Best Time to Remodel Your Deck?
If you like to improve your living space or add to the value of your house, consider deck remodels. A deck is a great feature to have, whether kept up in the top-notch shape and excellent condition. It makes for a fantastic backyard, where you can sit, relax, and enjoy the fresh air. However, many people neglect their decks for one reason or another. If you’re considering doing a deck remodel, the following are some tips to keep in mind.
The essential part of any deck remodel is the deck surface. Whether you’re doing a new deck or updating an existing one, you want to be sure that your decking surface will hold up well to repeated heavy use. When you choose a deck surface, you have options between vinyl, composite decking, and others. Some materials, such as real wood, require more maintenance than others do.
Wood deck remodel is a great way to provide a feature for your backyard. You can choose to have it vinyl coated or real wood, and then finish it with different types of paints. Outdoor living space is the ideal place to enjoy the outdoors, but in areas that get heavy use, it’s also a great way to extend the useful life of the space. Wood deck remodel is a great way to avoid needing to replace the boards more often.
Next, think about railing. There are several types of railing, depending on the style that you prefer, and the amount of durability that you need from your deck remodel. For example, if you’re having it replaced because it’s already starting to fall apart, you might not be able to do much more to your existing railing. If you’re replacing it with a new, stronger material, however, you’ll want to make sure that your railing is properly installed and will withstand the changes that you want to make. That means making sure that you get professional advice when it comes to the types of materials that you can use and the best way to go about building your new outdoor space.
Another thing to consider for deck remodel is the type of flooring that you have. If you have an area where you can sit and relax, you might want to consider something durable, such as carpeting. However, if you spend time outdoors, you might want to spend more time thinking about something durable, like vinyl tiles. Vinyl tiles are less likely to stain than hardwood, and they come in a wide variety of styles so you can match any decor. Whether you choose carpeting, hardwood, or vinyl tiles, investing in a deck remodel will give you a place that you can enjoy for many years to come.
One other thing that you should think about before you start planning a deck remodel is the best time to put it all together. If you’ve had your backyard for a long time, you may find that it’s just the right size for a deck design. For those who haven’t yet spent a lot of time outdoors, however, it’s probably still too cold or too rainy for the average person to spend a lot of time outside. In this case, you may want to wait until you have warmer weather. This will allow you to build your patio or gazebo before you have to deal with the wet weather.
While most people want to spend their money on things like patio furniture when they are planning a deck remodel, there are some other options that you may want to consider as well. For instance, instead of spending money on expensive new chairs, you might want to invest your money in some inexpensive folding lawn chairs. These will give you a good deal of seating in your backyard, and they won’t take up a lot of space inside your house. They can also be moved around, allowing you to rearrange your outdoor decking design when you need to.
When you are considering all of these factors, don’t forget to take the climate into consideration as well. There are some climates that are more suitable for built-in outdoor seating than others, so it’s always a good idea to do a little research before you begin any deck remodel projects. Once you have everything worked out and you know what you want, you can start saving money and enjoying all of the great benefits that come from owning your own outdoor space.
Gap Between Increases in Material Costs & Bid Prices Shrinks; Still Immense
Graph 2 at the end of this article shows that the gap between high year-over-year material cost increases, as captured in two Producer Price Index (PPI) series, and relatively restrained year-over-year bid price increases from contractors (also coming from a PPI) is narrowing, but it remains immense.
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Construction Keynote: Autodesk Backs Customers as Solid Technology Partner [AU 2021]
Construction Keynote highlights from AU 2021
For many years, construction was among the least-digitized industries. Now, technology on site is a given. There’s an app for everything including bid management, estimation, quantity take-off, RFIs, submittals, monitoring cost, etc. The question remains, how do you use all that technology to your advantage? And more importantly, how does it help you focus on achieving the outcomes you want?
The Construction Keynote at Autodesk University this year revealed the answers—pointing out three key factors that show Autodesk’s commitment to customer success. We’ve distilled the highlights below.
