Labour peer hopes to get Britain building
Lord Adonis has been tasked with ensuring Britain’s construction sector grows and will head up a new commission designed to meet that aim. Planning...
Who did you say could be the Principal Designer?
Andrew Leslie, Technical and Standards Manager at The Association for Project Safety provides clear guidelines as to who can be the Principal Designer to...
The FM impact on construction design
Brian Atkin, Lead Technical Author of BS 8536-1 the new facilities management briefing guidance, and Stephanie Kosandiak Lead Programme Manager for Construction at BSI,...
The Fire Industry Association – meeting the challenges
The Fire Industry Association outline how their new CEO, Ian Moore, will deliver the strategy set by the Association’s Board of Directors…
The Fire Industry...
The Smart Growth approach to solve our housing shortage
Jon Reeds, Convenor of the Smart Growth UK coalition argues that to solve our housing shortage, we should examine our approach to residential densities...
Landlords required by law to protect tenants
From today, landlords will be required by law to install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in their properties, under new government measures that have...
How Passive House Is Boosting Construction Industry
The drive for low and zero carbon buildings and the supporting legislative changes are resulting in the need to improve the knowledge and technical...
What’s classification got to do with it?
Nick Nisbet, Director at AEC3 Ltd and Technical Coordinator for buildingSMART UKI explores how classification is the key to the information and productivity revolution…
Classification...
Getting the most from space
Adrian Pargeter, Head of Technical and Product Development for Kingspan Insulation reports on a study showing how insulation with a minimal construction depth can...
CDM2015 & the homeowner
Louise Hosking, Director at Hosking Associates Ltd sheds light on how CDM2015 affects the homeowner and what they need to do to remain compliant…
The...
Damning report into public land for new homes
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have published their damning report on the disposal of public land for new homes -- its second report of...
The great fracking dilemma
Phil Foster, CEO of Love Energy Savings outlines both the economic and environmental case entrenched in the fracking debate along with its potential impact...
The Future of Construction Plant Hire
The Construction Plant-hire Association announce its 2015 conference – The Future of Construction Plant Hire...
Following last year’s successful inaugural event CPA is busy planning...
Series of BIM events to be hosted
London and South East BIM Regions are working in association with the University of Westminster to put on a series of BIM events…
The first...
Access awareness brings bottom-line benefits
Awareness is the key to opening up buildings and facilities to disabled people. If you know what sort of needs disabled people have, and...
Heating engineer guilty of asbestos failings
A self-employed heating engineer has been fined for failing to protect homeowners from the risk of asbestos…
Karl Locher, a self-employed heating engineer, has been...
Access awareness brings bottom-line benefits
Awareness is the key to opening up buildings and facilities to disabled people. If you know what sort of needs disabled people have, and...
BIM Regional Hubs undergo rebrand
The BIM Regional Hubs have been relaunched under a new name, the BIM Regions…
BIM is set to undergo a facelift, as the BIM Regional...
Fast Flexible Finance
JCB outline their fast, flexible finance…
34 per cent of NI construction firms are struggling
A new survey has revealed one third of construction firms in Northern Ireland are finding it difficult to stay afloat…
A survey from PwC and...
BIM is our Glue
One Creative Environment’s journey through BIM adoption began in 2007 when we first became fully multi-disciplinary, although we didn’t know it was called BIM...
MPs say the government must offer more transparency over land sales
A committee of MPs has called for the government to tell taxpayers if it has secured value for money under its programme to sell...
London mayor urges apprentices to choose careers in construction
The Mayor of London has entered a partnership with Lloyds Banking Group to launch a £1m Construction Skills fund…
In a bid to get more...
Multifoil Mythology
Once upon a time there was no recession, house building was flourishing and multifoils were the `new kids on the block’.
Bardsley Construction wins £13.9m Leeds apartment development
Construction firm Bardsley Construction has been awarded a £13.9m contract to develop 147 apartments at X1 Aire on East Street, Leeds…
A new contract to...
Lib Dem housing plan unveiled
Liberal Democrat Leader Tim Farron outlines his plans to solve the housing crisis in England…