All Science and technology articles
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OnlineSmart Spaces to deliver Manchester’s first smart building
A leading smart-building operating system provider has been appointed to deliver Manchester’s first smart building.
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Markets
Is tokenisation set for take-off?
Or is the idea of turning property into tradeable tokens just a pipe dream?
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Markets
Facing up to the future
Some see facial recognition systems as the key to the future of building access, but there are cost and privacy concerns.
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Insight
Digital must pay its way
Shopkeepers in Britain have been brutalised by circumstance. The last 18 months have seen the feckless Theresa May government, the Brexit saga, the December 2019 general election and then, to top everything off, Covid-19.
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Insight
It’s time for buildings to get smart
Long gone are the days of cubicles and typewriters, smoke-filled offices and the nine-to-five.
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News
Edinburgh BioQuarter reveals plans for £1bn ‘health innovation district’
Edinburgh BioQuarter has revealed plans for a £1bn ‘health innovation district’ which would comprise commercial lab space, office space, retail, leisure and housing for a community of 20,000 people.
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News
Cushman & Wakefield and Matterport team up to accelerate 3D commercial real estate
Cushman Wakefield has entered into a global agreement with spatial data company Matterport to offer a 3D data platform to clients.
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News
Moda Living teams up with Canopy to roll out tenant verification app
Moda Living has signed a partnership with financial proptech business Canopy, which will roll its services out to the build-to-rent giant and its residents.
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News
Elon Musk jets to South West to hunt for potential gigfactory sites
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has been searching around the Bristol area to find a site for a potential electric car-battery gigfactory near the city.
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Online
EMEA occupiers eyeing smart building technology, survey finds
Around 88% of EMEA occupiers plan to increase investment in technology to support them in working from home, according to CBRE’s 2020 EMEA Flash Survey.
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Insight
There’s a key role for tech in post-Covid offices
Editor: Your article ‘ Canary Wharf sets out back-to-work plan’ highlighted the often default view that as lockdown is relaxed, we will all return to offices just as before.
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News
Lloyds launches new web tool for its green lending initiative
Lloyds Bank is to launch software at the start of July to help SMEs and private investors access itsgreen lending initiative.
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Online
Grainger announces first chief information officer
Grainger has announced the appointment of Paul Glibbery as its new chief information officer.
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Online
Imperial College ThinkSpace's I-HUB signs up Quell Therapeutics
Quell Therapeutics has taken 11,000 sq ft of bespoke laboratory and office space at the Translation Innovation Hub (I-HUB) on Imperial College’s White City Campus.
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Insight
Covid-19 will speed up rise of robots
Editor: In response to SEGRO CEO Andy Gulliford’s comment on the warehouse sector’s response to Covid-19 , it will quickly become evident that the pandemic will propel the use of so-called ‘Industry 4.0’ philosophies across factory floors.
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Insight
Lockdown lessons for the climate
Property Week’s Climate Crisis Challenge Zoom debate asks what the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown will be.
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News
Prevention is better
HB Reavis uses tech platform to halt the spread of coronavirus in its Slovakia HQ.
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Insight
Tech is crucial for better office health
Editor: Your article ‘Eight million office workers unable to return to offices’ suggested how workplaces may need to adapt in the immediate term when we exit from lockdown.
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News
Online tool aims to help landlords keep track of rent arrears
Payment technology company flatfair has launched Resolve with the aim of helping landlords navigate changes to rent payment due to Covid-19.
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Online
MMC Podcast series ep 5: Laing O’Rourke says procurement must prioritise innovation
Procurement for public and private construction projects must do more to encourage R D investment and help steer the uptake of offsite manufacturing if Britain is to recover quickly from the Covid-19 crisis.
