In the months following the referendum vote to exit the European Union (EU) house prices have continued to rise despite contrary predictions. In the year to August official statistics show that house prices increased by 8.4 per...
Medical grade silicone has many uses within industry, but there are several important elements to consider before using this material. Many issues to consider relate to appropriate usage and the different treatments that silicone...
Building Information Modelling, or BIM, is currently revolutionising engineering, construction and architecture. What exactly is BIM, what does it involve and why is it so crucial for students to learn it? Image Credit What...
Working on a construction site? They can be noisy, busy and dangerous places, so make sure you have all the right equipment you need to keep you safe. Here are some of the most common items found on a construction site. Barrier...
When you are looking to engage and enthuse our working teams there are many ways in which you can do this. You could arrange for a teambuilding day or perhaps a reward style scheme for those meeting their targets and deadlines or...
The UK construction industry Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) showed that construction suffered another blow in December. It fell from 55.8 in July to 52.9 in August, and then again from 53.4 in November to 52.8 in December...
Sheet metal is a widely used material, but you may not know some of the most interesting aspects of its various forms. Image Credit To remedy that, here are seven facts that will bring you up to speed and give you something to...
The number of property sales in Edinburgh during 2018’s third quarter is more than 10 percent lower than the figures for the previous year. However, house prices in the area have grown steadily and an influx of new builds...
Last week, the news that caught our attention was undoubtedly the purchase of GitHub by Microsoft for the not insignificant figure of 7,500 million dollars . And the other thing that also caught the attention was the...
A few years ago the consumer had a very clear purchasing pattern. A product was sought and acquired or not, depending on its price, at the same time or expected at the time of sales to achieve better savings. Nowadays with...