We’re going to need a bigger data centre
Ed Goring passed on an amazing set of statistics a few days ago in relation to our data centre project. The rise of Big Data is predicted to see data centre capacity to undergo massive growth over the next few years, from 0.79 zetabytes of data in 2009 to 35 zetabytes...
Cut price tendering
The University of Sheffield's scheme for it's new Engineering Faculty is in the news again, but this time not for the planning issues raised by the proposed listed building demolition - that issue still rumbling on with talk of legal action to prevent it. Balfour...
Heseltine is right – London is sucking the life blood out of the rest of the UK
Lord Heseltine's report: No stone unturned in the pursuit of growth from last year accurately drew a picture of the UK that is divided... London + The Rest. What we need here isn't more support for what has become quaintly known as "the regions", we simply need HMG to...
Why property and construction matters on Budget Day
Wednesday is Budget Day. Chancellor George Osborne will take to the dispatch box to delight or disappoint, depending on what vested interests you happen to have this year. What does seem agreed upon among the financial experts is that it will be a moderate budget...
Demolishing Jessop’s
Two days ago, Sheffield City Council voted to confirm an extraordinary decision to demolish a Grade 2 listed building - the remains of the 1902 portion of the Jessop Hospital for Women in Sheffield. The reason for the vote was that in December they took the same...