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Cladding Performance Without The Fuss

With more and more building owners looking to go above and beyond the requirements of the Building Regulations, delivering a high level of fabric...
The Information Manager and BIM

The Information Manager and BIM

Steve Faulkner, Associate Director responsible for BIM Management at the structural engineering company Elliott Wood, and member of the BIM4SME Core Group, reviews the...
Kier loses major housing maintenance contract

Kier ends major housing maintenance contract

Circle Housing and Kier have agreed to end the contract to deliver repairs and maintenance across the housing association's central region... The contract, which is...

The Green Deal – a simple and robust idea?

Steve Cole, Policy Leader at the National Housing Federation discusses whether the Green Deal has helped to improve energy efficiency in UK housing stock… Green...

88,000 buy a new home under Help to Buy

Help to Buy, the government’s flagship housing scheme, says it has helped 88,420 people buy a new home since it was created. The Help to...

Ecobuild: Sustainability policy, BIM, and more

Lisa Carnwell, Editor for PBC Today submits her first thoughts on day one of Ecobuild... As any 'Ecobuilder' will know, the challenge is to miss...

BRE puts consumers at the heart of homebuilding

A new quality mark for new houses has been launched that will transform the way consumers choose their homes to buy and rent… Leading building...

BIM: the story so far

Anthony Burd, Head of Market Development and Stephanie Kosandiak, Lead Programme Manager for Construction at BSI, outline the growing BIM landscape The architecture, engineering and...

Balfour Beatty sign housing regeneration deal

Balfour Beatty has announced it has signed a development agreement with the London Legacy Development Corporation to invest and construct the new East Wick...

BIM paves the way to success

Tahir Sharif EMEA Director Software Solutions at Leica Geosystems gives an overview of how BIM has been adopted throughout the construction industry…   As BIM (building...

Extra funding for Laing O’Rourke hospital project

The government has agreed to put up an extra £60m funding to enable the redevelopment of the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton to...
The BIM Delivery Cube

The BIM Delivery Cube

Tim Cole, Executive Vice President, Research & Development at Causeway and Bill Healy, Chair of the BIM Technology Alliance explains how the BIM Delivery Cube...
New measures will speed up the planning process

New measures will speed up the planning process

Planning Minister Brandon Lewis has proposed new measures designed to make the planning system work more efficiently and effectively... The changes relate to the section...
The toolkit for BIM – completing the jigsaw

The toolkit for BIM – completing the jigsaw

Stephen Hamil, Director of Design and Innovation at NBS, discusses the digital toolkit that will complete the Level 2 BIM suite and how it...
Building for life could help the housing crisis

Good urban design could help the housing crisis

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...
Profit increase for Bovis Homes

Profit increase for Bovis Homes

Housebuilder Bovis Homes has reported it has seen significant increases in its annual profits over the last twelve months... News has emerged that housebuilder Bovis...
Guidance urges designers to consider “bin blight”

Guidance urges designers to consider “bin blight”

The National House Building Council Foundation has called for designers to consider the visual impact of bins and waste facilities when planning new homes... Local...
Housebuilding rates continue to grow

Housebuilding rates continue to increase

New figures have shown that there has been an increase in the number of homes being built across the country... According to the latest figures,...
BIM and the data challenge

BIM and the data challenge

In developing data solutions for BIM Maturity Level 2, we also need to have in mind the future needs of Level 3 and beyond....
Callsafe Services Ltd

CDM2015: Construction (Design and Management Regulations) 2015

Are we ready? On 29th January 2015, CDM2015 gained parliamentary approval, and will therefore come into force on 6th April 2015. As the final version...
Recovery plan for Balfour Beatty unveiled

Recovery plan for Balfour Beatty unveiled

The Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty has announced new plans to improve the future outcomes for the company following financial issues Leo Quinn, the new...
Advanced Manufacturing Centre plans submitted

Advanced Manufacturing Centre plans submitted

Plans for a £3.38m Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre at Furness College in Barrow have been submitted... Planning permission has been submitted for a new centre...
Plugging the skills gap

Plugging the skills gap

As an active Construction Equipment Association member, Junaid Makda of Nylacast views the construction equipment industry skills gap not as a problem, but as...
£16m mine water treatment works deal awarded

£16m mine water treatment works deal awarded

Civil engineering firm JN Bentley has been awarded a contract to build a mine water treatment on behalf of the Coal Authority... The £16m scheme...
BIM and the landscape architect

BIM and the landscape architect

Martyn Horne of the Landscape Institute’s BIM Working Group highlights how landscape architects can collaborate and share information with their project teams in the...
Plans for 700 homes in Bath approved

Plans for 700 homes in Bath approved

Councillors have unanimously approved plans to build new homes and community facilities in Bath, it has been announced... The outline planning application for new homes...