In addressing the urgent need for more housing, Professor of Environment and Spatial Planning, Alister Scott believes that key participants in the housing question...
Behavioural safety processes have long been shown to improve occupational safety performance by reducing incidents and injury rates. It is based on a continuous...
A £32m contract to build a three-tower residential development in Liverpool city centre has been signed by Balfour Beatty.
Construction company Balfour Beatty will deliver...
The Halifax has reported that the number of first-time buyers in 2014 reached the highest level since 2007, despite rising house prices.
Figures from the...
Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis has published a new plain English guide to explain how the planning system in England works.
It is hoped...
Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford Try Group, has reached a financial close on a £45.2m hospital project in Edinburgh.
Morrison Construction will build a...
When the Community Empowerment Bill has passed through the Scottish Parliament, it is hoped that more communities will engage in improving their area. Here,...
Saint-Gobain UK and Ireland has announced the launch of its Passive House Tradesperson Course, enabling tradespeople to gain international accreditation for one of the...
Applicable across a wide variety of disciplines, Behavioural Safety is a proven process for reducing injuries and incidents by eliminating unsafe behaviours in the...
Following significant concessions on carbon emission targets in the Approved Documents L to the Building Regulations in both England and Wales, there were serious...
A new report has revealed that unused brownfield land under council ownership could house up to one million homes.
A report by independent property consultancy...
How to ensure your employees are prepared to deal with emergencies in the workplace?
The most important thing is having a fire extinguisher training program...
Good quality landscape design is the key to long-term profitable development as Noel Farrer, President, Landscape Institute explains.
We need 230,000 new homes every year...
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