The impact of hot weather on British railway plain line track
Bob Hazell Plain line railway track construction is designed to resist the operational forces associated with passing trains and the forces and impact associated with the prevailing weather conditions. However, as global temperatures increase, more of the current track construction types get closer to the Critical Rail Temperatures (CRTs). This then starts to impact on […]
Spot the Robot on a Skanska Construction Site
The Finnish Building 2030 consortium and Aalto Robot Learning research group brought Spot the robot to Skanska’s shopping mall construction site in December 2021. The purpose of the test was to see how Spot could use its newly-acquired arm and gripper. Construction companies are testing the capabilities of mobile robots on construction sites. The main […]
How to Provide Impeccable Asset Data – An Interview with James Dixon, Digital Construction Lead at ISG
How can we provide clients with a perfect record of their facility so that they can reap the benefits of digitalisation? I sat down with James Dixon, digital construction lead for ISG’s science and health business, to discuss his method. ISG is a global construction specialist working across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia creating smart, […]