Arthur McKay

PBC Today | March 18, 2020

UK construction and civil engineering is one of the least prepared industries to work from home, figures released by Leesman show. Leesman has surveyed more than 700,000 employees worldwide. Of the 19,906 of those working in the UK construction and civil engineering space within its index, 49% have no home working experience, compared with 52% of overall respondents globally. Many British businesses have released Covid-19 contingency plans including compulsory home working policies, and some hav...

EC&M | January 16, 2020

Integrated building information modeling is key for effective information management and can help contractors move into the revenue-generating areas of modular construction and aftermarket services. It also represents an opportunity for smaller construction businesses to compete against industry leaders, whose legacy enterprise resource planning systems may not be able to keep up with the times. The objective of BIM is to provide better information management. However, the term can be misleading...

PBC Today | February 20, 2020

The technical team at structural warranty specialists Advantage Insurance take a look at what constitutes best practice for foundations in 2020. For this construction-focused edition of PBC Today, we’ve taken a look at the various options for foundations most commonly used within the construction industry today, and have also considered the key variables which will affect the final choice of foundations at the design stage. We also provide information on current building regulations and Br...

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PCL's Job Site Insights™ | October 27, 2020

PCL Construction is pleased to announce that Furnibo Construction has selected PCL's Job Site Insights™ (JSI™) smart construction platform to enable the future of construction on its job sites making it a leading innovator in the European construction market. Furnibo is a Belgian-based familial construction company with offices in Veurne and Ghent. Sustainable and efficient building processes are key goals for Furnibo. In order to achieve these goals, Furnibo has digitized its bu...