Top 3 Highlights from Construction Keynote at Autodesk University 2021
1. Autodesk is connecting your data
Project data has doubled in the last three years. According to Jim Lynch, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Autodesk Construction Solutions, “If your data isn’t connected, you’ll only be able to see a fraction of what your business is capable of.” In other words, how you connect data is fundamental to successful project decisions and outcomes. Getting there requires all team members to work from a single source of truth.
Acknowledging the challenges of disconnected data, Lynch continues, “I spoke with a customer who had thousands of separate systems in play across their enterprise. Now, I’m sure each tool serves a purpose. It just isn’t sustainable because the real value that technology brings to your business is the ability to learn from each piece of data.”
This is true of any project, and good decision-making relies on good, connected data.
“If your data isn’t connected, you’ll only be able to see a fraction of what your business is capable of.” —Jim Lynch, SVP & GM
Lynch elaborates, “As your business transforms with an ever-changing industry, these disparate solutions won’t make your job easier, they’ll slow you down.”
A quick customer story came out of the Construction Keynote as well. Lynch shares, “Consolidating data was what ultimately drove one of our customers, The Boldt Company, to rethink their project management technologies.
“Prior to deploying Autodesk Build, [Boldt had] been using five different project management platforms. With business goals of accelerating time to value, reducing safety incidents, and improving quality, they needed one platform that connected all their data. And they wanted that data accessible not only to their team, but to the owners and subs on each project, who accounted for two thirds of their users.”
So, Boldt turned to Autodesk as a partner in this transition to a unified data platform.
Lynch continues, “Autodesk Construction Cloud’s ability to connect all project stakeholders with the data they needed when they needed it was exactly what the Boldt team was looking for to propel their business forward. In fact, the access to their data inside Autodesk Construction Cloud was unlike anything their team had ever seen before.”
Autodesk Construction Cloud stats:
- Over one million construction professionals in our Builder’s Network
- Over two million projects to date supported
- Five million bid invites every month
- Nearly 250 product innovations and enhancements this year
- Customers in over 140 countries
Showing his optimism in support of Autodesk customers, Lynch reveals, “What excites me about what our team is working on now is how the data flows within your ecosystems, across teams, across geographies, and across owners. The information you rely on, available when you need it. It brings your project teams together, from design to turnover, to collaborate securely from a single source of truth. It is a level of resiliency that we’ve never seen before in the construction industry, and I know it’s going to be a game-changer.”
In short, Autodesk is committed to connecting your construction data so you can focus on reaching your business and project goals with minimal risk and greater profitability. Autodesk Construction Cloud supports every phase of construction, from planning to building by connecting every part of a model and its relevant dependencies, like schedule and cost, to a single source of truth.
2. Autodesk enables collaboration at every phase of construction
Sameer Merchant, VP and Global Head of Product Development for Autodesk Construction Solutions says, “Construction is a relationship business, and as my wife always reminds me, the foundation of every good relationship is communication. For everyone in the building lifecycle, from the architect to the owner, to contractors and suppliers, it’s our job to strengthen your relationships with better collaboration.”
Autodesk recognizes that behind every piece of data is a person, and that’s why Merchant says, “We’re not just making construction software, we are building tools for people—a VDC manager refining models, a project manager orchestrating schedules, a contractor sending in submittals.”
VDC managers, for example, can now offer specific stakeholders a view of parts of a design rather than the entire building model, to help resolve design issues.
Last year, in pursuit of significant collaboration improvements, Autodesk focused on the launch of Autodesk Build, Takeoff, and BIM Collaborate. Out of that came Autodesk Docs, a common data environment (CDE), bridging data across these best-in-class solutions.
“This year, we are expanding on this success with more customization, more integration, more data collaboration,” says Merchant. “We know how to engineer new capabilities and integrate existing tools to deliver a robust, seamless experience that serves all parts of construction, not just one phase.”
Just this week, we made a major announcement revealing we have over 200 partners that have built powerful integrations connecting your data from otherwise disconnected sources. Each integration works seamlessly with our applications via APIs and Partner Cards. The solutions support every phase of construction, including cost and scheduling tools, to progress tracking and more.
