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Join the Big Engineering Conversation to Drive Change

EngineeringUK is inviting the engineering community to take part in the Big Engineering Conversation - a new campaign to encourage discussion and realise the ambition to increase the diversity and number of young people entering engineering.

13 Apr 2021

Hybrid Construction Would Enable a Lighter and More Sustainable Skyscrape

Hybrid City Challenge, organised by Metsä Wood in 2020, called for hybrid solutions to make construction more sustainable while maintaining efficiency using current building methods. The first prize was won by a design called “WHAT IF… New York’s SEAGRAM Building was a HYBRID building” by architect Jose Gustavo Garzon. Combining Metsä Wood’s Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) with steel and concrete structures resulted a lighter and more sustainable skyscraper.

From Metsä Wood 31 Mar 2021

Explosive “Blast Box” Contract Lays Foundations for UK Steel Construction System to Go Nuclear

A pioneering UK-based steel construction system is on course to dominate the potentially lucrative global nuclear Small Modular Reactor (SMR) market following the successful delivery of a blast chamber contract with a leading US university.

23 Mar 2021

Anne-Marie Trevelyan, UK Construction Minister Announced as Keynote Speaker at the Construction Leaders’ Summit ‘Building for the Future'

NBS, the platform for connected construction information, will once again bring policymakers, industry experts and decision-makers in construction, architecture and digital transformation together for The Construction Leaders’ Summit – ‘Building for the Future'.

19 Mar 2021

Study Sheds Light on Production of Roof Tiles in Imperial China

Any visitor to China will have noticed the spectacular roofs on buildings dating from imperial times. However, the question of how these roof tiles were produced has attracted relatively little attention from archaeologists. Now, a team of researchers has conducted a major study of tile ends unearthed at the Ximing Temple in Xi'an, yielding exciting insights into their production.

17 Mar 2021