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.
Proudly working and building on over £1 billion pounds worth of homes throughout Merseyside over the last 35 years, Sutcliffe is no stranger to providing the very best civil and structural engineering services on social housing projects.
Research from Legal & General and the British Property Federation has found that a new funding structure is needed to meet the shortfall in affordable homes, as well as billions of pounds of additional funding.
RECOM Solutions have been appointed to develop a new fire training academy, as part of a major investment underpinning the company’s rapid expansion in the fire protection sector.
Study Inn Group has secured a £22.6 million finance facility from Paragon Development Finance to support the new Nottingham student accommodation scheme.
One in six UK properties are now at risk of flooding over the next 15 years. Murray Ross, head of Project Management Profession at global engineering consultancy Tetra Tech, explores how major flood defence projects must shift from passive adoption of data analytics to an active pursuit, and how investing more in people holds the key to its success.
The current housing shortage, and how we tackle it, is an ongoing hot topic within the industry – but should new-build alone be the answer? Carl Yale, refurbishment director at Lovell, believes there is great potential in empty or under-utilised buildings around the country.
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.
