Hugh Simpson, chief executive and registrar of the Architects Registration Board, discusses the revision of the Architects Code of Conduct & Practice to ensure it continues to hold the profession to the highest standards of integrity.
SFS Group Fastening Technology has launched a brochure outlining its NVELOPE® Capability range which supports rainscreen subframe systems, as well as the myriad design solutions to meet virtually any project’s requirements.
Roads minister Jesse Norman has announced that a stretch of the A1231 road between Northern Spire bridge and Sunderland’s city centre will be upgraded to a dual carriageway thanks to more than £40.5m of government funding.
The residential sector is looking positive after an upturn in construction contracts awarded during February, according to the latest analysis by Barbour ABI.
Engineering and professional services consultancy, WSP, has been appointed by the East West Railway Company to study the infrastructure requirements for an increased train service in and out of Oxford station.
A total of 18 buildings are being brought down to make way for construction of a flight simulator facility, a maintenance unit, new hangars and storage facilities at RAF Lakenheath as part of a Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) project.
The UK is due to leave the EU on 29 March. Joanne Starkie of the Immigration Advice Service looks at what a "no deal" scenario could mean for the construction industry.
Thames Water has signed contracts worth a combined £200m with some of the industry’s leading suppliers to find and fix more leaks than ever before across London and the Thames Valley.
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has criticised the BBC for underestimating the scale and complexity of its E20 project, which will be completed almost five years late.
Severn Trent has announced details of the first contractors it intends to use to deliver its circa £2bn investment in its construction projects for AMP7
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Tate Consulting discusses the top five challenges the construction and engineering sector currently faces and how smart technology is evolving to help solve these issues.
The Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office, Oliver Dowden, has reassured government and Interserve suppliers that the refinancing deal will not affect the delivery of public services.
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.
