Planning, Building & Construction News

Mary Duggan and RUFF Architects have been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2026 from for their housing scheme in London.

The October 2026 edition of Glenigan’s Construction Review reveals the UK construction sector is experiencing considerable turbulence, with activity weakening across all three key indicators.

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has warned that the 1.5m homes target is currently set to be missed by a full third, 500,000 homes.

Fire Door Anatomy is designed to help professionals across the built environment understand fire doors and their components in greater depth.

Vivek Sharma, executive director and founding member at Xpedeon, addresses the wider ‘evidence-readiness’ challenge in construction and how having documents is not the same as having current, accessible and traceable records.

Jen Lemen BSc (Hons) FRICS of Property Elite looks at five hot topics within planning, building and construction that surveyors should be aware of.

Almost nine in ten construction professionals say labour shortages are having a negative impact on projects, according to the latest Market Report from Gleeds.

How construction teams can measure digital value through rework, decision delays and accepted output, while separating real gains from software adoption.

Regional disparities in construction apprenticeships have prompted calls for local skills plans to focus more on helping employers recruit and support apprentices.

The decrease marks the second consecutive decline in the three-monthly series of construction output, indicating there could be a grim future ahead for the industry.

David Lowe, CEO at Survey Solutions, explores how the consultant surveyor is changing what clients need from their surveying partners due to the digital transformation.

A transformational refurbishment of Huddersfield Open Market will give the historic Grade II* Listed Market Hall a new lease of life for communities and future generations.

The first phase of the Broomhill Junior School rebuild delivered a new two-storey junior school, built with a steel frame and designed to DfE Specification 21 requirements.

The CITB's New Entrant Support Team has supported 7,230 employers and 3,925 existing apprentices, with another 5,000 starts expected by the end of the 2026-27 Financial Year.

Max Hayes, research, associate director at Cavendish, explores how planning reform, affordability and returns will shape the UK housing recovery and create opportunities across housebuilders and building materials.

Fast-paced building and construction materials manufacturing lines sit against a backdrop of slim margins, tight deadlines and continued industry expansion. With fears that new regulations could  jeopardise the drive for efficiency, Rob Ellinor, global building and construction sector manager at Domino, explains how to print EU CPR-compliant GS1 2D codes without compromising manufacturing productivity.

Neil Lawson, managing director & founder, GeoEnergy Design, discusses what’s to come for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme in the latest Budget and the implications of this.

Ian De Dobbelaere, commercial project manager at Komatsu Smart Construction, offers insight into how autonomous technology is transforming productivity and why making machines more intelligent could have implications far beyond the industries they operate in.

The CITB is looking for feedback on new plans to reform the construction skills system, which will create clearer and more flexible routes for people to enter construction.

Jon Fawcett, head of technical at Keyline Civils Specialist, asks why flooding and drought are treated as separate issues when they stem from the same fundamental problem.

Data centres generate significant amounts of heat, which could give them a much bigger role to play in the UK’s wider energy system. But success requires a shift in perspective, argues Bryony Evans of design consultancy chapmanbdsp.