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.
Secured by Design (SBD) explain how their National Building Approval initiative is making building security compliance simpler, quicker and cheaper for companies and organisations commissioning...
Cementaid discuss their role in construction of Europe’s largest single site medical facility: The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
Cementaid Everdure CALTITE System
Hydrophobic and Pore‐blocking...
We are often told that bathrooms and kitchen are what sells a home, but an online study including over 1,000 house hunters in the UK has revealed that buyers spend more time looking at the lounge than any other room
Carillion, the UK's second largest construction company, is set to enter liquidation after emergency talks with banks and the government ended in failure
The firm,...
The number of small businesses operating in the construction sector across the UK has increased by 32,000 in the last year, meaning there are now over one million, according to analysis of Government data by cloud accounting software provider, Clear Books
A new national housing agency, Homes England, to boost housebuilding by bringing together planning expertise and new land buying powers has been launched by housing secretary Sajid Javid
FP McCann’s Precast Weir Wall Chambers have been utilised on the £10 million design and build package of the M32 Metrobus Scheme
Products Supplied: Precast Concrete...
Mick George are awarded a £1million contract for the Waste Management provision on the IDT’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Road Improvement scheme.
The A14 Cambridge...
The UK's £56.5bn construction product manufacturing industry is expected to slow in 2018 following a drop in activity towards the end of 2017
The Construction...
Amey has appointed former Balfour Beatty chief executive Ian Tyler as a non-executive chairman of its board
Tyler, who currently sits on the boards of...
Sir John Armitt is to temporarily lead the National Infrastructure Commission until a new chairman can be appointed to replace Lord Adonis
Sir John Armitt...
Belfast City Council has announced plans to reform its planning service to improve the quality and speed of the application process
Cllr Donal Lyons, chair...
Considerate Constructors Scheme announces winners of the first national Big Build Competition
Robertson Construction, Cedar Developments and Carillion Civil Engineering have been named as the...
Scape Group has named the contractors on its four-year, £1.1bn Regional Construction framework
The framework will provide construction services for public sector schemes in the...
An engineers' body has called for Sir John Armitt to replace Lord Adonis as chair of the National Infrastructure Commission following his resignation
Lord Adonis...
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.
