Government to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement
Around £200 million will be made available to remove and replace unsafe cladding from around 170 privately-owned high-rise buildings
Moving physical security design up the agenda
Jacksons Fencing research highlights architects’ limited knowledge as a barrier to integrated security design
Major housebuilder launches pilot scheme to address the needs of future...
The new sustainable prototype homes have been developed following a design competition and extensive research from around the world, including Japan, the Netherlands, Finland, France and Germany
Brick manufacturing off to a bumper start in 2019
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show domestic brick manufacturing continuing to rise further, easing any concerns over product shortages
Workloads for small builders dip for first time in six years,...
“A perfect storm of diminished consumer confidence, rising material prices and increases in wages and salaries has resulted in the construction SME sector detracting for the first time in six years”, says Brian Berry
Wanted: architects to make suburbia stylish again
A new competition from IG Lintels and RIBA Journal is asking architects to re-think the suburban home and make it aspirational again
Changing Places at Tottenham Hotspur
The new £1 billion Tottenham Hotspur Stadium claims to be world class, in every way through to accessibility
BACS Building Automation Controls – the information revolution
The industry is in the early stages of what could become a revolution in which data, the Cloud, analytics, IP connectivity and system convergence all “come together” to create the genuinely ‘smart’ building
Study from Zeroignition finds building projects still not taking a system-led...
Two years after Grenfell, only 23% of UK architects say they have worked on a construction project with a systematic approach to fire protection in the last 12 months and 42% of specifiers say a system-led approach to fire protection is impossible
Actis welcomes Archbishop’s project to help tackle housing crisis
A commission set up this month by the Archbishop of Canterbury to explore ways to address the housing crisis has been welcomed by insulation specialist Actis