“We’re not just making construction software, we are building tools for people.” —Sameer Merchant, VP & Global Head of Product Development
Now, with Autodesk Bridge, collaboration between general contractors and specialty contractors has become more robust. It offers a significantly better experience for specialty contractors, empowering them to own whatever they’ve contributed to the project through sheets without fearing they’ll lose that hard work. This can happen by sharing just the data, not the full project. Data that should stay within one firm’s walls never gets shared, but critical information like drawings, issues and documents are immediately available across all linked projects, ensuring that critical documentation isn’t disconnected and fragmented.
Collaboration is fundamental to our now tech-forward industry and building resilient products to support customer success is a mantra baked into Autodesk’s ethos. “A construction solution built for just one stakeholder, one center of gravity, is brittle,” says Merchant.
“At Autodesk, we build resilient systems—anti-brittle systems that are engineered from the ground up,” he continues. “Systems that allow all stakeholders to access, manage, and own exactly the parts they need to get the job done. Resiliency means the right people are getting the right information at the right time, and the feedback loop is traceable, and resiliency is a key priority in our roadmap. It’s how we’re executing on our promise to meet everyone’s data needs, from the office to the field and back.
3. Autodesk is a technology partner, not just a technology provider
Having the right technology is no longer enough. It’s about having the right technology partner. A partner that works with you to solve challenges and improve the processes needed today, while continuing to support your long-term goals.
The truth is we can’t solve all the problems. Especially those which we can’t control like a crushing labor shortage or volatile supply chains. But, we’re really good at helping customers find solutions to the problems we can address.
Brandon LaCourciere, Director of Customer Success for Autodesk Construction Solutions, makes that sentiment clear by saying, “No matter your company’s size, your role, or where you’re located in the world, we’re here. We’re here to ensure you’re focusing on the outcomes you want to achieve, while our team sorts through the products and workflows that help achieve them.”
“A streamlined technology experience brings all your data together so you can use it in a meaningful way,” says LaCourciere. “So you can discern and apply learnings to your business.”
But that’s not enough. He continues, “Point solutions have taken analog processes and put them on an iPad, and that’s great, but if you stop there, you have missed an opportunity. The data collected in your RFIs, issues, and change orders tell a much bigger story than each incident on its own.” Your technology needs to paint “a complete picture about [the] business.”
This is where Autodesk’s commitment to customer success shines.
“We can look at all your solutions and help simplify, working with you to create processes that are easy for your teams to both adopt and execute.” —Brandon LaCourciere, Director of Customer Success
An important thing to understand is that there is no one-size-fits-all construction software solution. Every project is unique and will have its own set of technology needs. That’s why Autodesk gives access to advanced APIs, allowing partners and customers to develop the exact solution required to connect their workflows, data and teams.
In our commitment as a technology partner to your success, “We can look at all your solutions and help simplify, working with you to create processes that are easy for your teams to both adopt and execute.”
There is a lot of noise in construction today—with so many new tools and technology, it’s hard to keep track and understand what’s right for you. This is where you have to look beyond the technology offered, as the real value is the partnership that comes with it.
“You need solutions that work today and grow with you into the future,” according to LaCourciere. “We build technology partnerships that help overcome the problems we can control. You don’t have to tackle your challenges alone. Over the past year, we’ve worked with almost 20,000 customers around the globe to help streamline, discern, and enable a new path, and we have seen incredible results. Together, we’re not waiting for progress, we’re making it.”
Wrapping up
It seemed that one major theme was clear from this year’s Construction Keynote, and that’s that Autodesk’s goal is to help you focus on the outcomes you want to achieve. By connecting your data, enabling strong collaboration, and empowering successful teams, you will no longer wait for progress. You’ll make it.
If you’d like to watch the Construction Keynote in full, it’s available throughout the month of October here.
If you’d like to request a demo of Autodesk Construction Cloud, or any of our products, please contact us. We’d be happy to show you around.
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How a Leading Australian HVAC Contractor Met the Ever-Changing Demands of Tailor-Made Solutions
Ellis Air Conditioning is an Australian company with a reputation for excellence in the air-conditioning and mechanical services sector of the commercial building industry. Established in 1964, Ellis Air has a long history of successfully completing a wide range of projects including multi-story apartments, offices, sporting facilities, education facilities, hospitals and clean room facilities.
