£3bn plan unveiled by Urban Growth Company for HS2’s Interchange Station
A £3bn plan to create a sustainable new business, leisure and residential centre near HS2’s Interchange Station in Solihull has been launched by the...
Architect confidence on the rise in latest RIBA survey
The RIBA Future Trends Workload Index increased significantly in November, rising to +27 (up from +18 in October), suggesting that confidence levels within the...
SPRA announces new technical committee appointments
The technical committee-chair has been re-elected and the vice-chair is a new post which has been created
Builders ‘bottle it’ to help stop plastic pollution
Roofing and cladding teams will do their bit to tackle plastic pollution while they celebrate owning shares in a local construction company
Human rights compromised by Grenfell-style combustible cladding
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has challenged the government's failure to address risk to life posed by flammable cladding
Are modular homes the answer to the UK’s housing crisis?
The current housing shortage means that the UK needs to build 240,000-300,000 new homes annually until 2030
Call to end the tyranny of cowboy builders
A licensing scheme to crush the cowboys is needed according to the majority of builders
Bad weather impacts winter construction starts
The construction sector is suffering from its worst winter since 2013, according to the latest figures released today by Glenigan.
The value of new work starting...
World Green Building Council sounds the alarm on embodied carbon
Today's report from the World Green Building Council is a seismic shift toward sustainable construction, says Mighty Earth