By Eric Donnay
The primary benefits of tension fabric buildings have been clear for decades: Fabric cladding doesn’t corrode, making it a great option for high-humidity facilities or corrosive material storage. In many applications, the cladding also allows for natural daylighting. The structures are cost-effective, and
For the year to end of January 2022 Muir Group made a pre-tax loss of £4.3m on turnover of £84.9m. During the previous year, when the ipact of Covid on the economy was at its height, Muir Group turnover dropped from £88m to £63m but it still made a £1m
Project: Stone Studios, Hackney Wick, London
Scope: Construction of five blocks with 120 apartments, completed in 67 weeks
Contract: JCT
Value: £38m
A barrage of complaints from worried neighbours about odours released during the groundworks phase of this project forced Stephen Pedro to rethink the design of the attenuation tank. The smell was due
When you twist open an Oreo cookie to get to the creamy center, you’re mimicking a standard test in rheology — the study of how a non-Newtonian material flows when twisted, pressed, or otherwise stressed. MIT engineers have now subjected the sandwich cookie to rigorous materials tests to get to the center of a tantalizing question: Why does the cookie’s … Read More
By Luke Carothers
The Palace Theater has sat facing Times Square since it opened in 1913. In occupying this critical space on Broadway, the Palace Theatre has become an iconic venue for theater and the performing arts. In its 109-year history, the structure has evolved to encompass a number of different uses. The space was originally used for vaudeville performances,
Winvic Construction is already installing infrastructure for the PLP MK development at South Caldecotte in Milton Keynes and has now been handed the main construction contract for the first four units.
The four sheds together offer more than