Ellis Air works with developers, general contractors and building operators to design, fabricate, install and maintain mechanical services. Notable projects include $100M mechanical HVAC installations at Brisbane’s Queens Wharf, Collins Arch @ 447 Collins Street Melbourne, University of Queensland’s ANL building, an 11-storey mixed-use teaching and chemical engineering research facility, and Australia 108 in Melbourne’s – the first “Super Tower” in Australia.
A holistic approach was the way forward
The in-house design team offers tailor-made heating, ventilation and air conditioning solutions to suit the requirements of each individual project and generally work in a D&C environment, which means they are constantly updating modelled information. This calls for specialised software that can meet ever-changing demands of each and every project.
Accordingly, in 2017, the team turned to Autodesk to transition to full Revit modelled workflows. Ellis Air took a ground-up, holistic approach to embracing BIM-led strategies and today they use AEC Collection 2022; BIM Collaborate Pro (BIM360 Design), Docs, Build, Coordinate and Field; Assemble; and Navisworks Manage with BIM 360 integration across every stage of their planning, designing, constructing and maintaining process.
This strategic partnership with Autodesk allows Ellis Air to tackle a variety of projects and challenges, not least of which is building a pathway to BIM Level 3 maturity and LOD 500.
They can now go from full design to install using Revit design parts throughout the whole process to protect the lifecycle of the model. Their cross-team collaboration and spatial coordination has improved thanks to BIM Collaborate Pro (BIM360 Design), by eliminating isolated documentation and data, and maintaining a single source of truth.
Additionally, they have been able to implement connected workflows across departments internally and externally allowing collaboration with suppliers and other contractors via BIM 360 Docs and Assemble Systems. In this way there are connected workflows with estimation and programming using the early design models to increase accuracy and efficiency thanks to Assemble Systems with Excel integration.
They have also enhanced their data management, with Revit Scheduling now managing equipment, field-to-model and procurement scheduling, to maintain a central database for the whole supply chain.
Autodesk allowed the Ellis Air team to introduce mobile devices that let them access essential information in the field and, as a bonus, means they no longer print anything – reducing information risk and environmental footprint.
The benefits of a connected solution
Ian Pearse, Ellis Air’s National Digital Services Manager, cites several features in particular that are pivotal to the team’s workflow, including the cloud worksharing and the CDE collaboration, which allow the team to work seamlessly despite being spread out in many locations and this is highly valued.
“Revit Scheduling with included metadata is “a revelation”, leading the team to the realisation that they no longer create drawings, they build databases. Having all the information for the constructed assets in one place means that the days of keeping different documents aligned are over.” – Ian Pearse, Ellis Air’s National Digital Services Manager,
He also appreciates the bi-directional data via Assemble Systems Revit Link, saying it “removes a vast amount of double handling, and dealing with emails and spreadsheets,” and the ability to produce construction-ready sections for work areas as needed.
“As we keep the design model alive throughout the lifecycle, from PIM to AIM, we needed a way to produce construction-ready sections for work areas,” Pearse says. “Keeping this as a ‘just in time’ activity means we can allow for design changes right up until the critical path, reducing rework and waste.”
Pearse is also impressed by the way that implementing connected workflows using Autodesk has reduced risk across the entire project.
“Many people talk about cost and efficiency benefits in isolation, but what we have learnt is that the biggest contributing factor to this in construction is risk mitigation,” he says.
“Mistakes cost time and money. Double handling of information, poor timing and inaccuracy of data, or broken workflows increase risk substantially. If the choice of solutions, and their use, are built around reducing risk in the business, everything else becomes a beneficial by-product.”
Ellis Air’s General Manager (Qld), Ashley Robinson, feels that the relationship with Autodesk has exceeded all expectations.
“Autodesk has been a partner rather than a supplier; this is the key difference in how the level of relationship and trust has been built to enable evolution of solutions,” he says.
“Being involved in new product testing has allowed us to feel like we have a voice in the inception of new products and updates.”
