Category: Construction

RICS has standardised the principles of building surveying for many years now, but with the most recent technological developments, building surveying could be shifting to new methods. 25 years ago, the first usage of the laser scanner was put into…

When using a lifting hoist such as an electric chain hoist or electric wire rope hoist, it can be suspended on a beam by attaching it to a beam trolley. There are various types of beam trolleys on the market,…

There are basically three types of commercial roof types: Flat Roofs, Low-Sloped Roofs and Pitched Roofs. Flat roofs are the most common commercial roof, usually used for smaller structures and typically on the lowest end of the cost scale as…

Many construction sites still use paper timesheets to track employee hours but in a modern world, this task is slightly outdated, time-consuming, and leaves room for errors. There are many benefits of taking the plunge and converting to digital…

A jib or jib arm is that the horizontal or near-horizontal beam that’s incorporated into many crane designs to support the load beyond the most support. Usually, jib arms are attached to a vertical mast or tower or sometimes to…