Sustainability and adaptability in steel construction
‘Planned adaptability’ and ‘flexible steel’? These aren’t paradoxes; they’re the key to sustainability in any new steel construction. Adaptability is proving to be a vital trait to navigate sustainable steel construction. In the face of global uncertainty, the ability to be flexible to changing circumstances or competing demands is key. Adaptability isn’t just confined to […]
How value engineering delivers sustainable construction
Low cost = high value? Not so. High value means a comprehensive, pragmatic and sustainable construction Value can mean different things to different people depending on context. Price. Principles. Worth. Or all of those things? Value engineering can be – and more. Historically, value engineering has been hijacked as a by-word for cost-cutting or even […]
Getting ‘one-up’ – steel’s commercial advantages
From adding more height to a high-rise building to taking away ongoing costs through sustainability – steel structures always come out on top: Whether it’s reduced construction cost or increased building height, there are numerous ways that steel structures get the ‘one-up’ on their construction counterpart, concrete. Steel’s versatility offers contractors a number of commercial […]
The benefits of BIM in Design and Construction
Streamline process and improve output – how the rising use of BIM digital engineering is changing the construction industry. While the look of buildings going up nowadays might feel radically more different and modern to those constructed decades ago, the underpinning processes to build them are not. Construction has changed very little in the last […]