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.
John Slaughter, Director of External Affairs at the Home Builders Federation (HBF) details how ‘Building for Life’ represents good urban design, and could help with the national housing crisis
Steve Evans BSc (Hons) MBA C.Build.E FCABE Senior Area Technical Manager, National House Building Council (NHBC)
Shortly before the dissolution of Parliament, the coalition government...
Ed Miliband has promised to provide assistance for first-time buyers if Labour win the General Election on 7 May...
Ed Miliband has announced plans to...
David Simpson MRTPI, Planning Advisor for the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) examines the RE-Fab approach and its potential to allow for the...
The RICS construction report has revealed a decline in the amount of public sector building work taking place in Northern Ireland
Despite an increase in...
Outline planning permission has been submitted to the local council for a new development comprising of 2,000 homes
The development of 2,000 new homes near...
Plans to expand a shopping centre in Oxfordshire by almost a quarter have been approved by the local council's planning committee
Oxfordshire shopping centre Bicester...
New research has revealed the amount of construction taking place in Cumbria over the next three years is worth £8.7bn
The pipeline analysis, which was...
Housing developer Persimmon said the General Election is causing disruption to the planning process...
British housebuilder firm Persimmon said it has been difficult to win...
Training
Effective training should enable all of the dutyholders to achieve compliance with the regulations in an efficient and cost-effective way, achieving the objectives of...
In its manifesto, the Green Party revealed plans to repeal the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), instead focusing on collaborative national spatial plans...
The Green Party revealed...
Martin Fairley Research Director at ACO Water Management explains how SuDS have been utilised to achieve effective surface water management and biodiversity…
A collaboration between...
Cheshire East Council has announced it has secured a government grant to build new homes on brownfield land in Macclesfield...
The Department for Communities and...
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.
