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.
Turnstone Estates has appointed HG Construction on its £65m leisure development in Colchester, as part of Colchester Borough Council’s Northern Gateway.
Construction company Henry Brothers, named Northern Ireland’s Responsible Business of the Year, has announced its Journey to Net Zero strategy to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) urges the government to deliver on off-site manufacturing pledge, including for repeatable social infrastructure to be delivered using a platform/off-site approach.
Commercial law firm Burness Paull has completed a letting at BAM TCP Atlantic Square development in Glasgow’s International Financial Services District.
HS2’s Euston station construction partner, Mace Dragados JV, is offering procurement contract packages worth over £500m to help deliver the new HS2 Euston station.
December construction output increased by 2.0%, marking the second month of consecutive growth since March 2021, with the new housing sector seeing the strongest growth since records began in 2014.
National Highways has announced the final stages of the M27 motorway upgrade, which includes the installation of a new lane, resulting in four lanes becoming available for traffic in each direction.
Caledonian, working with Robertson Construction as part of the Lossiemouth Development Programme, are set to shape the infrastructure requirements needed for expansion at RAF Lossiemouth.
Kier has been appointed by Gloucester City Council and Reef Group to build a digital campus in Gloucester named 'The Forum' with construction expected to begin in March.
Glass Futures, Network Space Developments, St Helens Borough Council, Liverpool City Region, MPs Marie Rimmer and Connor McGinn and contractor Bowmer & Kirkland welcomed UKRI and BEIS to the St. Helens site, to mark the ground-breaking of the Glass Futures Centre of Excellence.
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent celebrate £5.4m landmark exhibition space constructed by Morgan Sindall, and project managed by Pick Everard, which now houses an original WW2 aircraft.
A balanced community offers a variety of housing types, creating a ladder that meets the needs of different people at different stages in their lives. JDA Architects, tells us how building a balanced community can help prevent homelessness.
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.
