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Videx Security renews membership with Secured by Design

Leading access control and door entry system manufacturer in the UK, Videx Security, is one of the latest companies to renew their membership with Secured by Design (SBD).
water ingress in roofs

Understanding water ingress in roofs – and how a structural warranty...

Water ingress in roofs can lead to mould, mildew and algae, causing expensive repairs and reducing resale value of a property.
Vectorworks 2024 will integrate Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Design Suite and Fundamentals, all with a new interface

Vectorworks 2024 to unleash unlimited creativity for designers

Vectorworks 2024 will integrate Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Design Suite and Fundamentals, all with a new interface.
Image of building generated using Vectorworks software

Revolutionising design techniques: From tracing paper to Vectorworks layers

Vectorworks Architects are revolutionising design with Vectorworks layers. In this article, learn how layers seamlessly organise elements by location, level, and more, boosting efficiency and precision.
Women in dangerous situation - gender inequality in planning

How gender inequality in urban planning fails to address women’s fear...

Rectifying gender inequality in urban planning can play a significant role in addressing women’s fear of crime- and create safer environments for everyone, says Olivia Docker of Boyer.
Mother With Son Trying To Keep Warm By Radiator At Home During Cost Of Living Energy Crisis

Over 1 in 3 families set to face higher winter energy...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has raised concerns over a new report by the Resolution Foundation, which reveals that one in three households will face higher winter energy bills.
Thermometer Sun 40 Degres. Hot summer day. High Summer temperatures

Adapting the built environment: How proper building insulation can tackle the...

In this article, Keith Anderson, technical development and regulatory affairs director for Kingspan Insulation Australia explores how adapting the built environment with building insulation can help to tackle the UK's warming climate.
Future Homes Standard

Actis CPD modules offer thermal efficiency guidance for revised Building Regulations

Insulation specialist Actis has created new learning resources and thermal efficiency guidance with the launch of their latest CPD modules.
Scaffolding on a generic old tenement house, renovated historical building facade detail, closeup, nobody. Restoration industry, old architecture, real estate renovation simple concept, no people

Material specification for retrofit projects

Refurbishment of historic buildings is booming – but material specification for retrofit projects matters, says Steve Richmond of Rehau Building Solutions.
Two sustainable, low-cost and high-quality family homes have been built on the site of a former agricultural barn in south Devon

BIM delivers sustainable family homes in rural community

Two sustainable, low-cost and high-quality family homes have been built on the site of a former agricultural barn in south Devon.
NPPF reforms

Why “beauty” and “gentle density” will throw NPPF reforms into disorder

PPF reforms emphasise “beauty” and “gentle density” in development – but these vague and unquantifiable terms will only cause more uncertainty in a system already under strain, argues Grant Leggett of Boyer.
Secondary glazing - Banqueting house

Selectaglaze secondary glazing helps to get public buildings Martyn’s Law ready

Selectaglaze secondary glazing is designed to protect the public against the threat of terrorism, this new piece of government legislation will become law soon.
Garden Mills Refurbishment Project - Garden Mills, Bradford

Tilbury Douglas to lead Garden Mills Refurbishment Project for Bradford College

Tilbury Douglas will lead the Garden Mills Refurbishment Project on behalf of Bradford College. The contractor has promised to deliver a cutting-edge higher education facility.
Leeds City Centre - Leeds Media Centre

£1.8m redevelopment transforms Leeds Media Centre

The major redevelopment of Leeds Media Centre has been successfully completed, creating extra business space and new opportunities for entrepreneurs in the city.
Construction worker insulating building

Understanding the Part L building regulations: What do you need to...

In this article, Marcus Jefford, managing director of Build Aviator, explores the changes to Part L building regulations and what this means for tradespeople and builders.
Picture shows the British Offsite modular house-building facility on the outskirts of Braintree, Essex. Part of the Weston Homes building group, representing the new offsite automated construction factory

New offsite automated construction factory from British Offsite to deliver 4,000 homes...

A £45m offsite automated construction factory in Braintree will create light gauge steel panel systems and other components, using robotic automated manufacturing.
UK construction week

UK Construction Week Birmingham returns this autumn to tackle key issues...

UK Construction Week Birmingham returns this autumn to tackle key issues head-on.
Leisure centre - sustainable leisure centre

Pioneering sustainable leisure centre to be built in Scotland

Construction has begun on the £36m Blairgowrie Recreation Centre, an ultra-low energy swimming pool and sustainable leisure centre in Scotland.
York Hospital - decarbonisation project

Vital Energi joins UK hospitals on decarbonisation project

Vital Energi is working with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on a decarbonisation project, helping the Trust achieve its goal of net zero by 2040.
UK train - HS2 contracts

UK businesses offered a share of new HS2 contracts 

HS2 contracts are available to UK-based companies willing to work in the construction of a fleet of new high-speed trains as HS2 prepares for the next phase of delivery.
As the Met Office releases a 30 degree weather warning, Actis explains how the right insulation can reflect heat away in the summer

Met Office 30 degree weather warning raises importance of insulation

As the Met Office releases a 30 degree weather warning, Actis explains how the right insulation can not only keep homes warm in the winter, but can also reflect heat away in the summer.
Construction workers planning - Part L Building Regulations

Deadline approaches for updated Part L Building Regulations for architects, builders,...

As of June 15, 2023, the grace period for adhering to the revised Part L Building Regulations comes to an end.

BTR scheme in Birmingham tops out

Winvic tops out of on first phase of 398 Apartment BTR scheme in Birmingham for Moda Living.

Hemel Hempstead affordable homes get green light

rg+p secure planning permission for Hemel Hempstead affordable homes and homeless charity HQ.
infrastructure technology

Improving Britain’s broken roads with infrastructure technology

Neil Thompson, chair of the IET’s Built Environment Panel, explains the role infrastructure technology can play in helping to fix high streets and roads that have been dug up (and re-dug up) across UK towns and cities.
Buntingford First School

UK’s first net zero school tops out

Buntingford First School is scheduled to open in 2023 and will be one of the first net zero school’s – in both embodied and operational carbon – in the UK.