IS ROBO-SAM THE FUTURE FOR UK CONSTRUCTION?

The UK brickie could soon be replaced by robots this year according to the US construction market where robo brickies are already being used on some construction sites. The Semi-Automated Mason (named SAM) can lay 3,000 bricks a day compared to human brickies who only manage 500 on average! Anyone coasting on building sites should […]

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A ‘SALTY’ MOVE BY (YET AGAIN) MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY … AND ONLY FIVE MILES FROM OUR OFFICES!

As recently publicised, Manchester University is yet again at the forefront of the UK’s technology; this time with the invention of a “sieve” to remove salt from seawater. The opportunities for this new invention are endless but mainly it will be able to provide safe and clean drinking water to people around the world. How […]

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Online Media: Making Marketing More Measureable

Guest Columnist, Grant Prior, from Construction Enquirer outlines the advantages of online coverage… These are interesting times in the trade media world as the shift online shows no sign of slowing down. Construction Enquirer has grown rapidly and we currently have 49,000 daily subscribers to our morning news bulletin and attract 1.5million page views a […]

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LESS GENDER STEREOTYPING AND MORE MERITOCRACY – GIRLS!

When Tesco’s Chief Executive, John Allan, recently courted controversy by stating that white men are becoming an ‘endangered species’ because the ‘pendulum has swung too far the other way’ and Sir Roger Gale, MP’s comment about ‘the girls in his office’ on Radio 4’s Today’s programme last week women across the country were outraged that […]

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