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.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is introducing new flood hazard mapping to help Scotland better prepare for future increased flood risk.
Main contractor BBMV (the Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall, VINCI Construction joint venture) has completed construction of the Crossrail station at Whitechapel in east London.
Willmott Dixon has secured a £9.1m contract to deliver the Broadland Food Innovation Centre, a joint venture between Broadland District Council and the New Anglia LEP.
Developer St. Mowden has submitted plans for a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital on a brownfield site at the southern gateway to West Longbridge Business Park.
Railway lines between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale/Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge have fully reopened following successful completion of the work by Network Rail.
Nottingham City Council has resolved to grant planning permission for Godwin Development’s plans for the Bendigo Building, a 692-bed student living scheme.
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.
