One of the hidden gems of e-Government is the Intellectual Property Office website . The IP Office have the responsibilities their name implies - they are the government body responsible for Intellectual Property rights (such as patents, trademarks and...

There are a couple of simulations floating around on Google of the post-blockade North London Line between Dalston and Camden. I believe they are distributable, so have posted them below for those who have not seen them yet. If you are the copyright holder...

These are my links for March 6th through March 11th: Resisting Dickensian Gloom | Planetizen – I often read stuff I don't agree with, just to keep myself in check. This article is pretty much the opposite of everything I believe. I don't...

After being made redundant from Wimpeys around 1982-83 I became a bit like a fish out of water for a while as I had like so many people become stuck in a rut with what I thought was the security of a big company. But I set off in earnest to find a new...

[Apologies for the lack of posts lask week - business unfortunately intervened - JB] The PPP Arbiter has made his final direction on pricing for the second period of Tube Lines' PPP contract - the final figure is £4.46bn. The figure is broadly inline...

This is the original draft of an article I wrote that has just been published in the March 2010 issue of Construction Manager magazine (link to digital edition), alongside a bigger feature looking at the new generation of construction collaboration.....

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I met up with Bob Leung from Woobius a couple of times last week (including at the launch of StickyWorld's Collaboration Cafe at London's Building Centre - pwcom post), and he updated me on progress with Woobius Eye (see post).... Read More.....

For those who missed the BREEAM awards at Ecobuild last week, I was chuffed to find out that one of the first projects I worked at when I arrived at Inbuilt had won the Prisons category for the BREEAM awards 2010. The project was a massive learning curve...

The proper way to slash carbon emissions is to tax carbon at the point of fuel extraction and let the market sort the problem out. But because there’s no political appetite for carbon tax, we end up tinkering at the margins trying to address the emissions...

On 25 February, Martin Brown and I talked to the Black Country Constructing Excellence Club about use of social media in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. We both mentioned the virtual world of Second Life and, being in.....

New research suggests energy efficiency in the home may not save energy In a forthcoming special issue of the ‘Building Research and Information’ journal, researchers from the Carbon Reduction in Buildings (CaRB) Consortium present new evidence on how...

At a prestigious press event last week Caterpillar launched its latest upgrade to the E-series backhoe loader range with the introduction of the E2 models, the Digger blog was lucky enough to be invited along to take a look and get up close and personal...

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West Hampstead Under the unfinished stub of the new foorbridge and lifts at West Hampstead Thameslink life is begining to stir both on the embankment and the former track bed of the up and down Hendon lines. The lower slopes of the embankment have been...