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.
Thomas Bow City Asphalt has secured a patching contract with Leicestershire County Council and Leicester City Council worth £36m to deliver road repair works.
Specialist regeneration developer, U+I reveals it has secured planning on appeal to demolish part of the Swanley Shopping Centre in Kent to construct several blocks of flats.
Chancellor Sajid Javid has unveiled more than £600m of new infrastructure spending, as he commits to an ‘infrastructure revolution’ over the next 12 months.
A range of imported precast concrete drainage products are being placed in the UK market without third-party verification, British Precast has revealed.
Selectaglaze helped create and enhance a computer suite at London homelessness charity, Caritas Anchor House, with secondary glazing as part of their on-going relationship with the CRASH charity.
Property professionals and organisations will unite the RICS Housing Hub later this month, to present a front to politicians and advisors in demonstrating expertise and commitment in making the housing market work for all.
Willmott Dixon has been chosen to deliver its largest scheme yet at the University of Warwick, as its set to build the £54.3m Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (IBRB).
IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction's latest PMI figures show August data pointed to a loss of momentum in the UK construction sector, led by the sharpest reduction in new work since March 2009.
Earnings for freelance tradespeople in the construction sector declined by 1.7% last month, according to the latest figures released by Hudson Contract
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We release the results of PBC Today's 'The Construction Industry Brexit Survey', as fewer than one in 10 respondents declared themselves highly confident in their outlook post-Brexit.
Mace has published its 2018 Annual Report, which shows that the company is in a strong financial position, as it reveals £32.8m in profits in 2018, a 1.4% margin.
At a hearing on 30 September 2019, the Court of Session in Edinburgh heard an appeal against the decision of the ARB Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) on 1 November 2018 to erase Neil Rothnie from the Architects Register.
Flooding is considered a complex and technical area of environmental risk; however, with the flood data we have available today at our fingertips, it doesn’t have to be
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.