Organisers of UK Construction Week (UKCW), the UK’s biggest event for the built environment, have announced the creation of their first-ever Advisory Board, a prestigious panel of top industry leaders.
Vincent Matthews, head of UK marketing at SFS, discusses the benefits of working with a product manufacturer in construction to select an appropriate system solution.
Mark Thackeray, Principal Consultant at Walsingham Planning examines if the housing crisis in London can be solved by building upwards...
At a Green Belt seminar...
Planning guidance published in February has generated a resurgence of hutting in Scotland…
Campaign group Reforesting Scotland launched the ‘Good Practice Guide on Hutting on...
Paul Daynes, Regional Director, UK & Northern Europe, Newforma  discusses updating project scheduling for the twenty-first century with lean planning...
Working in the architectural, engineering and...
One of the UK’s largest housebuilding firms has been recognised for working to improve the image of the construction industry…
Housebuilding firm Bellway Homes has...
Experts have recommended London should be given more power to control planning, tax, and spending to ease the housing crisis…
The London Housing Commission has...
The latest figures reveal construction output declined in January, reaching a 10-month low…
The UK construction sector has hit a 10-month low for output, it...
The Considerate Constructors Scheme - the national scheme to improve the image of the construction industry has announced a new star ratings system which...
Some 18,500 planning permissions were rejected last year and the figure is set to increase if changes to planning legislation occur…
UK householder appeals specialist...
East Lothian Council has introduced new guidelines that will make it more difficult for developers to overturn planning refusals…
Scottish local authority East Lothian Council...
Tom Shaw, Director at Ramboll argues that developing brownfield sites for housing can contribute to the quality of existing urban areas and the wellbeing...
The number of starts and completions of new build homes rose last year, reaching the highest level since 2008…
New figures released by the Department...
New research has revealed the New Homes Bonus could cost local authorities struggling with local plans a significant amount…
Research carried out by Planning Magazine...
 Morgan Sindall reported it saw a growth in profits during 2015 and expects momentum to continue into this year…
The increase of infrastructure and housing...
Assent delivers building control solutions on over 30,000 projects annually; our growing network of 60+ offices means that we are always within one hour of a site anywhere in England and Wales.
Kate Morement, head of risk and compliance, Assent, says much progress has been made by women in construction over the last 20 years, but there is still more to be done.
