Tag: Challenge
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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…
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Caterpillar and Chinese manufacturer challenge ‘anti-dumping’ duties
The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) is to reconsider its recommendation to impose a new ‘anti-dumping’ measure on imports of certain excavators from China following requests from LiuGong Group and Caterpillar. Last year, the secretary of state for business and trade imposed tariffs on excavators imported from China to the UK of up to 40% following…
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Tradesman takes on 5k challenge to raise mental health awareness
A Worcestershire-based tradesman is running 5k every day in May to raise awareness of the construction industry’s mental health crisis. Joe Baker’s challenge is inspired by his personal battle with addiction and mental health, and is dedicated to the 7,000 construction workers who have died by suicide over the last decade. Baker, who is founder…
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North East students shine at challenge
A record number of students took part in the North East Hub 2025 Student Challenge in March. Thirteen teams entered the competition, taking on a project assignment designed by North East Hub committee member Shaun Henderson MCIOB and his employer TSA Riley. Teams from Hartlepool College, Gateshead College, Middlesbrough College and New College Durham were…