One in three of the UK city dwellers believe their home has had a negative effect on their mental wellbeing. Petr Mitev, vice-president of solutions for designers at Chaos, says urban design needs to embrace architectural visualisation and sustainability to build a better future.
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.
Plans to build more than 200 new homes for local people on the west side of the Gascoigne Estate were given the thumbs up at Barking and Dagenham Council’s planning committee.
Mott MacDonald has been appointed to deliver a scoping assessment and outline design for the creation of wetland and river restoration features on the Cinderford Brook in Gloucestershire.
Major construction will begin on the £73m Sandwell Aquatics Centre in the New Year, which will host the swimming and diving events at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
A paper published by Amey Investments highlights key challenges associated with the UK’s mobility sector and suggests ways in which the UK could develop a more enriched sector that is sustainable and delivers social value.
Deanestor, contract furniture specialists, has been awarded its largest contract to date in the residential sector, the fit out of one of the biggest rental schemes in Manchester.
More than a third (36%) of environmental services managers in local authorities, government or infrastructure agencies rank ‘mounting environmental responsibilities’ among the three main challenges they face.
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested a further £11m into Molson Group, the independent distributor of capital equipment to the construction and waste management sectors.
Research by Homes for Scotland (HFS) and the Fraser of Allander Institute has revealed that housing completions reached 20,000 in 2018, but a further 25,000 homes are needed each year.
Galliard Homes have partnered up with Apsley House Capital in a joint venture with plans to develop £500m worth of regeneration projects and create around 2,250 new homes in Birmingham.
The initial work will focus on the stretch of the cycleway between Chester Road roundabout to Stretford Road, including the creation of an innovative 'cyclops' junction at Royce Road.
The Official Receiver and EY has confirmed that a sales contract has been entered into with Jingye Steel to acquire the business and assets of British Steel Limited.
Boutique and luxury hotels are on the rise with 210 new hotels currently in the development pipeline in London, according to a study by Boodle Hatfield.
Network Rail’s new geographic regions, established in June, took on accountability for the delivery of all projects within their borders, including track and signalling.
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.
