Built Environment News

Newly-formed Salford Professional Development has signed a major international contract offering project management programmes in liaison with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The University of Salford has launched a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) – accredited master’s degree in Sri Lanka to help with South Asia’s acute shortage of qualified quantity surveyors.

The Construction Industry Council’s North West Regional Committee, chaired by Aled Williams from The University of Salford, in partnership with the Higher Education Academy and CITB-Construction Skills has launched a workplace-based mentoring scheme for students in North West England taking place between February and July 2013.

The Construction Industry Council’s North West Regional Committee, chaired by Aled Williams from The University of Salford, in partnership with the Higher Education Academy and CITB-Construction Skills has launched a workplace-based mentoring scheme for students in North West England taking place between February and July 2013.

University of Salford academics are taking part in a key construction industry conference in India this week (30 January) covering the provision of low-cost housing which could help to solve the problem of poor quality accommodation and slum dwellings. An estimated 8.2 million households live in slum conditions in India and there is a backlog of around 26.5 million housing units which need to be built.

Archaeologists from the University of Salford are looking for volunteers to help them excavate buildings in Bolton which shed light on how workers and owners lived during the Industrial Revolution.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction have been a particular strength of the University’s School of the Built Environment for many years and at an international meeting held recently on campus, academics got together to demonstrate how these new techniques are revolutionising construction.

The University of Salford’s annual North West Regional Construction Awards are calling for submissions from the North West built environment sector looking to showcase their work to a regional and national audience.

Dr Bingu Ingirige, from the School of the Built Environment, was invited to speak at the European Forum for Urban Security (EFUS) conference in Brussels last month.

In a pilot study by the University of Salford and architects, Nightingale Associates, it was found that the classroom environment can affect a child’s academic progress over a year by as much as 25%.

A key phase in the redevelopment of the University of Salford’s campus was achieved when the refurbished Chapman Building was opened to reveal a beautiful, contemporary and environmentally-friendly space.

Researchers at the University of Salford have been awarded £249,719 to develop new technology which will greatly improve the modelling of the acoustic performance of buildings and open spaces.

The results of a painstaking 15 year study into one of Tameside’s most historic sites have been published in a new book by University of Salford archaeologist Dr Michael Nevell.

Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council, will open a new University of Salford exhibition on Friday 2 November that invites the public, researchers and community organisations to suggest ways to make Greater Manchester more sustainable.

Postgraduate students from the University of Salford’s School of the Built Environment have beaten teams from around the world to lift the CIB Sebestyén Future Leaders Award for a proposal to investigate the use of building information technology on four continents.