The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published its latest set of horizon scans, which highlight the global economic systems and forces that will shape the built environment over the next decade.
The complexities and sometimes confusions of sustainability in construction put specifiers in a daunting position, with even apparently responsible choices of material –including picking recycled aluminium – leaving a host of questions still to be answered.
Willmott Dixon has been appointed to deliver a new £65m Northminster housing and commercial development for Peterborough Investment Partnership (PIP).
Plans have been revealed for multiple development schemes in Stoke-on-Trent, including the Etruscan Square multi-use development, which is set to procure both its development and construction through Pagabo’s national frameworks.
Orbit Homes is celebrating after recycling unused wood weighing more than 200 tonnes from its construction sites, following a partnership with sustainable social enterprise, Community Wood Recycling.
Kier Construction, alongside Elliott, has revealed a smart technology solution to cut carbon emissions by up to 25% on its site accommodation at the Winterstoke Hundred Academy expansion.
L&Q, Mount Anvil, Mayor John Biggs and other senior representatives from London Borough of Tower Hamlets celebrate the topping out of a new affordable housing block in Whitechapel.
Turner & Townsend has been appointed by Denver International Airport as its provider for project controls services on its capital investment program, as the airport looks to expand capacity by over 40%.
Halcyan Water Conditioners explains to PBC Today the benefits of installing chemical and salt-free water conditioners in combatting limescale during the construction or refit of commercial buildings and dwellings.
Steve McGregor, group MD, DMA Group, believes that renovating historic buildings pose unique challenges when it comes to sustainability, here he explores the opportunities that are available.
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick has been appointed to the mechanical pipeworks framework alongside Doosan Babcock, at Sellafield's multi-function nuclear site in Cumbria.
Architecture, engineering, and consultancy company Ramboll delivered record revenue and profit result in 2021, with the highest revenue and operating profit ever, and the highest Operating margin (EBITA) since 2010.
Winchester City Council has submitted planning applications to demolish the former derelict Friarsgate Medical Centre, which will be redeveloped and turned into a temporary area of public open space.
Leading construction and infrastructure services provider Kier has been awarded a place on Lots 4 and 5 of the Central Bedfordshire Construction Framework.
BAM Construction has received planning permission from North Northamptonshire Council to begin work on the new Weldon Village Academy, a co-educational secondary school in Weldon, Corby.
Assent delivers building control solutions on over 30,000 projects annually; our growing network of 60+ offices means that we are always within one hour of a site anywhere in England and Wales.
In this article, we talk to Iain Thomson, CEO of Assent, and Adam Melrose, director at Clarke Banks, about some of the issues affecting the world of building control and what the industry needs to do to tackle them head-on.
