Tag: Challenge
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From policy to delivery: can construction rise to the 2026 challenge?
The uncertain outlook for the year ahead is fuelling construction’s confidence crisis, writes Nitesh Patel Image: Dreamstime For construction, 2025 was expected to be a big year and it has been pivotal for UK infrastructure, with government commitments setting the stage for transformative change. Planning reforms and the government’s industrial, infrastructure and housing strategies are…
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Willmott Dixon PM leads trainee challenge to raise £30k for charity
A Willmott Dixon team member has raised almost £30,000 for a Kent-based hospice charity. Each year each part of the Willmott Dixon business undertakes the Trainee Challenge, which involves all trainees within that part of the business giving back to the community. This year, Holly Falzon, assistant project manager, led the Willmott Dixon Construction South…
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AGC Georgia Hosts Skills Challenge with Local Contractors
The Associated General Contractors of Georgia (AGC Georgia) is excited to host construction students from high schools in nine local counties for the AGC Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge. The event will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Marietta at the Cobb County Civic Center (548 South Marietta Pkwy SE).This…
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How Defence Homes and Glider are addressing the asset information handover challenge
Interviewed by Hutchinson, Turner highlighted the scope of the challenge. DIO manages more than 1% of the UK land mass. Defence Homes alone manages more than 55,000 built assets, including housing, garages, parks and roads, as well as utilities infrastructure. “And those built assets are supported by more than a million lower-level assets, so it’s…
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Rising Plumbing Costs Challenge Commercial Construction
Trusted Plumbing & Heating LLC, a local Renton plumber and HVAC company serving King County and the surrounding areas, has launched an awareness campaign intended to educate homeowners about common tactics that plumbers sometimes employ to maximize profit, at the expense of the customer. The campaign includes light-hearted, but informative video advertisements parodying some of…
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Rising Plumbing Costs Challenge Commercial Construction
Trusted Plumbing & Heating LLC, a local Renton plumber and HVAC company serving King County and the surrounding areas, has launched an awareness campaign intended to educate homeowners about common tactics that plumbers sometimes employ to maximize profit, at the expense of the customer. The campaign includes light-hearted, but informative video advertisements parodying some of…
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YORK® Rooftop Unit Excels in DOE HVAC Technology Challenge
YORK®, a premium brand part of the Bosch Home Comfort Group, has passed and exceeded the laboratory testing phase of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Commercial Building HVAC Technology Challenge for its rooftop unit (RTU). YORK developed an innovative, all-electric 15-ton heat pump, which allows for simultaneous compressor and electric heating to provide comfortable…
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AGC Georgia Hosts Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge for High School Students
The Associated General Contractors of Georgia (AGC Georgia) brought together construction students from nine counties for the annual AGC Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge in October at the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta. Beginning at 8:30 a.m., the event will showcase the skills of over 150 high school competitors across 12 construction disciplines including carpentry,…
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In pictures | Costain workers join resilience challenge
Construction workers on Costain‘s Gallows Corner Flyover project have been testing their resilience, one block at a time, during a recent mental health and wellbeing session on site. Delivered by mental health consultant Ghitta Basson, the workshop aims to get participants to reflect on their personal resilience and understand what coping strategies or support are…
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Architect Wins Clopay Creative Sketch Challenge with Whimsical Design
When architect Christopher Arelt sat down at the Blueprints & Brews sketch challenge at this year’s AIA Conference on Architecture in Boston, he wasn’t expecting to draw something as whimsical as “a door at the edge of the world.” But his playful burst of creativity was precisely what earned him the Grand Prize in this…