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Heritage site revamp needs to balance ups and downs of accessibility

Heritage sites must be made accessible without taking away the site's original features. About Access explores how we can do this.

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NHBC – Warranty and insurance provider for new homes

NHBC is the UK’s leading independent provider of warranty and insurance for new homes, covering 70-80% of the new homes built in the UK each year.

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FSi Promat adds easy-to-fit fire stopping collar to passive fire protection range

The fire stopping collar is designed to offer practical advantages to installers out on site and greater flexibility to project specifiers.

Why Advantage Is the Structural Warranty Partner of Choice for Social Housing Providers

Advantage discusses why their structural warranty services have made them the top choice for social housing providers.

Beyond building control

Advantage asks what happens to structural warranty when a building control provider falls into insolvency, and the associated risks.

The Building Safety Levy is coming and the industry shouldn’t underestimate it

The Building Safety Levy comes into force in October, but its impact could be far greater than many anticipate. More than just another cost on new residential development, it represents a fundamental shift in development risk, viability, and project delivery that the industry may be underestimating.

Getting a clear picture on university maintenance

Facilities management expert Simona Šopagaitė, systems onboarding consultant at SFG20, the industry standard for university building maintenance urges universities to strengthen asset registers as maintenance budgets tighten.

Existing buildings, new purpose: A structural warranty perspective on conversions

Conversions can deliver genuinely characterful, high-quality homes. But only when the building’s history is properly understood before anyone commits to a design.

Britain has a cooling crisis. We’re still talking about heating

GeoEnergy Design discusses how building cooling must be as large a part of the conversation as heating systems.

Structural Warranties – A significant shift

Advantage goes over how the Structural Warranty game is changing, and what developers need to know when securing their projects.

Helping to deliver modern builds with the right structural warranty partner

When engaged from the start of a project, a structural warranty partner such as ICW becomes a strategic asset, offering the technical insight and risk management needed to streamline the development.

Martyn’s Law: Moving from compliance to operational readiness

As Martyn’s Law receives Royal Assent, Lloyd Major, a former counterterrorism policing officer and CEO of Halo Solutions, cautions that public safety is not strengthened by paperwork alone

Continuous improvement is vital for insulation manufacturers to meet the Future Homes Standard

With summers becoming hotter, winter storms more ferocious and Building Regulations tighter, innovation and investment in building materials research and development are essential to ensure a balance between performance, sustainability and compliance.

Securing infrastructure through integrated fire protection

Protecting people, preserving assets, and defending your organisation require an integrated strategy that combines active and passive fire protection into a coordinated approach.

Rapid shutdown: Protecting first responders in structural fires

Rapid shutdown helps first responders when solar is present, writes JD Dillon, chief marketing and customer experience officer at Tigo Energy.

Awaab’s Law Phase 2 laid before parliament

Awaab's Law phase 2 has been laid before parliament, describing new laws for social landlords and needing to quickly remediate more dangers.

Mandatory builder licensing needed more than ever as failed home repairs increase

A new Citizen's Advice report adds fresh weight to the FMB's long-running Licence to Build campaign for mandatory licensing of builders.

Government boosts unsafe cladding funding

The government has announced funding to support the remediation of lower-rise buildings with unsafe cladding.

BSR announces targeted high-risk building assessment approach

The Building Safety Regulator's new approach makes changes to high-risk building assessments to improve standards.

The power of “built in” building control expertise for architects

Georgina Mullen, director at Top 100 international architectural practice Hyphen, explains why compliance thinking must be embedded at concept stage.

Outcry over plans to use accessible loos as overflow option

Ian Streets, NRAC consultant at About Access, looks at how new EHCR guidance will affect accessible loos and gender neutral toilets.

Build Warranty: Rewriting the structural warranty playbook for a faster, safer UK housing market

Build Warranty discusses how structural warranty in UK housing can help developments be completed more quickly.

ARB annual report shows progress made towards strategic goals in 2025

The Architects Registration Board annual report highlights progress in improving education and regulations in the profession.

Building Safety Levy will affect medium-sized sites

The proposed exemption of medium-sized construction sites has been removed in the latest Building Safety Levy amendment.

CIH submits response to fire safety consultation

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published its response to the fire safety consultation for Approved Document B.

Pupils return to England’s first rebuilt school following RAAC crisis

Pupils at St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham have returned to a new permanent school building, marking a major national milestone as the first...

Structural Warranty insurance explained: Protecting your property for the long term

Advantage discusses structural warranty insurance, including what it is, what it covers, and why it is important.

Creating safer homes for everyone in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter

Lady Pirrie House and Dargan House in Belfast have won the Secured by Design Gold Award for their crime prevention environmental design.

The cost of compliance: Are we making development viability increasingly difficult?

Paul Dean, founder and managing director of Langley Construction Consultants, discusses the challenges surrounding development viability amongst complex regulatory requirements.

New documents to address fire safety specification errors

The Passive Fire Knowledge Group has published three new documents related to common fire safety specification errors.

Top 10 failings in working towards an accessible environment

Ian Streets, NRAC consultant at About Access, discusses the key issues in addressing the creation of an accessible environment.

Why consistency breaks down across multiple sites – and how one contractor fixed it

Re-Flow discusses the importance of maintaining consistency on multiple sites and how field management software can help achieve this.

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Secured by Design is the official police security initiative that is owned by the UK Police Service, improve the security of buildings.

Ealing Studios receives Secured by Design ATLAS award

Ealing Studios in London has received the Secured by Design ATLAS Commercial Development Award in recognition of the collaborative approach taken to designing out crime throughout the redevelopment of one of Britain’s most iconic film and television studios.

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