Category: MMC
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In pictures | The best images from March
A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month. New ‘floor’ for Sunderland’s footbridge VolkerStevin has laid the last of 91 deck planks of the New Wear Footbridge in Sunderland. They were installed using a bespoke trolley system, with each of the 10m-wide planks lifted by crane from the southern riverside park…
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Wates appointed for £300m Suffolk prison expansion
Phil Shortman, regional managing director for the MoJ at Wates, said: “Through the construction of this project, around 2,000 building components have been crafted in Ministry of Justice workshops, providing meaningful employment opportunities, helping develop valuable skills and supporting brighter futures.” View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Persimmon launches home lab to trial construction tech
Persimmon has launched a three-storey ‘model home’ to trial new construction technologies and train its staff and supply chain. The facility is located at the developer’s Space4 factory in Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, and was built using modern methods of construction. The trial home’s Mauer brick facades were factory-fitted to the Space4 timber frame before…