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Skanska to build $187m Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute
Swedish construction giant Skanska has won a $187m contract to build the new 371,000-square-foot Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute in downtown Orlando, Florida, a combined inpatient and outpatient hospital.
It will have an eight-story building housing 75 inpatient rooms and...
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Scotland considering further construction restrictions
Scotland’s first minister has said she might introduce further restrictions on construction, and other business activities, to control the spread of COVID-19.
Nicola Sturgeon said her administration is reviewing whether to order the closure of “more non-essential” business activity. From...
Building Products
MHCLG confirms BASEC as Approved Body 2661
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) designates BASEC as an Approved Body for UK Construction Products Regulation testing as of 31st December 2020.
Following the Brexit trade agreements, the question has arisen surrounding mutual recognition agreement off...
Building Products
Construction material shortages to continue in 2021
The three big drivers — backlog, revenue expectations and contractor confidence — in the business group’s report “nudged up” slightly from the third quarter, but failed to reach pre-pandemic numbers. All three CCI scores were 70 or above in...
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UAE construction sites can start taking help from a robot for drilling
The construction company ALEC – currently working on some signature projects in Dubai such as One Za’abeel – has partnered Hilti to pilot test ‘Jaibot’ to help with drilling tasks. Hilti is into construction related manufacturing.
ALEC had been testing...
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The European Unions HEPHAESTUS Project: Cable robot to build and renovate
Repairing buildings has been a time-consuming affair up to now. Scaffolding has to be erected and craftsmen are often busy for weeks on end with the simplest of tasks. How nice it would be if all this could be...
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Tata Steel to develop GreenPro Ecolabel to help steel sector reduce carbon emission
Tata Steel has embarked on developing a GreenPro framework, GreenPro Ecolabel, to manufacture steel rebars, a first of a kind initiative in India, that would help the steel sector reduce the carbon foot print while manufacturing steel products.
Tata Steel...
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