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.
Waltham Forest Council’s development partner, Countryside, has secured planning permission to move forward with the transformation of the Town Hall Campus to build a new hub in the heart of the borough and creating hundreds of new jobs.
HS2 Ltd has revealed the shortlist of bidders in the running to build its network control centre and rolling stock maintenance depot in Washwood Heath.
National Highways will trial the use of graphene along three miles of the A1’s northbound carriageway between Newton on the Moor and West Cawledge, Northumberland.
Archaeologists working on the HS2 project have made a new discovery, uncovering what they believe to be the remains of an Anglo-Saxon church underneath the structure of the Norman church they were excavating.
The Royal Borough Greenwich’s planning committee has given the go-ahead for plans to deliver 1,500 new homes and employment space at U+I’s Modern Wharf.
Norman and Jane Thornton, a married couple from Telford, directors of the construction company Norjan (Properties) Limited, have been banned for 9 years each after diverting over £124,000 away from creditors.
Willmott Dixon has started construction of 42 new homes comprising 32 two to four-bedroom houses, four two-bedroom bungalows and six one-bedroom apartments.
Housebuilders of all sizes will find it easier than ever to access Homes England land, with the launch of the new delivery partner dynamic purchasing system (DPS).
Muse Developments and Rotherham Council have exchanged a deal with Travelodge to become the latest occupier at Forge Island, which will see a new 69-room hotel delivered in Rotherham town centre.
Pocket Living has agreed a deal with two new funding partners, Barclays and Housing Growth Partnership to deliver its latest affordable housing development in Waltham Forest.
Severe supply chain pressures restrain purchasing activity and building projects in August, as 68% of construction companies reported even longer delivery times for materials compared to July.
Housebuilder Dandara Northern Home Counties has been given the green light for two developments, one in Biddenham and the other in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.
Savista Developments has received planning permission to transform St Raphael’s care home in Bromley into a new care home on behalf of Hallmark Care Homes.
Subcontractors across the UK are struggling to take advantage of the economy reopening, as rising costs and lack of availability of raw materials threatens business.
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.
