306 results for "Hybrid":

Concrete is a fundamentally important material to offsite construction. Precast and pre-stressed units and formwork include elements such as the structural frame, supporting columns, panels, beams and flat slabs. These can be...

A generic term covering a wide variety of construction techniques, particularly where two different materials are used in combination to fulfil a specific function.

For example, composite floor slabs can comprise in situ concrete with...

Any pre-engineered method of building that has a pre-defined scoped and configuration limits. Building systems can be volumetric, panel, stick build or hybrid. 

The Buildoffsite  Property Assurance Scheme incorporates assurance and insurance as a means of mitigating many of the perceived risks to which the lending community and other key stakeholders in the residential market...

A material used in construction for centuries is making a comeback, as developers and builders take timber to new heights.

On a site in Campbelltown, where four apartment towers are being built, almost the only noise you can hear is...

The modular construction industry is varied and can be used for numerous applications such as schools, commercial construction, offices, retail establishments, healthcare, hospitals, military installations, dormitories, hotels, and remote...

Until recently, there were two basic ways of using wood in construction: chop down whole tree trunks for heavy beams or saw them into two-by-fours. The first, which produced log cabins and medieval church roofs, is costly and inefficient today,...

Timber is a fundamentally important material to offsite construction and one of the leading mainstreams, renewable, low-carbon building materials. There are several CPD sessions being offered in the industry, which are designed to...

Tall wood structures have been cropping up all over the news lately. Although it can be off-putting to designers that current building regulations can limit how tall these structures are, the technology behind building a skyscraper of wood is...