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PBC Today | January 17, 2020

The National Audit Office has released its latest report, which shows serious delays and increased construction costs for two hospital developments due to the Carillion collapse. The 646-bed Royal Liverpool, which was due to open in June 2017, is now forecast to be completed more than five years late, in the autumn of 2022, and the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has not yet set an opening date. The 669-bed Midland Metropolitan, which was originally due to open in October 201...

Markets

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...

Design

Southland | December 15, 2021

Southland Industries announced the upcoming merger of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Southland Engineering, Southland Energy, TCM Corp., Envise, and Burns Mechanical. Beginning January 1, 2022, the merger will be executed in phases with the consolidation of all brands completed by January 2023.As one of the nation’s largest MEP building systems firms, this unification aligns with Southland’s strategy to provide fully integrated building lifecycle offerings from a single brand. Follow...

Interesting Engineering | April 03, 2020

Engineers require a number of tools in the modern era to be effective during the design process. From Computer-aided design tools to 3D printers to virtual reality, technology today is only furthering just what engineering can do. Let's take a look back at some history of the engineering design process as well as look at some of the tools that allow modern engineers to effectively do their job. To many engineers out there of the younger persuasion, drawing out plans by hand may seem like a m...