget and Holyrood. Needn’t have bothered. Nicola used her terminological effusion to excuse her memory failings and proclaim her victimhood, whilst Rishi steered a middling course througha mountain of debt by upping Corporation Tax with one hand and balancing it with a huge chunk of tax relief on business investments– probably the two most contentious or welcome announcements of a budget designed in most part to kick the most objectionable bits down the road for another couple of years (aka fiscal drag) whilst ensuring that the cost of the pandemic doesn’t knock us off course from a gradual post-Brexit return to liquidity.

Delighted, meanwhile, that he took up my suggestionin the last newsletter that the route to regenerating the industry lies in wider adoption of the latest technologies – i.e., investing in the tools that enable us to build back better(I’m not ashamed to admit I steal soundbites from politicians – Boris or Joe Biden, whoever said it first), andthe general feelingis that we have weathered the worst and are planning for a strong recovery. Another good move? Re-locating the Treasury to Darlington. That’s going to shift a couple of grand off the house prices in London and transfer them to the North East, probably piffling, but it’s a start.

David Chadwick

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