The sudden closure of a £29M modular-built school in Essex due to structural issues is unlikely to be an indication of flaws with modular construction, the Modular and Portable Building Association (MPBA) has said.
Only three years on from its completion, Sir Frederick Gibberd College in Harlow announced this week that…
High Speed 2 has revealed the first modules of a project to build its 880m long Thame Valley Viaduct in Kent entirely using prefabricated components.
The structure’s elements are being manufactured offsite at a local factory before being slotted together on site “like a giant Lego set”, cutting its carbon footprint…
HS2 Ltd has begun putting together its first ‘green tunnel’ at Chipping Warden in Northamptonshire.
The first of five modular tunnels to be created on the stretch, the Chipping Warden tunnel will be 2.5km long and grade, rather than below ground, but it is made to blend into the countryside and…
This video was first aired at NCE’s Future of Bridges conference. Knight Architects director Martin Knight and Laing O’Rourke civil engineering leader Phil Robinson speak to NCE editor Claire Smith about the impact of standardisation on the aesthetic and environmental context of bridges. The discussion looks at whether the…
Why engineers’ approach to design is pivotal to the success of modern methods of construction.
The government has pledged to pump billions of pounds into 40 new hospitals over the next decade as part of its HIP1 (2020-2025) and HIP2 (2025-2030) health infrastructure plans. As the country emerges from the Covid-19…
Work on High Speed 2 (HS2) has reached an engineering milestone with the installation of a 914t bridge over the A446 in Solihull.
Completed over the weekend (24-25 October), the 45m long modular bridge was driven into place in 45 minutes. Following the installation, the A446 was reopened 24 hours earlier…
Private equity giants the Reuben Brothers have invested £19M in modular house builder Project Etopia.
The investment is the largest pledged to the modular housing builder to date and will allow Project Etopia to “accelerate its rapid expansion plans, with further developments and global opportunities in the pipeline”. The Cambridge-based company,…
The UK is in the grip of a housing crisis, evidenced by the fact that there are too few homes available, and the homes that are available are too expensive. The causes of the crisis are complex, with commentators blaming everything from population growth and demographic changes to the rise…
A leading nuclear engineer has slammed the government for “crushing” the UK’s modular nuclear programme.
Nuclear engineer Andrew Dawson’s report Small Modular Nuclear: Crushed at birth criticises the government for effectively ending the development of small modular reactors in the UK. Published by the Global Warming Policy foundation, Dawson claims that…
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