A national college established to deliver skills for UK projects including High Speed 2 will close its doors in July amid lacklustre enrolments and a funding shortfall, as reported by CN magazine.
The National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure (NCATI) was launched by the government in 2017 as the National…
The UK has 27 years to reach the Government’s 2050 deadline to achieve net zero. This is a huge undertaking considering the UK ranks 17th for most emissions globally, emitting more than 367 million tonnes of C02 per year.
Whilst much focus is placed on oil and gas corporations improving…
The conversation around ConTech investment is moving from why technology is needed, to how best to implement it. Construction professionals are given a hard time when it comes to tech but the situation is far more nuanced than businesses merely being stubborn to change, ultimately they need the right tools…
Arcadis has been appointed to National Grid’s new Global Management Consultancy Framework in helping the energy company transition to a decarbonised network and reach net zero.
The partnership will begin imminently and will see Arcadis provide of consulting services across National Grid’s UK and US businesses. Electricity networks will be vital…
Worth more than £110bn per annum and contributing 7% of the United Kingdom’s GDP, the construction industry accounts for approximately 3M jobs or 10% of total UK employment.
But with great productivity comes great waste. The construction sector creates on estimate a third of the world’s waste with 100 billion…
Last month saw Turner & Townsend make senior appointments around the globe and Arcadis refresh its executive leadership team, while many other new appointments were made around the UK construction sector.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during May follows below. To feature on next month’s appointments roundup…
You need only look at a construction site to see that equal gender representation in the industry is a problem - and the stats support this. Last year, the Office of National Statistics published data which revealed that women make up only 14% of this workforce and 16.2% of senior…
The latest episode of The Engineers Collective is out now.
Megaprojects are what take society forward, whether building new transport infrastructure, creating new technology networks or decarbonising the energy system. However, according to this month’s guest on The Engineers Collective, across sectors and around the world, megaprojects almost always overrun their…
A London-based technology firm seeking to reduce construction carbon has today raised more than £7M from investors to develop the business.
Qflow was launched in May 2018 by 2016 winner of NCE Graduate of the Year Brittany Harris with Jade Cohen, who she met in New York while volunteering for World…
At Adrian Flux, we’re passionate about producing pioneering insurance policies that have a positive impact on the industry but more importantly society. We led the way with our driverless cars cover in 2016 and decided to do the same to help the UK’s 3D printed homes movement gather pace.
It…
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