Prime minister Keir Starmer placed the economy at the forefront of his first King's Speech today, with policy reforms geared towards encouraging growth.
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.
Recently-installed IET President Naomi Climer has made it her mission to improve recruitment of women into engineering and technology roles…
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Tackling and controlling the spread of Japanese knotweed is a problematic issue that cannot be ignored. Here, The Property Care Association Invasive Weed Group...
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is a complex mixture of materials and components that because of their hazardous content can cause major problems...
With a national drive to redevelop brownfield land across the country, planners and developers are increasingly faced with sites that may have been contaminated...
Steven Pearson, planning consultant and legal author at legislation analysts Cedrec, discusses the implications of recent changes to UK planning law…
In May 2015, the...
Mark Thackeray discusses recent announcements made about planning processes from the top players in the Tory party…
Remember the good old days when the only...
Keith Burge, Director at the Institute of Economic Development outlines the recommendations made to help under-performing towns and cities overcome their challenges…
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CITB NI research indicates that whilst growth in the local construction industry is lagging behind the UK, construction employment in NI is expected to...
Corina Crețu, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy outlines how Europe should be exploiting urban areas to their full potential…
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Steve Evans BSc (Hons) MBA C.Build.E FCABE
Senior Area Technical Manager
National House Building Council (NHBC)
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Richard Threlfall, KPMG’s Head of Infrastructure, Building and Construction, forecasts a positive outlook for the construction industry in 2016 and calls on all businesses...
Andy Moffat and Danielle Sinnett of the British Land Reclamation Society summarise how land reclamation, or brownfield development, can be used to address a...
A new housing company has committed to investing around £100m in the social housing and mid-market rental sector…
Ediston Homes has pledged to boost the...
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.
