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Willmott Dixon recycles single-use plastic into roads
Residents at Bristol City Council’s Ashton Rise development are set to drive on some of the UK’s greenest roads when they move in next year.
Site checking timber frames to ensure high-quality work
While modern timber frame buildings are usually factory-made, a successful project still requires every aspect of the on-site construction process to be completed to high standards of workmanship.
Social housing construction continues to defy downturn
Work on social housing construction is set to rise from 2019-2020, according to Glenigan’s construction market analysis.
Project Etopia completes modular eco home
The first home in London’s only modular commuter village, Etopia Corby, has been completed inside and out, MMC specialist Project Etopia .
Modern Methods of Construction in a reordered world
Law firm Burges Salmon looks at how the perfect storm of sector restructure and the advance of Modern Methods of Construction will combine to reshape construction procurement in 2025 and beyond.
Energy House 2.0: Supporting clean tech for the built environment
Professor Will Swan and Dr Richard Fitton discuss the University of Salford’s Energy House 2.0, a state-of-the-art research facility that will test new technology to help speed up the development of better, more reliable products for the built environment.
‘Unconventional living’ rising in popularity
Over half of residential property owners in the UK would consider living permanently in an unconventional type of home, according to a recent survey from BLP Insurance.
Pre-built apartments craned into position on Bristol’s Park Street
Nine pre-built apartments have been lifted by a 200-tonne crane into 50 Park Street, Bristol, through the open roof into the cleared shell of the building.
A world-first research hub to create Living Buildings
Experts from Northumbria and Newcastle Universities will develop new technologies to revolutionise how buildings are constructed and how they operate.
Adapting the planning system to emerging trends
The housing crisis, shifting demographics and a rise in people living on their own represent major changes for how we live, yet town planning is slow to react to new forms of housing, argues WYG associate director Mark Westcott.
Changing building services for a changing population
Henry Lawson, senior analyst of world market intelligence at BSRIA, discusses a new white paper examining demographic megatrends and what they mean for the planning and development of the built environment.
The Brexit fire: Could the change of prime minister put it...
The topic of immigration has dominated the Brexit discussion so far and, as an industry which relies so heavily on EU labour, the construction sector is feeling the pressure.
Making housing better in a warming world
Simon Storer looks at the thermal efficiency and positive benefits of polyisocyunurate (PIR) and PU insulation and how this essential product can help the UK’s housing stock adapt to the impacts of a changing climate.
Henry Boot acquires social housing contractor
Henry Boot Construction has acquired a majority shareholding in social housing contractor Starfish Commercial Limited.
WISH welcome National Housing Federation as corporate member
WISH the member-based network for women working across every discipline of UK housing, has welcomed the NHF as its latest corporate member.
Mott MacDonald to work on Environment Agency framework
Mott MacDonald has won a key place on the Client Support Framework (CSF) for the Environment Agency which will reduce the risk of flooding.
Transforming Construction: Driving innovation
Sam Stacey, challenge director, UKRI Transforming Construction, talks to PBC Today about why he took on the role, the key aims of the Transforming Construction Challenge and the future of precision manufacturing and offsite construction.
Housing benefits cost government over £2 bn a year
A change of policy to shift away from housing benefits to direct provision of council housing is long overdue, it will save money in the long run too, says GMB London.
ISG tops contractor league table for July
ISG has topped Barbour ABI's Top 50 contractor league table for July 2019 with nine construction contracts worth £425m.
Travis Perkins Managed Services secures £2m Manchester contract
Travis Perkins Managed Services has signed a five-year partnership with One Manchester, worth up to £2m to provide materials and supply chain solutions across social housing properties.
Modern Methods of Construction: Good foundations or built up too much?
Ian Atkinson and Ryan Lavers of law firm Womble Bond Dickinson examine the rise of Modern Methods of Construction and whether they are having the impact predicted.
Why are councils returning to direct delivery of housing?
Local authorities are providing housing again. Why is this, how is it being achieved and what could be done to support councils? Professor Janice Morphet of University College London discusses new research looking at these questions.
Restoring historic buildings is in the nation’s interest
Richard Walker, manager at Peter Cox, discusses the firm’s work in historic buildings affected by damp, woodworm infestations, structural damage and more.
Planning permission secured for historic capital school
Planning permission has been approved for the sensitive redevelopment of one of south Edinburgh’s best-known buildings and a former school for the blind.
Bury residential scheme gets the nod
Bury Council’s planning committee has granted outline planning permission for a 108-unit residential scheme close to the town centre.
We finally know the cost of ending the housing crisis
New modelling from the National Housing Federation reveals the government needs to spend around £146bn to deliver the social housing the UK needs.