Plans for a smart town with 1,500 homes within the New Forest National Park, Hampshire have been scrapped, with the plan described as no longer "viable".
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.
Benefitting from business process management
The only constant in business, private or public, is Change; and most people whether they admit it or not do not...
Martin Fairley Research Director at ACO Water Management explains how SuDS have been utilised to achieve effective surface water management and biodiversity…
A collaboration between...
Renewable Energy company, RWE Innogy, urges the Prime Minister to maintain his support for wind farms and suggests reforms that would increase efficiency and...
Gregor Paterson-Jones, Managing Director of Energy Efficiency at the Green Investment Bank (GIB) details how a street lighting revolution could save local authorities millions of...
The problems caused by Japanese Knotweed and how to deal with them…
In the last few years leading experts within the Japanese Knotweed industry working...
Tackling and controlling the spread of Japanese knotweed is a problematic issue that cannot be ignored. Here, The Property Care Association Invasive Weed Group...
OKI multifunction printers can help solve the space challenge on site says Andrew Hall, marketing manager Oki Systems UK…
As anyone in the construction business...
Victoria Bankes Price, Planning Advisor at the Woodland Trust examines the Biodiversity Duty for Public Authorities and highlights how guidance is lacking in useful...
Alan Piper Chartered Architect of Alan Piper Consultancy outlines we can conserve our heritage…
Heritage Assets
Many towns have the potential for economic revival based on...
Europe’s local government organisation CoR, calls time on waste and a route to resource efficiency in the building sector…
Reacting to European Commission proposals, the...
David Simpson MRTPI, Planning Advisor for the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) examines the RE-Fab approach and its potential to allow for the...
John Slaughter, Director of External Affairs at the Home Builders Federation (HBF) details how ‘Building for Life’ represents good urban design, and could help with the national housing crisis
Steve Evans BSc (Hons) MBA C.Build.E FCABE Senior Area Technical Manager, National House Building Council (NHBC)
Shortly before the dissolution of Parliament, the coalition government...
Ed Miliband has promised to provide assistance for first-time buyers if Labour win the General Election on 7 May...
Ed Miliband has announced plans to...
David Simpson MRTPI, Planning Advisor for the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) examines the RE-Fab approach and its potential to allow for the...
The RICS construction report has revealed a decline in the amount of public sector building work taking place in Northern Ireland
Despite an increase in...
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.
