Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015: Training
Training
Effective training should enable all of the dutyholders to achieve compliance with the regulations in an efficient and cost-effective way, achieving the objectives of...
New regulations miss electrical danger
Phil Buckle, Director General at the campaigning charity Electrical Safety First explains why the government’s response to the review of the Private Rented Sector...
The NIA insulation service
The National Insulation Association (NIA) announces the introduction of a new service for Local Authorities and Housing Associations looking for insulation companies to work...
The Greens would scrap NPPF
In its manifesto, the Green Party revealed plans to repeal the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), instead focusing on collaborative national spatial plans...
The Green Party revealed...
Planning online – streamlining the process
Southwark Council explain the move from a paper-based planning application process to an online version in an attempt to reduce paper waste and to...
SuDS at the supermarket
Martin Fairley Research Director at ACO Water Management explains how SuDS have been utilised to achieve effective surface water management and biodiversity…
A collaboration between...
BIM: Library objects for AEC industries
Stephanie Kosandiak Lead Programme Manager for Construction at BSI and Nick Nisbet Lead Technical Author discuss how the BS 8541-5 Library objects for architecture...
House prices expected to increase nationwide
House prices are expected to increase 1.5 per cent nationwide, but London will see a 3.6 per cent dip...
For the first time in six...
Multimillion-pound Hull housing scheme starts work
Work has begun on a new housing development that will deliver hundreds of new homes in Hull to enable independent living for residents...
A new...
Engine emissions – 2020 vision
Malcolm Kent, Technical Consultant to the Construction Equipment Association gives an update on the progress towards new engine emissions legislation…
You might be thinking that...
CDM2015 and domestic projects
James Ritchie of The Association for Project Safety answers the questions most raised about the new CDM Regulations with regard to domestic projects…
The phone...
Council gains funding for brownfield homes
Cheshire East Council has announced it has secured a government grant to build new homes on brownfield land in Macclesfield...
The Department for Communities and...
The ground you work on
Kevin Minton, Director of the Construction Plant Hire Association highlights the levels of risk involved in ground conditions for machinery and how it can...
Bangor’s art centre construction ‘chaotic’
A construction worker has revealed the chaos surrounding the development of Galliford Try's Pontio art centre at Bangor University...
The art centre, which is expected...
Combating machinery theft
Commander Neil Basu of the Metropolitan Police outlines his involvement with the CEA’s Security and Registration Scheme – CESAR, and how machinery theft is...
Plans for Sheffield renovation submitted
Plans have been submitted to renovate Sheffield's historic grade II-listed Provincial House, which will create a hundred new apartments...
Hartshead Square Developments has submitted plans...
Saint-Gobain Puts Comfort First
We spend roughly 90% of our time indoors or in vehicles, so it’s fair to say that the buildings we live, work and play...
£140m deal for next generation retail park
Plans for a £140m retail and leisure complex take one step closer to reality after the Crown Estate purchases the site from LXB Retail...
NBS BIM Toolkit to support enhanced EIR
Stephen Hamil, Director of Design and Innovation at the NBS, describes how the NBS BIM Toolkit is used to support Employer’s Information Requirements (EIR)
A...
BIM hospital project bid race underway
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust has called for contractors to put in their bids for a £50m BIM project...
The £50m project will see...
Newcastle regeneration developer appointed
A multimillion pound regeneration plan for Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, is set to get underway after a developer was appointed...
Nottingham-based firm Henry Davidson Developments has been...
Fold Housing Association to revise Visteon plans
A Belfast-based housing association has been told it must revise plans to redeveloped the former Visteon factory site in west Belfast...
Fold Housing Association is...
Overriding our Unconscious Bias
Elspeth Burrage, National Chairman of the Association of Women in Property explains what Unconscious Bias is, and how it can be overcome…
Last year researchers...
The structural Eurocodes
Dr Graham Couchman, CEO of the Steel Construction Institute details the evolution of Eurocodes and what they mean for today’s practitioners…
The lineage of international...
Kingfisher announces 60 B&Q stores to close
The owner of DIY chain B&Q has announced plans to close 60 stores across the UK and Ireland...
Kingfisher has revealed 60 of its B&Q...
BIM: A view from the coalface
Terry Gough, BIM champion at Kent County Council outlines the challenges faced as a Client attempting to implement BIM technology, along with the challenges...