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.
The new property development company, HG Living Ltd will specialise in Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA), Build to Rent (BtR) and Affordable Housing schemes.
ISG has been appointed to deliver the Pullman Singapore Orchard refurbishment, which marks the French luxury five-star hotel's very first flagship hotel at 270 Orchard Road, Singapore.
James Cook, head of planning at Blacks Solicitors, discusses the legislative and planning policy background and how recent changes, in response to COP26, are going to affect sustainable development planning in the coming years.
Magenta Living has secured a £137million funding package in a bid to become a zero carbon housing provider and build more than 1,000 new affordable homes.
HS2 Ltd has published new Euston Station design plans for the new high-speed railway terminus station, which will feature 10 platforms, and can be built in a single-stage.
Lewisham Council have announced the launch of its first shared ownership housing development through Lewisham Homes, which will help to boost the supply of affordable housing in the borough .
According to market analysis by Benham and Reeves, Russian property owners, in London, spent £190m in market value and £13.2m in stamp duty tax in 2021.
Midford Manor Care Home, a 15-suite Hallmark care home development in Bath, has marked a major milestone with a topping out ceremony hosted by Savista Developments.
Dean Fazackerley, head of technical procurement, LHC Group, ponders the seven important changes within the Government’s Transforming Public Procurement Green Paper consultation response.
Kier construction has been appointed to all 12 Lots of Manchester Airport Group’s £700m Capital Works framework, which will run for five years with the option to extend by an additional three years.
Durkan, one of the leading independent housebuilding and construction companies in the South, has been appointed by Network Homes to build 158 new homes in London.Â
Northumbria University has been awarded funding to design and develop a new purpose-built home office within a house prototype, which will enable people to work from home and ‘age in place’.
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.
