Tag: Video
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Video | Drone footage shows HS2 river realignment
New drone footage shows HS2’s completion of the realignment of the River Cole near Coleshill in Warwickshire. The project was carried out to allow for the construction of the Birmingham Spur of the Delta Junction in the high-speed route. The realignment project was designed by HS2’s Mott MacDonald Systra Design joint venture and delivered by…
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Video | Skanska receives huge steel beams for new Penrith railway bridge
Skanska has overseen the delivery of five huge ‘VIBs’ (very important beams) that will be used for major sections of a replacement railway bridge over the M6 next year. The contractor is delivering the £60m project for Network Rail to replace Clifton railway bridge near Penrith after the old bridge reached the end of its life…
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Are video doorbells easy to install? What you need to know
If you like the idea of joining the growing number of Brits swapping to a hi-tech way to find out someone is at the door, you might be asking if video doorbells are easy to install. After all, DIYing can save time as well as money. A smart doorbell that allows you to see and…
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Video | Sequence trial assembly ahead of Stockport bridge construction
(Credit: Network Rail) Drone footage shows the trial assembly of huge concrete components of a £20m bridge and roundabout that Murphy is building for Network Rail in Stockport. The video captures how the components for the bridge have been made and tested over recent months at a huge manufacturing site in Ireland. The bridge components…
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Video | Timelapse shows Esh installing beams at Stockton bridge project
Footage shows Esh Construction installing 47 precast concrete bridge beams across four days at the £23m Stockton Waterfront urban park project. The beams were installed with support from reinforced concrete specialist BEMAC Construction to form the land bridge above the A1305 Riverside Road carriageway. They were manufactured by Shay Murtagh Precast in Ireland and include…
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Video | Big Carl lifts second giant dome into place at Hinkley Point C
Big Carl, the world’s largest crane, has lifted into place the 245-tonne dome of Hinkley Point C’s second reactor building. The 14m-tall dome closes the 44m-high reactor building. Work on Unit 2 was stopped during the pandemic. Although the second dome was lifted 18 months after the first, Unit 2 is further ahead thanks to…
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Can you have a video doorbell without a subscription?
It’s a question many people ask when they decide to boost home security: can you have a video doorbell without a subscription? Spending out each month having already paid to purchase the doorbell isn’t always the preferred option. The good news if you’re among those who favour a one-off investment in a video doorbell as…
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Am I A Hoarder? Our Next Youtube Video – Inside The Vintage Carriage House
Today we are discussing two very important things – 1. I am a hoarder of vintage stuff, and I don’t have as much shame about it as I probably should, and 2. We have produced some new YouTube videos in the vintage carriage house that you simply must watch (it’s my favorite video we’ve ever…
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Video | Footage shows two of the world’s biggest tower cranes at HS2
Heavy lift contractor Marr and the Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra joint venture (BBVS JV) are using three cranes, comprising two of Marr’s 330-tonne capacity M2480D heavy lift luffing cranes, supported by a 96-tonne capacity M860DX, to declutter the site. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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The rules on video doorbells in the UK
Video doorbells have become a common sight on the front of homes with one in five Brits owners of one of these smart devices by 2022, according to research by Consumer Intelligence. But their ubiquity means it’s easy to ignore the fact that video doorbell rules govern their use in the UK. A smart doorbell…