In December 2015 the UK accepted the terms of the Paris Agreement and the accord recognised the growing threat of climate change on the environment and our lives. The objectives of the agreement focused on [read more…]
Platform Housing Group, which has its headquarters in the Midlands, has finalised ten new homes in the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham. It is the social landlord’s latest development within the area, which offers three-bedroom homes for shared ownership. The Padstone Drive scheme – [read more…]
JCT has released the latest batch of dates for its JCT Training Online courses, including a range of new courses that have been added to its digital programme for the first time. The dates for May/June [read more…]
Amid the current UK multi-residential development boom, the majority of contractors and consultants claim sustainability will be the most important design issue over the next ten years, according to an industry report. In contrast, the [read more…]
The speed of the economic recovery is already revealing cracks in the building services labour market, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). During a webinar hosted by the association, recruitment experts warned that [read more…]
Works are progressing at pace at ‘The Residence’ – a new residential development on Kirkstall Road in the central Leeds district – due for completion later this spring. Developer KMRE Group Ltd is bringing to [read more…]
The first ever social housing scheme in Powys to reach Passivhaus standard has been handed over. Pave Aways building contractors has completed the seven energy efficient homes in a £1.3m development it built in Sarn, [read more…]
Over the last year, the pandemic has impacted the built environment abruptly and in profound ways. Here, Philip Watson, Director and Head of Design at HLM Architects, outlines how the changing landscape has impacted on [read more…]
The collapse of corporate giant Carillion in January 2018 highlighted a culture of financial deviance embedded at the heart of the UK construction sector, according to research by London South Bank University (LSBU). The research [read more…]
This week has seen the launch of Constructive Voices, a brand new magazine-style podcast that aims to share stories and interviews from across the construction industry. Topics include, but are not limited to, mental and [read more…]
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