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Jittery clients put brake on projects as subbie rates soar
The pace of construction growth slowed further in September as the industry saw its worst month for order books since January’s lockdown.
Construction buyers reported output volumes rising to the smallest extent for eight months as the industry continued to grapple with transport issues, a severe lack of materials and staff shortages.
The bellwether IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI Total Activity Index posted 52.6 in September, down from 55.2 in August.
A rapid drop in subcontractor availability in September sparked the steepest rise in subcontractor charges since the survey began in April 1997.
Some buyers warned that the unpredictable pricing environment had slowed clients’ decision-making on new orders and led to delays with contract awards.
Tim Moore, Director at IHS Markit, which compiles the survey said: “September data highlighted a severe loss of momentum for the construction sector as labour shortages and the supply chain crisis combined to disrupt activity on site.
“The volatile price and supply environment has started to hinder new business intakes as construction companies revised cost projections and some clients delayed decisions on contract awards.
“As a result, the latest survey data pointed to the worst month for order books since January’s lockdown.
“Shortages of building materials and a lack of transport capacity led to another rapid increase in purchase prices during September.
He added: “There was also a considerable decline in the availability of subcontractors, with survey respondents citing shortages of bricklayers, drivers, groundworkers, joiners, plumbers and many other skilled trades.
“Measured overall, prices charged by subcontractors increased at the fastest rate since the survey began in April 1997.”
Duncan Brock, Group Director at the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, said: “Construction activity suffered another setback in September, as builders were hammered by staff and material shortages, delivery delays and higher business costs as this phase of the post-pandemic recovery became the shakiest for eight months.
“Housing and civil engineering bore the brunt of the slowdown with residential building the weakest since June 2020 during the early stages of the pandemic.
Over 60% of supply chain managers said their deliveries were taking longer and 78% were paying more for their goods as inflation remained stubbornly high.
He warned: “Unless stronger supply chain performance is nailed down along with headcount, we are heading towards a stagnant autumn because the sector is certainly not on an even footing at the moment.”
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T&T nabs Lower Thames Crossing commercial role
National Highways has named Turner & Townsend as its commercial partner on the vast Lower Thames Crossing scheme.
The appointment marks the completion of the Lower Thames Crossing integrated client team, comprised of Jacobs/Cowi/Arcadis as technical partner, and Jacobs as sole integration partner.
Across the eight-year contract, T&T will work as part of the integrated client team providing day-to-day cost, commercial and contract management, independent cost assurance and cost audit function across the whole £8.6bn Lower Thames Crossing programme.
Matt Palmer, Lower Thames Crossing Executive Director, said: “The Lower Thames Crossing is the most ambitious road project this country has seen since the M25 was completed 35 years ago, and will improve journeys, create new jobs and business opportunities, as well as bring new green spaces for the local community and wildlife.”
If given the green light construction of the main tunnel and link roads will support over 22,000 jobs during construction.
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Powerful New Advancements Strengthen Autodesk Construction Cloud
New Schedule tool in Autodesk Build and an expanded partner ecosystem supercharge project management across construction teams
San Francisco, Calif., October 5, 2021 – Autodesk University – Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has announced powerful new capabilities across Autodesk Construction Cloud and an expansion of its partner ecosystem, delivering new ways for construction teams to connect their workflows on one platform. Advancements to Autodesk Build, including a new Schedule management tool, further connect office and field teams and data across the construction lifecycle. Project teams can now also integrate construction data from over 200 partners on Autodesk Construction Cloud to streamline construction management in one centralized location.
“In today’s increasingly digitized construction industry, connecting project stakeholders and data is critical for the collaboration and insights teams need for their competitive edge,” said Sameer Merchant, vice president of product development, Autodesk Construction Solutions. “Consolidating data from various project workflows into a common data environment gives team members access to the information they need when they need it and empowers project leaders to make informed decisions. Since we launched Autodesk Construction Cloud, we have been focused on connecting office and field teams and enabling easier collaboration from a single source of truth; we have introduced nearly 250 product innovations just this year. Our newest developments are another milestone for connected construction.”
