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.
HS2 Ltd has begun the search for specialist contractors to deliver the Overhead Catenary System (OCS) that will provide power to the high-speed trains.
Graeme Cooke of DEFSoftware discusses the fall in construction output, as the Office for National Statistics reports that construction output decreased by 40% in April compared with the previous year.
Interserve has been appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) to build a replacement school, the Ladder School, and to refurbish the Walsall Studio School.
Construction workers can now stay one metre apart with risk mitigation where two metres is not possible, according to the Construction Leadership Council’s fifth version of its Site Operating Procedures.
Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced radical reforms to the planning system, giving freedom for buildings and land in town centres to change use without planning permission.
The ARB’s professional conduct committee (PCC) has issued Toyin Adetola Oduse of SE2 Creative Ltd with a £2,000 penalty order for poor planning advice and undue delay.
Prime minister Boris Johnson will today (30 June) announce a ‘New Deal’ to ‘build, build, build’ putting jobs and infrastructure at the heart of the government’s economic growth strategy.
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has launched a new facilities management (FM) marketplace, where buyers from both Government and the public sector can purchase a range of FM services.
Henry Brothers Midlands has secured a £18.5m contract to build the joint headquarters for Nottinghamshire Police and Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service.
Student accommodation provider Alumno has given the green light to Westridge Construction to begin work on a new project in the Falmer district of Brighton and Hove.
Amey Consulting, in collaboration with Capita, has been appointed by Highways England to the Specialist Professional & Technical Services 2 (SPaTS2) framework.
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.
