Building Briefs – June 8th

Barratt Homes delivers summer site safety roadshow with schools

Barratt Homes has begun its annual summer site safety roadshow with primary schools across Scotland, to remind youngsters of the dangers within live construction developments.

Site safety experts will start their programme this week in the West of Scotland, visiting schools in Wishaw, Robroyston and Bonnybridge.

The Site Safety Roadshow sees safety, health and environment manager Stewart Ponton and his team of construction site experts deliver a 40 minute interactive presentation which includes a video, question and answer session, kids sized personal protection equipment (PPE) for the children to try on as well as an information pack for school staff to distribute to pupils and parents as they see fit.

TUV SUD Real Estate now at the vanguard of BIM

TUV SUD Real Estate has achieved BIM Level 2 Certification from the British Standards Institute for the delivery of BIM Level 2 project information across our 14 regional offices in compliance with PAS1192.

This is the standard that was developed by the UK BIM Task Group and is designed to provide standardisation for Building Information Modelling (BIM) throughout the UK.

The UK government mandate introduced BIM in April 2016 as a means of cutting overall construction costs by up to 33% through reducing in-efficiencies in the construction process.

To remain in the vanguard of industry developments TUV SUD Real Estate recruited an experienced BIM Manager to lead the development of our BIM strategy and implementation of Building Information Modelling, standardising digital engineering across the business.

Obtaining certification provides our customers with confidence and peace of mind that we have the competence, necessary processes, procedures and documentation in place to successfully deliver BIM Level 2 projects in compliance with PAS1192.

TUV SUD Real Estate has 25 dedicated BIM technicians and 30 Engineers currently trained in BIM Level 2 and we have a continuous training programme in place. Only a limited number of Consultancies in the UK have acquired BIM Level 2 certification from the British Standards Institute.

RGU Architecture students launch crowdfunding for London exhibition

Students from Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help promote their work to an international audience in London.

The 57°10 student architecture society is hoping to raise enough money to host an exhibition in the capital city, ‘Critically North’, which will allow the School the opportunity to present a selection of graduate work to industry professionals.

57°10 is a student-run architecture lecture society, run on a volunteer basis by master students Ross Cowie and Ross Robinson.

The society has been running for over 28 years and regularly invites guest lecturers to the school to talk about the ideas and projects explored by their practices. Some of the previous guests include renowned architects such as Andreas Deplazes, Snøhetta and Zaha Hadid.

The exhibition, which will be the first of its kind that the School has hosted outside of the North-east, will be curated and run by six volunteer master students in their graduating year of studies.

More information on the 57°10 society and crowdfunding campaign can be found here.

Snagging works at Perth’s Canal Street Car Park

Canal Street Car Park in Perth will be temporarily closing from 10pm on Saturday 17 June until 10pm on Sunday 18 June.

The closure is due to snagging works following on from the £1.7 million refurbishment of the car park last year.

Jarvie Plant delivers first order from new Manchester depot

Jarvie Plant’s new Manchester depot is off to a flying start with management reporting a maiden hire within days of their new plant equipment arriving on site.

The Scottish-based ground works contractor has wasted no time in snapping up a 14m telehandler from the facility on Chaddock Lane in Astley, 10 miles to the north-west of the city.

The Grangemouth-based firm, which has invested over £1m acquiring the 3-acre site, will initially employ up to 10 staff providing an extensive range of equipment, including telehandlers, dumpers, excavators, site accommodation, vehicles, generators and lighting.

The depot is part of Jarvie’s wider growth strategy to increase the firm’s visibility amongst main contractors, civils contractors and house builders across the UK.

During 2016, two purpose built depots in Dundee and Aberdeen were opened taking the total number of facilities in Scotland to 8. This number will increase to 9 later this year when a new depot opens in Nairn on Scotland’s north coast.

TAYplan University of Dundee youth camp

Dozens of young people from all over Tayside and North Fife have gathered in Dundee to learn more about how places can change and the ways they can influence the process.

Pupils from seven secondary schools across the TAYplan area were taking part in a one day Youth Camp at Dundee University.

The event gave them the chance to think about where they live, study and work by taking part in a number of workshops as well as an opportunity to consider a career in planning.

Planning matters such as design, accessibility and climate change formed part of the afternoon session when the young people working in their school groups developed a “sustainable place”.

Will Dawson, convener of Dundee City Council’s development management committee, Helen O’Connor, head of Dundee University’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning and Dundee City Council’s development plans service manager, Gordon Reid, pored over the entries to select a winner at the end of the event.

TAYplan and its four constituent local authorities will use the conclusions of the day to help inform future local and strategic development plans.

Set up in 2008 TAYplan provides the strategy for the location of major development in Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross and North Fife areas.

It submitted its latest Proposed Strategic Development Plan to Scottish Ministers in June last year.