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7 jobs with a salary of over £30k in Wirral you can apply for right now If you are a looking for a new job there are plenty of opportunities right now There are a number of jobs available in Wirral right now with very attractive salaries. Whether you are thinking about changing careers or you are just wanting to look at what is on offer now is the time, as there are some positions right on your doorstep. From roles in hospitals to taking on the property market as an estate agent, there are ...

75 Pigdons Rd Waurn Ponds VIC 3216 Future-proofing the building to ensure it accommodates for all types of learning, H2o Architects have completely transfigured Deakin University’s KA5 block – that plays host to the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment (SEBE) – to stunning results. Given a brief that required the transformation of the original Building KA, H2o set about evaluating each area, and to account for a projected growth in staff and Higher Degree by Research (HDR...

TechFest Awards to showcase industry innovation and progress After a year where the need for technology really came to the fore, NCE has opened entries for the 2021 TechFest Awards to celebrate the industry’s success in putting technology into action to overcome the challenges of the pandemic, as well as address demand for improved project delivery. Firms with great examples of engineering innovations and uses of emerging technologies have until 9 July to submit their entries ahead of the awa...

Northern Ireland’s capitol city of Belfast will soon be home to the country’s tallest residential building. Designed to reach 265 ft. (80.7 m), the Obel Tower (a condensed blend of “old Belfast” and “obelisk”) will surpass the city’s current tallest skyscraper, Windsor House.

Date Time New study on airborne transmission of Covid-19 helping to kick-start large-scale events A new study involving the University of Nottingham will investigate how we can safely use and ventilate non-residential buildings like concert stadiums after lockdown to minimise the risk of airborne transmission of Covid-19 and other viruses. The government-funded AIRBODS (Airborne Infection Reduction through Building Operation and Design for SARS-CoV-2) project will help get large-scale events ba...

Deakin To mark Privacy Awareness Week, Industry Professor Phillip Magness at Deakin’s Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation argues businesses should carefully consider how much personal information they keep, given the risks of a data breach. An area of privacy that often receives less attention than others is data retention. In my experience, individuals and organisations continue to hold personal information when they don’t really need it anymore; perhaps for fear of deleting ...

May 6, 2021 A young scientist who developed a way to test blood glucose levels without using the traditional way of pricking the finger, will compete against more than a thousand scientists in the world’s largest science fair, the 2021 Virtual Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in the US. The scientist is Eskom Expo for Young Scientists’ top senior scientist for 2020, Hritik Mitha, a grade 12 learner at Bryanston High School in Johannesburg. His project, “Non-inva...

Architectural news & editorial desk With just three weeks to go until the June session of CPD-Live 2021, time is running out to register to continue your professional development.  Dynamic, interactive and engaging, CPD-Live brings together expert panels to dissect curated discussions, with each session tailor made to keep you across the latest developments in architecture and design. Tune in anywhere you have an internet connection over the 2 – 3 June 2021. Formally recognised as part of...

IBI Issues Positive Profit Alert, Expects to Record Over 140% Increase in Profit Attributable to the Owners of the Company HONG KONG, May 03, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - IBI Group Holdings Limited ("IBI" or the "Group"; Stock Code: 1547), a publicly listed holding company that holds investments in companies focused on the Built Environment, is pleased to announce a positive profit alert. Based on a preliminary review of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group, the Group is expe...

The online exhibition Space Is Your Own Expression explores how COVID-19 has influenced the spaces composing our lives, particularly through the eyes of students. The project’s co-curator, Ruth Bianco, speaks to Lara Zammit about the concepts underlying the exercise. The Instagram exhibition Space Is Your Own Expression “documents the disappearance of privacy in the pandemic state of emergency”. How did this exhibition come about? The exhibition involved mainly prospective architecture/...