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.
Professor Sarah Niblock, chief executive of UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), calls for town planners, businesses, local authorities and NHS trusts to invest in fixed-term ‘psychotherapists-in-residence’ to inform planning and urban design decision-making.
The Construction Innovation Hub has launched a new interactive tool to help clients navigate value-based decision-making, as it takes a step closer to releasing the Value Toolkit.
David Williams, head of science & tech at property consultancy Bidwells, provides insight into the careful considerations developers and operators must take when building purpose-built laboratory space.
HS2’s first two giant Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) – named Florence and Cecilia – have arrived in the UK and will be ready to start work early next year.
The new Construction Playbook details how government and industry can better work together to deliver public sector works in a more modern and efficient way.
Housing delivery programmes by Homes England saw an overall decrease in starts and completions in the first half of 2020-21 compared to the same period last year, according to official statistics released today (8 December).
Public sector procurement is set to play an increasingly crucial role in helping communities to recover from the coronavirus crisis’ social and economic fall-out, according to Fusion21’s annual Procurement Trends research.
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.
