The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has urged MPs to reject an amendment to the Renters (Reform) Bill that threatens the future of selective licensing.
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.
SCAPE has launched The Social Partnership Portal, a website connecting buyers and suppliers that aims to drive social value across public sector procurement.
Kier held a ceremony to mark the formal start of the project at Southview SEND School and New Rickstones Academy, both located at Conrad Road in Witham, Essex.
Ardmore has officially started on site to construct a landmark mixed-use scheme as part of the redevelopment of the former Carrington Street NCP car park in Mayfair.
Swansea Council has appointed Urban Splash as development partner for a number of key sites, including the Civic Centre, Swansea Central North and a plot of land running alongside the River Tawe in the St Thomas area of the city.
Tilbury Douglas has successfully completed and handed over a new teaching facility to the West Oaks School – Woodhouse Learning Campus in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Balfour Beatty has been awarded an £85m contract to deliver the second phase of overhead line works in the West of Scotland between Port Ann and Crossaig, on behalf of SSEN Transmission.
HS2 has invited six firms to tender for advanced civil works (ACW), a two-part enabling works contract for the phase 2a route from the West Midlands to Crewe.
The Government’s bid to ‘build back better’ has reaffirmed an urgent need to improve construction output. Ian King, COO at Zeroignition explains why Brexit and the pandemic have together created a storm within the industry.
Plans for a 12-storey, 702-bed purpose-built student development at Nottingham's Island Quarter have been given the go-ahead by Nottingham City Council.
National Highways has revealed the five companies in the race for two road contracts worth £1.9bn to design and build routes north and south of the river on the planned Lower Thames Crossing.
Tilbury Douglas has successfully completed the construction of the new Beacon College, which is a Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) school located in Hereford.
Muse Developments partnered with South Tyneside Council and contractor, GMI Construction Group to deliver a 12,000 sq ft new Jobcentre Plus for South Shields.
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.