New Schedule tool in Autodesk Build bolsters project management
A new Schedule tool in Autodesk Build empowers teams to centralize schedule management and work from the most up-to-date activities and milestones to keep their projects on track. Office and field teams can instantly share digital schedules, collaborate on updates as they happen and link documents, sheets, photos, issues, assets, RFIs and submittals to their communications for reference. Teams can also filter and search their schedules and view them in calendar or chart formats to see activity status in real time. Additionally, Schedule integrates with the Cost tool in Autodesk Build to simplify budgeting and planning for schedule-related expenses including general conditions such as material handling and clean-up. The Schedule and Cost integration delivers project-level data analyses, enabling teams to accurately forecast cash flow.
“Distributing schedules across the team and ensuring everyone is on the same page is often time-consuming,” said Bryan Nuckolls, project manager, Boldt. “Traditional and siloed schedule management requires updating spreadsheets, publishing them as PDFs and emailing them around to the team. By automating schedule communication in Autodesk Build, we save valuable project time and keep our team updated on the latest, while remaining in the same solution that houses our other critical project information.”
Additional recent updates to Autodesk Build include:
- Sheet sharing across accounts – Customers can now connect data across their entire project teams. Linking sheets across different accounts gives teams the ability to share the latest sheets with other external team members including owners and other contractors who need access but may not be part of the main project account.
- Pype AutoSpecs integration – Pype AutoSpecs automatically generates submittal logs to deliver efficiency, automation and accuracy to the submittal process. Its integration with Autodesk Build enables teams to transfer draft submittals and entire logs directly and seamlessly into their project management base for simplified submittal management.
- Microsoft Teams in Meetings – Customers can now set up Teams meetings directly in Autodesk Build, without having to switch between other applications.
- Data extraction & analysis – Support for sheets, transmittals and design review data extractions using Data Connector, plus new Power BI templates, lets teams analyze and optimize document management workflows for improved design review processes.
- As-Builts – Teams can easily filter, find and export all relevant as-built information such as Sheets, RFIs and Submittals, and carry over links to other related documents like files or photos from within Autodesk Build.
To continue Autodesk Construction Cloud’s momentum, additional capabilities coming to Autodesk Build include:
- Progress Tracking – Teams can track the percentage of work completed on their projects and quantify the materials installed to update plans accordingly;
- Work Plan – A new collaborative space, based on BIM 360 Plan, where teams can build their roadmaps, track commitments, manage constraints and view progress towards key performance metrics;
- Closeout – Automation of handover document collection and review workflows, supporting project lifecycle data management in Autodesk Construction Cloud;
- Bridge – New collaboration capability that lets teams share key project data between firms without having to share an entire project, and gives each team agency over their own project data archive.
Expanded integration partner ecosystem streamlines data across workflows
Autodesk Construction Cloud now features over 200 partners leveraging Partner Cards and APIs, including Forge APIs, to deliver strong and meaningful integrations for customers who want to simplify data management and boost their ability to make more informed project decisions. With the expanded partner ecosystem, customers can integrate data from their safety, mixed reality, analytics and reality capture solutions, for example, to Autodesk Construction Cloud and maintain a centralized view of their project information to make decisions with more context. Among the latest integrations are Build.Works, Cupix, eFiler, NTI and RealWear, as well as hh2’s integration between Autodesk Construction Cloud and Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate.
“Financial accounting in ‘real time’ is critical to providing project teams with accurate cost information,” said Dennis Stejskal, director, construction and real estate, Sage. “We are excited to come together with hh2 and Autodesk to deliver an industry-leading integration between accounting and operations. Our partnership can help construction teams increase collaboration and data visibility between field-facing teams and accounting so project managers can make timely informed cost decisions.”
New integrations also include 3D Repo, Aespada, Airtable, ArcGIS GeoBIM, Arkio, BIM HoloView, DAQS, Embneusys, Geometrid, GoFormz, Google Workspace, Join, Novade, Oculo, OpticVyu, ProNovos, Safe Site Check In, Shepherd, SiteKick, Stevenson Systems, StructShare, Tomorrow.io, UpKeep, vGIS, viAct and WakeCap.
