Controversial homes for Oswestry gain support
Plans to build a four-storey housing development in Oswestry are being recommended for approval, despite considerable objections from neighbouring residents...
Objections to plans to build...
Warm Up Bristol: City-wide energy efficiency
A part of Bristol’s status as 2015 European Green Capital involves becoming the UK’s most energy efficient major city. Here, the Council outline their...
Housing shortage hitting thousands in Wolves
Thousands of people are struggling to buy property in Wolverhampton due to a chronic housing shortage...
A new report has revealed the scope of the...
A planning framework to support communities
Councillor Ken Browse, Chair of the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) outlines concerns arising from the NPPF, and why we need a planning...
Campaign needed to encourage girls to build
The NHBC Foundation has called for a new campaign aimed at encouraging more girls into the house building sector...
New research has revealed that just...
£4.7m Genesis building completes
Work has completed on the construction of the £4.7m Genesis building in Plymouth...
The building, which spans 22,000 sq ft, is located in the Stonehouse...
Cladding Performance Without The Fuss
With more and more building owners looking to go above and beyond the requirements of the Building Regulations, delivering a high level of fabric...
The Information Manager and BIM
Steve Faulkner, Associate Director responsible for BIM Management at the structural engineering company Elliott Wood, and member of the BIM4SME Core Group, reviews the...
Kier ends major housing maintenance contract
Circle Housing and Kier have agreed to end the contract to deliver repairs and maintenance across the housing association's central region...
The contract, which is...
The Green Deal – a simple and robust idea?
Steve Cole, Policy Leader at the National Housing Federation discusses whether the Green Deal has helped to improve energy efficiency in UK housing stock…
Green...
88,000 buy a new home under Help to Buy
Help to Buy, the government’s flagship housing scheme, says it has helped 88,420 people buy a new home since it was created.
The Help to...
Ecobuild: Sustainability policy, BIM, and more
Lisa Carnwell, Editor for PBC Today submits her first thoughts on day one of Ecobuild...
As any 'Ecobuilder' will know, the challenge is to miss...
BRE puts consumers at the heart of homebuilding
A new quality mark for new houses has been launched that will transform the way consumers choose their homes to buy and rent…
Leading building...
BIM: the story so far
Anthony Burd, Head of Market Development and Stephanie Kosandiak, Lead Programme Manager for Construction at BSI, outline the growing BIM landscape
The architecture, engineering and...
Balfour Beatty sign housing regeneration deal
Balfour Beatty has announced it has signed a development agreement with the London Legacy Development Corporation to invest and construct the new East Wick...
BIM paves the way to success
Tahir Sharif EMEA Director Software Solutions at Leica Geosystems gives an overview of how BIM has been adopted throughout the construction industry…
As BIM (building...
Extra funding for Laing O’Rourke hospital project
The government has agreed to put up an extra £60m funding to enable the redevelopment of the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton to...
The BIM Delivery Cube
Tim Cole, Executive Vice President, Research & Development at Causeway and Bill Healy, Chair of the BIM Technology Alliance explains how the BIM Delivery Cube...
New measures will speed up the planning process
Planning Minister Brandon Lewis has proposed new measures designed to make the planning system work more efficiently and effectively...
The changes relate to the section...
The toolkit for BIM – completing the jigsaw
Stephen Hamil, Director of Design and Innovation at NBS, discusses the digital toolkit that will complete the Level 2 BIM suite and how it...
Good urban design could help the housing crisis
John Slaughter, Director of External Affairs at the Home Builders Federation (HBF) details how ‘Building for Life’ represents good urban design, and could help with...
Profit increase for Bovis Homes
Housebuilder Bovis Homes has reported it has seen significant increases in its annual profits over the last twelve months...
News has emerged that housebuilder Bovis...
Guidance urges designers to consider “bin blight”
The National House Building Council Foundation has called for designers to consider the visual impact of bins and waste facilities when planning new homes...
Local...
Housebuilding rates continue to increase
New figures have shown that there has been an increase in the number of homes being built across the country...
According to the latest figures,...
BIM and the data challenge
In developing data solutions for BIM Maturity Level 2, we also need to have in mind the future needs of Level 3 and beyond....
CDM2015: Construction (Design and Management Regulations) 2015
Are we ready?
On 29th January 2015, CDM2015 gained parliamentary approval, and will therefore come into force on 6th April 2015. As the final version...