ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) is said to hold enormous possibilities for the construction industry, including enhancing productivity and competitiveness. However, adopting AI technology can be challenging. Bridge AI is a new government-backed programme that aims to help businesses in high potential growth sectors, such as construction, to harness the power of AI. £32m Artificial Intelligence Fund The programme offers
THREATENING a woman for installing solar panels on her home with jail time illustrates how planning rules have become uneven and unfair, says Solar Energy UK. According to the BBC, Mary Smail, of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, applied to her local council for planning permission to install solar panels. However, it was reported that she “said she
VARLA CLADDING LIMITED has reportedly entered into administration today (26 September 2023), making all 33 staff redundant with immediate effect. The company is reportedly unable to pay staff until the end of the month. It has also been disclosed that the business has allegedly not paid on staff’s pension deductions accumulated during the past year.
THE LATEST FIGURES show there was an increase of 2.7% in the global warming potential of Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions between 2021 and 2022. Measured in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), Scotland reached 0.30 megatonnes (Mt) of CO2e, according to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) latest Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI) data for 2022. This
SETTING A NEW annual rooftop record, more solar power systems have been installed on roofs this year so far than in the whole of 2022. According to statistics from renewable energy standards body MCS, a total of 138,336 solar photovoltaic installations have been registered since December, up from 137,926 registered over 2022. This itself was a
THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed plans to carry out unannounced inspections of manufacturing businesses using metalworking fluids or coolants between now and March 2024. The inspections will look at how employers are ensuring workers are protected from exposure to fluid or mist generated by computer numerical control (CNC) machines across Great Britain.
THE CONSTRUCTION Industry Council (CIC) has slammed the PM’s watered down climate targets as ‘unnecessarily divisive’ and undermining construction’s plans for decarbonisation. Last Wednesday Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a series of delays to government plans to reach Net Zero, with the scrapping of further measures on energy efficiency revealed over the course of the week.
A HOMEOWNER discovered a hole in her roof caused by a block of ice, which is thought to have probably crashed through it from a passing aeroplane. Dr Carla George, 45, was on the telephone when she heard a loud bang on Tuesday 12 September 2023. Thinking the noise was most likely due to some
THE ADMINSTRATORS OF SD Samuels (Special Projects) Ltd, the roofing and cladding contractors who worked on Liverpool Football Club’s new Anfield stand, has clarified that debts owing to creditors will not be paid. In addition, the Quantuma Advisory joint administrators appointed to close the company say that they are continuing to investigate the conduct of
A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR has been awarded the £30m contract to construct a 10,500m² ‘Factory of the Future’ building. Henry Brothers was appointed to build the Queen’s University Belfast-led Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC) at Global Point Business Park in Newtownabbey. The contract is part of the £100m Belfast Region City Deal project, with £80m coming
