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Nov 5, 2024 | 
theb1m.com | Tim Gibson |Adam Savage |Jaden Urbi
MORE than 21,000 Indian, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese workers are alleged to have died in Saudi Arabia since 2017 working on the country’s Saudi Vision 2030. The claim emerged in a new documentary Kingdom Uncovered: Inside Saudi Arabia, produced and aired by UK broadcaster ITV.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
theb1m.com | Fred Mills |Tim Gibson |James Rabey
CONSTRUCTION is an industry that makes the impossible happen. Everyday its unsung heroes help create the world we all live our lives in – from our homes that shelter us, to the transport infrastructure we rely on and the schools we take our children to. The sector’s amazing people face a barrage of well-reported challenges. There’s an urgent need to boost productivity, build more sustainably and attract skilled workers. But construction’s biggest battle is in fact with a silent pandemic.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
theb1m.com | Adam Savage |Tim Gibson
This video and article contain paid promotion for Schindler. LET'S face it: few feats of construction are more awe-inspiring than a skyscraper. Around the world these buildings tower over our cities: emerging from the context of their time, maximising floor area on site, pushing engineers to the max and standing as markers of our progress. But they wouldn’t be viable without one very simple thing: the elevator. Think about it for a moment.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
theb1m.com | Tim Gibson |Fred Mills |Adam Savage
THE WORLD is about to get a new second tallest building. The Burj Azizi is currently under construction in Dubai and will stand a staggering 725-metres above the city when it completes. That height will put it into the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s “megatall” category and see it overtake the world’s current second tallest building: Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur. Above: The Burj Azizi will become the world's latest megatall skyscraper. Image courtesy of Azizi Developments.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
insidehighered.com | Tim Gibson |Bethany Letiecq |James H. Finkelstein
You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. UCG /Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesPublic universities increasingly are targets of political interference. At our institution, George Mason University, we’re observing a highly politicized transformation of the governing board that we fear may soon be coming to a public university near you.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
theb1m.com | Tim Gibson |Adam Savage |Christine Beldon
Video narrated by Fred Mills. This video and article contain paid promotion for Bentley Systems. WATER — it’s a resource that none of us can live without, and in many parts of the world it’s becoming scarce. But while the worst effects are being felt in developing countries, one region known for its prosperity is facing a water crisis of its own — California. In 2022, the state recorded one of its driest years ever.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
theb1m.com | Tim Gibson |Adam Savage |Christine Beldon
CONSTRUCTION needs to talk about mental health. The sector seriously struggles with this issue, a fact that's sadly borne out in the data: it has one of the highest male suicide rates of any industry across the UK, US and Australia. Earlier this month, as part of our worldwide Get Construction Talking initiative and in the week of World Mental Health Day, we held a free breakfast event to raise awareness of construction's mental health challenges and explore ways to help tackle them.
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Sep 25, 2023 | 
theb1m.com | Adam Savage |Christine Beldon |Tim Gibson
Youtube Channel Share on Twitter Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook Copy to Clipboard Write us an email IT’S BEEN a huge year for the world's greatest industry. We’ve been blown away by all of the amazing entries that we received for Construction Story of the Year in 2023. There’s no shortage of inspiring, boundary-pushing work that is quite literally shaping the world around us.
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Sep 3, 2023 | 
theb1m.com | Tim Gibson |Adam Savage
Hundreds of UK schools have had to close certain affected buildings after the government changed its guidance on RAAC at short notice. We’ve put together a 60-second explainer above to get you up to speed on the basics. THERE’s a huge news story in the UK at the moment as the British government changed its guidance and told over 150 schools with unsafe buildings to close them or introduce mitigation measures like propping, just before the start of the new 2023-24 school year.
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Aug 24, 2023 | 
theb1m.com | Tim Gibson |Ian Parkin |Christine Beldon
Youtube Channel Share on Twitter Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook Copy to Clipboard Write us an email LET’S be honest: for most of us the obsession with architecture and construction started with LEGO and we still love playing with the stuff, even though we’re now officially “grown-ups”. Nothing gets kids excited about the world of building quite like a LEGO kit.
