Tom O’Brien, director, O’Brien Contractors, reflects on the construction commitments made in last week’s Autumn Budget and why these need to go further.
Taking place on Wednesday 25 February at the Coventry Building Society Arena, this must-attend event offers something for everyone involved in new home construction.
Construction and redevelopment are reshaping towns, cities and industrial estates, but as part of that process, mature and veteran trees in these areas are becoming the real casualties - more often seen as obstacles rather than assets.
The University of Cambridge’s Department of Engineering and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership have joined the Centre for Construction Best Practice’s Academic Advisory Group. The partnership reinforces the centre’s ambition to strengthen collaboration between industry and academia through evidence-based research in the built environment.
In this reflective piece, Ian Streets, NRAC Consultant, About Access, explores how powerful short films can challenge attitudes to disability by turning the accessibility conversation on its head. Drawing on past and present examples, he considers why the message that “the world is harder when it’s not designed for you” still resonates today.
