The modern role of land reclamation for housing
How land reclamation, or brownfield development, can be used to address a housing shortage, returning land into ‘beneficial use’…
First steps in addressing contaminated land risks
With a national drive to redevelop brownfield land across the country, planners and developers are increasingly faced with sites that may have been contaminated...
Planning changes in the air
Steven Pearson, planning consultant and legal author at legislation analysts Cedrec, discusses the implications of recent changes to UK planning law…
In May 2015, the...
Move over Eric – Dave and George want a go at...
Mark Thackeray discusses recent announcements made about planning processes from the top players in the Tory party…
Remember the good old days when the only...
A brighter future for our towns and cities
Keith Burge, Director at the Institute of Economic Development outlines the recommendations made to help under-performing towns and cities overcome their challenges…
The Institute of...
Building Skills for the Future
CITB NI research indicates that whilst growth in the local construction industry is lagging behind the UK, construction employment in NI is expected to...
Preparing Europe’s cities for climate change impacts
Climate change is impacting and will continue to impact Europe. Are cities ready to face rising sea levels and temperatures and more extreme events...
The urban dimension of Cohesion Policy
Corina Crețu, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy outlines how Europe should be exploiting urban areas to their full potential…
An important responsibility was bestowed upon me...
Introduction – PBC Today January 2016
Welcome to the first issue for 2016 – a year full of deadlines and expected changes for all in the construction sector.
Steve Evans has...
Foreword
Steve Evans BSc (Hons) MBA C.Build.E FCABE
Senior Area Technical Manager
National House Building Council (NHBC)
Hello and welcome to this edition of Planning and Building Control...
First net-zero energy school designed by SOM in NYC
Architecture firm SOM has designed the first public school in New York City that generates as much energy as it consumes…
Energy efficiency in public...
A warranty for historic buildings?
Peter Ward, Partner at Heritage Consulting Ltd examines how traditional buildings can still meet warranty conditions after renovations have taken place, along with the...
Government will commission 13,000 new homes
The government will take the role of national housebuilder as the PM is set to announce it will directly commission thousands of affordable new...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
All the team here at PBC Today would like to wish all our readers, clients and contributors a very Merry Christmas and a Happy...
2016 is the year for the construction industry to invest
Richard Threlfall, KPMG’s Head of Infrastructure, Building and Construction, forecasts a positive outlook for the construction industry in 2016 and calls on all businesses...
BIM 4 FM – May the force be with you
Mike Packham, Partner of Bernard Williams Associates and BIFM member provides the highlights from May Winfield’s recent presentation examining the dark side of the...
A milestone for timber specification
Adrian Young, Technical Editor, Exova BM TRADA hails the release of TRADA’s new National Structural Timber Specification – providing best practice guidelines for timber...
Solibri acquired by Nemetschek
Software provider Nemetschek AG has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Solibri Inc., based in Helsinki, Finland. Nemetschek successfully beat several other...
A first for fire safety – the Welsh message
NHBC outline the new regulations on fire safety in Wales, making it the first country in the world to require the installation of an...
The modern role of land reclamation for housing
Andy Moffat and Danielle Sinnett of the British Land Reclamation Society summarise how land reclamation, or brownfield development, can be used to address a...
Top Five Ways to Improve Employee Engagement in Construction
Jonathan Austin, Founder & CEO of Best Companies outlines the top five ways to improve employee engagement in construction…
The success of any organisation is...
Innovation and skills on the agenda
Louise Murphy of The Construction Equipment Association details their recent Annual conference that highlighted innovation, infrastructure, skills and investment…
Innovation, infrastructure, skills and investment were...
2025 vision – a construction industry for the future
Nick Nisbet, Technical Coordinator for buildingSMART UKI details how the UK can meet the vision set out in the Construction 2025 strategy…
Our industry’s vision...
There’s No “I” in BIM
Jason Whittall, Director of Architecture & BIM for One Creative Environments Ltd argues that the ‘I’ in BIM needs to be taken seriously if...
Training centre for BIM and pipework to launch in the New...
Loughborough University will launch a dedicated training centre to support the building and industrial services industry in tackling the challenges of pipework innovation and...
Firm pledges £100m housing investment
A new housing company has committed to investing around £100m in the social housing and mid-market rental sector…
Ediston Homes has pledged to boost the...