New, game-changing technologies and trailblazing companies are redefining the future of architecture, engineering, and construction. AEC Business launches AEC TechTV, a video channel that’s on the pulse of the digital transformation. Technologies evolve much faster than our capacity to make use of them. Will technology make or break your AEC business? It is more important […]

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Lowe’s, hot off the heels of their new deal to carry the extremely popular outdoor power equipment brand, EGO, in store, has yet another major announcement that will have its customers excited: tool rental.

We are in the midst of a second industrial revolution and this time it is different. Unlike its predecessor from the 1800s, this new era of change is not shaped by swathes of the peasantry leaving their homes in the country for smoke filled factories…

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The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is to make 110 employees redundant amid falling revenues. The organisation, which expects its income to fall by a third over the next three years, has opened a formal consultation over the job cuts, which are due to be…

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The expected start date for work on the much-delayed A303 Stonehenge Tunnel project has been pushed into the second half of 2022, according to Highways England. Last month, transport secretary Grant Shapps delayed a planning decision on the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme until 13…

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A skills crisis has raged in construction for a long time, companies that excel at training not only help tackle this existential threat they secure the talent the industry so vitally needs. This category recognises those leading the way

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Having a strong environmental strategy has never been more important, these finalists are leading the way on all things green

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Novus Property Services saw its pre-tax profit margin fall from 3.5 per cent to 2.7 per cent in the firm’s latest financial results. The company, whose work is mainly with local government and housing association clients, said the fall in its pre-tax margin was “a…

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) considers construction workers to be particularly vulnerable to transmitting coronavirus, Construction News can reveal. The regulator believes that contact tracing is more difficult in the sector than many others because of the vast amount of agency, zero-hours and self-employed…

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Breedon’s acquisition of a number of Cemex assets raises competition concerns over the supply of building materials, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said. Breedon announced in January that it had agreed a £178m deal to buy 100 Cemex sites across the UK, including…

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