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Creating smart city visions of the future
The concept of smart city visions is advancing across the globe. But what will they look like and how will they work? Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells and Alexandra Whittington of Fast Future explore the possibilities
Government commits £5.4m to support the built environment
The government has dedicated £5.4m to fund a centre of excellence in Cambridge to support the digital evolution in the built environment
Khan launches draft London Plan to increase housing capacity
Sadiq Khan is ready to ‘rip up’ planning rules in challenging housebuilders to develop affordable housing sites at higher densities to substantially increase capacity in London
Lovell awarded MoD contract for Army Basing Programme
Sustainable housing development specialists Lovell have been awarded around £250m by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to build more than 900 new homes in south Wiltshire
Planning for an air quality assessment
Joanna Peacock, Sustainability Associate at Eight Associates, explains why your development may need an air quality assessment before you submit a planning proposal and what mitigation actions may be required
Construction sector gains £250m under Industrial Strategy
The construction sector has been chosen as one of the four key industries to receive a government boost as part of the long-awaited new Industrial Strategy published yesterday (27 November)
BPF submits sector deal proposal to build 500,000 homes
The British Property Federation (BPF) has announced it has submitted a Sector Deal proposal to government on behalf of the real estate industry
Outline planning consent development acquired by L&G
Legal & General (L&G) has attained a 272-acre site in Wokingham, Berkshire, which has outline planning consent for 1,500 new homes
Proposal to create “world’s first growing architecture” wins BSRIA competition
A radical proposal to create the “world’s first growing architecture”, involving tree-like buildings that absorb CO2, has won the BSRIA and Designing Buildings Wiki tomorrow’s challenges in today’s buildings competition
Marshalls to exhibit landscape protection offer at UK security expo
Marshalls, the UK’s leading hard landscaping manufacturer, will show its newly launched Landscape Protection offer at the UK Security Expo for the first time
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SWOT analysis produced by MHS MacIntyre Hudson for the construction and real estate sector appears to identify funding opportunities
Bryden Wood creates Supply Chain Assessment tool
Bryden Wood, the integrated design and operations consultancy for the built environment, has created a Supply Chain Assessment tool to optimise the supply chain of clients
Autumn Budget abolishes stamp duty for first-time buyers
In his Budget Chancellor Philip Hammond has abolished stamp duty for most first-time buyers and promised £1.5bn to "address concerns" about the flagship universal credit scheme
CIBSE Build2Perform event in full swing
The first day of the CIBSE Build2Perform event at London’s Olympia has proven a success with the number of visitors exceeding the total number of delegates over the entire conference last year
Planning application submitted for Mersey cruise terminal
Liverpool City Council has submitted a planning application for a new £50m Cruise Terminal Facility on the River Mersey
TCPA calls on Government to back Garden Cities
The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) is calling on Government to use the Autumn Statement to commit to a programme of affordable and high-quality new Garden Cities
Wienerberger launches four new softmud bricks
Wienerberger, the global supplier of building material and infrastructure solutions, has announced the launch of four new softmud bricks
McAvoy completes building installation for new school
Offsite construction specialist, The McAvoy Group, has craned the final modules into position on site at the new Concordia Academy in Romford for a building to accommodate 630 primary school children
Sadiq Khan urges chancellor to support housebuilding in London
Sadiq Khan wants the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond to take emergency action to support housebuilding in the forthcoming Budget
Why geometry is more important to offsite construction than data
The focus on the value of data in offsite construction is understandable but, cautions Lee Mullin of Autodesk, the importance of geometric design information cannot be overlooked
Nearly all councils are failing to deliver affordable housing
Nearly all (92%) councils in England are failing to meet affordable housing needs, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
How warm is your cold? Fighting legionella in water systems
Steve Hunt, MD of Steven Hunt & Associates, discusses the need for industry experts to stay up to date with new technology in order to tackle the issue of legionella developing in ill-equipped water systems
MHA MacIntyre Hudson outlines construction industry wish list
Brendan Sharkey, head of construction and real estate at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, outlines his Autumn Budget wish list for the construction industry
BIM for heritage: Developing historic buildings
BIM has a wealth of potential applications in the heritage and historic buildings sectors. Paul Bryan, Geospatial Imaging Manager at Historic England, outlines the organisation’s first technical guidance document on the subject
Consortium to print ‘smart’ 3D bridge
Autodesk and the Alan Turing Institute are among the partners in a consortium to observe the behaviour of one of the world’s first digitally printed 3D bridges
Negotiating deleterious materials in construction contracts
Jonathan Hyndman, Partner at Rosling King LLP, discusses the key legal issues that parties to a construction contract must consider when negotiating the provisions of deleterious materials