29 June 2015

Why Big Data is a big opportunity for the construction industry

Demystifying Big Data and exploring the opportunities in construction It is estimated that in the UK, better use of Big Data could add £216 billion to the UK economy between 2012 and 2017*.  That’s equivalent to 22% of the UK net debt, or more than the 2011 defence, NHS and education budgets combined! With statistics[…]

  • 29 June 2015

29 June 2015

Tracker workflow management for energy and compliance sector

Tracker has been developed to manage daily workloads, appointment scheduling, key documents and data in a property-centric manner to support Green Deal and ECO activity for GDAOs, GDPs, GDAs and GDIs.  The Standard and Professional versions of Tracker can be found on the Stroma website. A key feature of Tracker is the connectivity from field[…]

  • 29 June 2015

26 June 2015

SAS aims to set industry standard with new website

The new SAS International website will act as the company’s digital flagship information hub, and has already received positive feedback from hundreds of registered users for delivering technical, educational and design-led content. The site will act as the company’s digital flagship information hub. Setting the industry standard The interior products manufacturer challenged itself to set[…]

  • 26 June 2015

23 June 2015

New dedicated app for installers and service engineers

ME Engineer has been developed to allow service engineers and installers to access current information on Mitsubishi Electric’s extensive range of products. The company’s Technical Services and Aftersales Manager, Steve Hayward, claims that the App has been carefully designed “by engineers, for engineers”. Easy access to information The ME Engineer app is available on Apple,[…]

  • 23 June 2015

23 June 2015

GGF launches online bookshop for its publications

The GGF Shop contains a comprehensive range of technical, health and safety and consumer publications to help companies and individuals throughout the industry work to the highest standards.  GGF Shop offers an online space to order hard copies of GGF publications at anytime, anywhere The new retail website covers a full range of GGF titles,[…]

  • 23 June 2015

22 June 2015

Stroma achieve double at National Green Deal and ECO Awards

Stroma’s success marks the culmination of a dedicated investment and development programme in the past 12 months – encompassing software and scheme improvements, in addition to enhancing internal infrastructure and customer support systems. Data andamp; Software Category Stroma’s in-house development team is unique in the provision of software backed by the industry throughout the rest[…]

  • 22 June 2015

22 June 2015

Stroma achieve double at National Green Deal & ECO Awards

Stroma’s success marks the culmination of a dedicated investment and development programme in the past 12 months – encompassing software and scheme improvements, in addition to enhancing internal infrastructure and customer support systems. Data & Software Category Stroma’s in-house development team is unique in the provision of software backed by the industry throughout the rest[…]

  • 22 June 2015

18 June 2015

MR160 Thermal Imaging Moisture Meter by FLIR

The MR160 is equipped with a built-in thermal camera, and features Infrared Guided Measurement (IGM) technology driven by a FLIR Lepton thermal camera core. The MR160 can instantly pinpoint potential moisture issues and represent them visually in the thermal image. This addition allows the MR160 to instantly pinpoint potential moisture issues and represent them visually[…]

  • 18 June 2015

16 June 2015

Polyflor release an extended range of new BIM Objects

Free to download from the Polyflor website and RIBA National BIM Library, a selection of Polyflor’s new BIM objects includes: Polyflor’s Expona Flow vinyl flooring in Flaxen and Burnt Orange from the Cosmos collection. Expona Flow sheet vinyl flooring Expona Control Luxury vinyl tile SimpLay loose lay tile ranges The new BIM objects have been[…]

  • 16 June 2015

15 June 2015

Win 2 tickets to the Ashes from UK Construction Week

With the mandatory use of BIM on all government-funded projects coming into force in 2016, the construction industry is currently making preparations to ensure it is BIM ready. UK Construction Week’s survey is asking whether the industry fully understands what is required of them in regards to BIM, and what percentage of UK companies have[…]

  • 15 June 2015