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.
The Highland Council’s South Planning Applications Committee has granted planning permission for a new centralised waste management facility on part of the former Longman landfill site.
Lendlease has begun the construction of a seven-storey development on the corner of Oxford Street and Newman Street in the heart of London’s West End.
Even though both paper diaries and digital diaries in construction both have their pros and cons, the pros outweigh the cons on digital. In the industry today, site workers see filling paper diaries as a real pain.
Wood has won a contract to provide engineering and technical services to Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new nuclear power station for more than 20 years.
The government is to invest £142m on widening bridges, building roads and connecting utilities to boost the construction of up to 8,500 properties across the UK.
NHS could be boosted by the equivalent of 13,500 new nurses if there was a ‘construction revolution’ that could enhance the UK’s hospitals, new analysis from Mace suggests.
Ardmore has been awarded the £85m main contract to redevelop the former Southwark Fire Station, into a major mixed-use development called Brigade Court.
Over 200 construction professionals gathered at the Hilton in Manchester, for the Inspire Summit, which is continuing to act as a platform for encouraging debate on diversity and inclusion in the construction sector.
Kier has topped the contractors’ league table for May 2019 with the highest value of construction projects awarded, according to the latest edition of the Top 50 League Tables.
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.
