The oldest casinos date from the 17th century. Indeed, the Casino di Venezia opened its doors in 1638 in a building that once was the Theatre Saint Moses. Back then, it was a wing of the main building, used for the entertainment of the attendees. The building itself is older Continue Reading
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BIM Holoview announces new integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud
Reducing model rework times and improving visibly of issues across the construction team. Hamilton New Zealand, 18 August 2021 – BIM Holoview, a leader in providing mixed reality for construction with super accurate model placement and support for large models through Azure Remote Rendering, today announced it has launched an Continue Reading
New guide launched to help architects prepare for UKCA marking
A new guide has been launched to help architects and specifiers navigate changes to product marking in the UK following its departure from the EU. Now that the EU and the UK are two separate regulatory and legal spaces, all products exported from the EU to the UK (and vice Continue Reading
The key differences between residential and commercial construction
Residential and commercial construction projects have numerous differences in tools, materials, purpose and functionality. The cost of commercial construction in comparison to residential is usually much higher and more likely to be publicly funded. While residential construction is often privately funded through capital investment and bank loans. Here are the Continue Reading
Calls for housing and landmarks for UK’s derelict land – Romal Capital survey
59% say housing is an issue and undeveloped sites should be committed to modern, efficient housing communities and cultural landmarks. London, UK | With Britain still in the grip of an on-going housing crisis, property developers Romal Capital sought the views of the British public on regenerating derelict land and brownfield sites. The national Continue Reading
Discover Street Scenes From The Past With The Decades Digital Tool
Taking a walk back to days gone by could not be easier thanks to a new digital tool developed by UK House Builder, Barratt Homes. The tool has been created to celebrate Barratt Homes building their 500,000 home and shows you just how things have changed since 1958 when Barratt Continue Reading
Architectural ironmongery expert lifts the latch on wider industry standards
The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) is helping to shape the competency frameworks for the wider construction products industry as part of the drive towards clearer and more robust fire safety standards. Douglas Masterson, technical manager at the GAI, has been appointed as co-chair of Working Group 12, alongside Hanna Continue Reading
What is site boundary monitoring, and where is it used?
UK Construction Blog talks to Tim Turney, Global Marketing Manager at occupational hygiene and workplace hazard monitoring expert Casella, about the use of boundary monitoring to identify potential hazards, ensure compliance and protect workers from health risks. What is site boundary monitoring, and where is it used? Site boundary or Continue Reading
New guide to conformity marking and third-party testing published by GAI and DHF
A new technical briefing has been launched to keep door hardware professionals at the forefront of changes to conformity marking. The Guidance on conformity marking, third party testing, assessment and certification technical briefing, written by the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) and the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF), gives a comprehensive overview of the changes door Continue Reading
Overview and Benefits of Plant Competence Training
What is plant competence or competency training? First, let’s answer the simple part. What is a plant? This is basically a site where production or manufacturing takes place. This is usually characterized by buildings where workers are found operating different kinds of machines to produce or manufacture things. Now to Continue Reading