David Meek, CEO of This Land, explores the challenges facing Cambridgeshire's water infrastructure and how planners and developers can optimise their designs accordingly.
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.
Growth in construction output has flatlined, despite a slight incline in new construction contracts awarded in May 2019, according to the lasted ONS figures.
Town halls should encourage the redevelopment of retail parks and large supermarkets into communities that include homes, shops and businesses, according to the Building Better, Building Beautiful commission.
Graham has formed an agreement with the privately-owned contractor, Place Partnership’s single point service for hard facilities management services.
Interserve has been selected by the Department for Education (DfE) as the preferred bidder to design and build the £8m Beacon College Special Academy.
Barratt Developments has delivered its highest number of completions for 11 years, as the housebuilders trading update for the year ended 30 June 2019 is revealed.
The latest edition of the Top 50 League Table by Barbour ABI shows that the combined value of construction contracts awarded to the top 50 in June totalled over £4bn.
New analysis by London Councils shows a significant reduction in the number of homes affordable to Londoners receiving Local Housing Allowance (LHA) over the...
The SEC Group has warned that the collapse of Britain’s oldest building company, Durtnell & Sons, is further confirmation of the financial crisis hitting the industry.
DfT has announced a renovation scheme to upgrade Gatwick Airport station, rail passengers will benefit from improved accessibility and swifter journeys.
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.
