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.
Interserve has completed a new Neonatal Unit for Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust following a major refurbishment and extension of the existing facility.
Plans for a new education centre building, affordable workspace and scores of new council homes at London Affordable rent has been approved by Brent Council’s Planning Committee.
Work Radar, a platform connecting individual tradespeople, micro-businesses and social enterprises with leading contractors, has been launched to support tradespeople and ‘build, build, build’.
Developers are demanding increased oversight over how contractors are passing money down to sub-contractors to reduce the risks of subcontractors going bust, says Boodle Hatfield, the private wealth law firm.
The coronavirus pandemic is challenging for all industries, Alison Knight of Buildworld explores what builders can do to maintain construction during Covid-19.
Craig Tatton, managing director UK building at Interserve Construction takes a look at what the Prime Ministers “build, build, build” commitment means for the education sector.
The organisers of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have ditched plans to build a £500m athletes’ village and will instead split the competitors across three separate sites.
Transport for the North (TfN) has urged the government to back plans for a £5bn pipeline of infrastructure projects to underpin greener Northern growth.
HS2 has revealed the first images and publicly-chosen names of the first two completed giant Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will excavate the twin-bore Chiltern tunnel.
RJ McLeod led the way in July’s top 50 contractor league table thanks to its £500m Viking Wind Farm contract, as ISG and McAleer & Rushe miss the top spot.
Engineering specialist Dyer & Butler has been appointed to a four-year framework to provide works to highways structures within the Somerset County Council area.
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.