The App Gallery is also now available, making it easy for account administrators to connect Autodesk Construction Cloud platform products with third party partner applications such as augmented reality solutions and jobsite cameras. Teams can explore a range of direct integrations that leverage the Forge open platform and quickly activate integrations to further simplify data management with automated and seamless data flow.
Additionally, Autodesk Construction Cloud Connect now supports Autodesk Takeoff, so customers can customize integrations to export information including quantities, property definitions, model mappings and classifications into a variety of software applications such as Smartsheet, Airtable, QuickBase and Microsoft Excel.
To learn more:
- Join us for Autodesk University 2021, a global, digital conference with no cost to attend
- Watch the Construction Keynote on October 6th at 10:15am PT / 1:15pm ET
- Read the Digital Builder blog for more on how Autodesk Build keeps projects on track.
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Nmcn goes into administration
Nmcn is going into administration after the board decided the contractor is no longer able to continue trading as a going concern.
A notice of intention to appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as administrators has now been filed with the courts.
The company was in the middle of a protracted £24m refinancing deal with Svella plc which was being held-up by the late publication of nmcn’s latest results for last year.
A statement said: “The Board, its advisers and Svella have worked tirelessly in the intervening period. However, as previously notified, completing the preparation of the group’s accounts has revealed further underlying contractual issues with expected losses rising to £43 million.
“It has now become apparent that the company will be unable to approve the audited financial statements in a timely manner to allow the Proposed Transaction to complete within the required timeframe.
“This in turn has led to significant liquidity issues for the Group and particularly the company, which unfortunately is now considered to no longer be able to continue trading as a going concern.”
The Enquirer understands that rival firms were being offered parts of the business over the weekend.
Nmcn said: “Indicative offers have been received from certain parties for the acquisition of certain of the trading operations and/or subsidiaries of the company on a going concern basis, and discussions are ongoing with further parties which may lead to indicative offers on a similar basis.
“Following discussions with its advisers, it is expected that this process will be conducted out of administration, to safeguard the continuity of operations and employment, and consequently the consideration receivable by the company is unlikely to result in any value for equity shareholders.
“The board of nmcn wishes to thank all of its shareholders, customers and suppliers for their support over the years and particularly Svella and those who had intended to participate in the equity subscription that formed part of the Proposed Transaction, which has had to be cancelled.
“Further announcements will be made by the company as appropriate.”
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Green light for £31m Leeds Victorian school conversion
Leeds-based developer Priestley Homes has been granted planning permission to transform a Grade-II listed former Victorian school in the city centre into an apartment and commercial scheme.
The 2 Great George Street building will be renovated into 34 one-bedroom, 43 two-bedroom and six three-bedroom apartments – including the city’s first £1million-plus penthouses.
A new-build, three storey glazed extension will be added to the rooftop of the building alongside a communal roof-top garden and winter terrace.
New ground-floor office accommodation will be sub-divided into several units, providing 815m2 in high-quality workspaces for Leeds businesses.
The developer’s contracting arm Priestley Construction has started the initial strip-out of the building with the aim to complete in Q1 2023.
Nathan Priestley, chief executive officer of the Priestley Group, said: “As a Leeds-based business, it’s a privilege to be able to transform one of the city centre’s most ornate historical landmarks and bring it back into use as beautiful new homes and high-specification workspaces.
“Our strong reputation speaks for itself when breathing new life into heritage buildings and we can’t wait to make these ambitious plans a reality.
“Most of the development in Leeds city centre is allocated to student housing and PRS schemes. We believe there is a huge shortage of truly magnificent homes for owner-occupiers that give a taste of individuality and elegance; something that we will set out to deliver at 2 Great George Street.”
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The Homebuilding Juggernaut Keeps on Rolling in U.S. and Canada
U.S. Housing Starts Stay Elevated
Construction activity in the United States is currently being sustained almost exclusively by residential work. Year to date through August, the put-in-place capital spending figures from the Census Bureau show the residential dollar volume to be +25.8% compared with Jan-Aug 2020 and nonresidential to be -6.7%. The grand total is +7.0%.
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