A number of major house builders have been using wireless video alarms in South of the UK to protect their assets and stop metal theft. The driving force has been to deliver enhanced security and health and safety, whilst cutting costs on current methods. The unique pallet cam was installed by ACE Defence Security. www.acedefencesecurity.com

With technology changing at a very rapid pace, developing current and future strategies for adoption in the construction industry can be a challenge to say the least. But being able to adopt technology in the right manner is key to growing businesses in the construction industry.

One of the big areas up for discussion when it comes to the future of construction technology is how mobile initiatives will play a role in construction firms.

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 17, (KUNA): Kuwait Minister of Public Works Dr Fadhel Safar announced Monday that his ministry is preparing to put up tenders for a plethora of projects soon.

“The tenders will be announced officially immediately after the completion of the designs of projects,” Minister Safar said in exclusive statements to KUNA.

Did you know... before the industrial revolution people only worked 3 hours a day?

Sounds great. But when you consider that for most of our ancestors the other 21 hours was spent living in a leaky hovel, going to work doesn't sound so bad.

Things have moved on since then. A couple of hundred years before "Madchester" introduced us to ravers and crusty jugglers, Cottonopolis as it was known (yes, really), was kicking off another revolution. And when Manchester started building its factories in the 1700's, it spawned a whole other industry - industrial roofing.

For consumers, the announcement of Apple’s iPhone 5 means a device that is 18% thinner and 20% lighter with a larger 4-inch screen, faster 4G wireless technology, and new Siri features including restaurant recommendations and movie listings. But is the new announcement also geared toward the enterprise environment such as construction—at least to some degree?

Apple, www.apple.com, Cupertino, Calif., undoubtedly faces stiff competition from such companies as Samsung when it comes to devices. But Apple might also experience competition from a familiar company eager to nip at its heels—Microsoft, www.micrsoft.com, Redmond, Wash.

The Homes and Communities Agency has announced 105 schemes have been shortlisted for funding under the £570 million Get Britain Building fund.

The second round of funding, worth £100m, saw 162 expressions of interest and shortlisted schemes will now enter due diligence before contracts are signed.

Destruction of coastal habitats may release as much as one billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, ten times higher than previously reported, according to a new Duke led study.

Published online this week in PLOS ONE, the analysis provides the most comprehensive estimate of global carbon emissions from the loss of these coastal habitats to date: 0.15 to 1.2 billion tons.

Once you have successfully completed OLCI’s plumbing training, you will be qualified to fit, install and maintain bathrooms, fix radiators, work with airing cupboards and water tanks, and you’ll be able to work with copper and plastic pipes. 

A career in the trades can be a flexible way to earn money – either with your own business or at a company.  To give you an insight into training with OLCI, they asked some of our existing learners what they thought.

A rare spider discovered at a construction site in San Antonio has shut down a $15 million project as federal and state officials consider ways to continue without disrupting the arachnid’s natural habitat.

The spider, identified as a Braken Bat Cave Meshweaver, is an endangered, non-venomous species that lives in caves, has no eyes and is virtually translucent. Josh Donat, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Transportation, said the recent discovery is only the second time the species has been spotted in more than 30 years.

Bridges, roof structures, cars, and more should become increasingly lighter, with the same stability, and thus save energy and materials; the new high-strength steel is superbly suited for the needed lightweight design because it can also withstand extremely heavy stresses; yet these materials also have a disadvantage: with increasing strength, their susceptibility to cold cracking rises when welded; cracks are difficult to predict — until now.

Cold cracking in high-strength steel presents major quality assurance challenges for the automotive and machine-building industries, since cracks are difficult to predict — until now. A new process can determine, as early as the design stage, whether critical conditions for such damage can be prevented. This lowers development times and costs.