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The potential pitfalls of brownfield redevelopment

With the country in the grip of a housing shortage, combined with the Government’s target of building 200,000 new homes each year, brownfield sites...

The Smart Growth approach

Jon Reeds, Convenor of the Smart Growth UK coalition argues that to solve our housing shortage, we should examine our approach to residential densities...

Delivering the Urban Agenda

Corina Creţu, Commissioner for Regional Policy at the European Commission outlines how the Urban Agenda not only benefits cities, but citizens also… As Commissioner for...

Barbour ABI will continue its contract with ONS

Barbour ABI will continue to compile construction data for the Office for National Statistics until the end of 2017… The Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

New smart cities accelerator opens in London

Internet of Things consortium has opened a new facility in London dedicated to researching and testing technologies to use in smart cities… Technology has the...

New measures help turn offices into homes

Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis has announced new measures that will make it easier to turn offices into new homes… In a bid to...

Brownfield First

Natasha Levanti writes on behalf of the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) outlining a sustainable way forward in both housing and commercial development of brownfield...

Lack of resources leads to major planning challenges

New data has revealed significant challenges are hindering the ability of local authorities to push through planning applications… Getting Britain building has been the main...

The Internet of Things for civil engineering structures

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Elsener, ETH Zurich, Institute for Building Materials argues that civil engineering should embrace the Internet of Things and its values to...

Construction sector slumps in August

New figures have revealed the construction sector saw signs of slowing down in August, with output falling… According to figures from the Office for National...

Glass buildings: reflections of the future

Andy Rutter, owner of Steel and Glass Balustrades shares his thoughts on the popularity of glass buildings… Iconic glass buildings are a highlight of London:...

Building Momentum with OKI

UK housebuilders have had a good year so far, according to a recent report in the Financial Times (September 25th 2015).  Three of the...

New collaboration to push the Internet of Things

Open Interconnect Consortium and HyperCat have joined together to ensure devices and data work together as part of the Internet of Things... A new partnership...

Labour peer hopes to get Britain building

Lord Adonis has been tasked with ensuring Britain’s construction sector grows and will head up a new commission designed to meet that aim. Planning...

The Smart Growth approach to solve our housing shortage

Jon Reeds, Convenor of the Smart Growth UK coalition argues that to solve our housing shortage, we should examine our approach to residential densities...

Damning report into public land for new homes

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have published their damning report on the disposal of public land for new homes -- its second report of...

The great fracking dilemma

Phil Foster, CEO of Love Energy Savings outlines both the economic and environmental case entrenched in the fracking debate along with its potential impact...

Access awareness brings bottom-line benefits

Awareness is the key to opening up buildings and facilities to disabled people. If you know what sort of needs disabled people have, and...

34 per cent of NI construction firms are struggling

A new survey has revealed one third of construction firms in Northern Ireland are finding it difficult to stay afloat… A survey from PwC and...

MPs say the government must offer more transparency over land sales

A committee of MPs has called for the government to tell taxpayers if it has secured value for money under its programme to sell...

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