Construction

Tilia Homes is part of an initiative encouraging women to apply for site management experience as part of the Women into Home Building programme.

The next step in Wales's adoption of the Building Safety Act's principles and laws has seen a consultation issued by the Welsh Government on proposed changes to the building control regime and building regulations in Wales.

House by house, building by building, retrofit is still being approached as a piecemeal solution to the climate crisis. Denise Chevin asks, how can it be scaled up?

How one council persevered to save a beloved local landmark following a decade of neglect and disrepair.

Nigel Wakefield MCABE C.Build E has puzzled over the problems with upgrading older properties so you don’t have to.

The City of London Corporation has approved a £191m funding package to support critical repairs and upgrades at the Barbican Centre.

It’s easy to talk about retrofit, but what are you doing about it? ‘Plenty,’ says CABE. Take a look at the modernisation of CABE HQ

Retrofitting UK homes is a win-win, so why is it all taking so long to happen? It’s complicated, says Nick Warburton.

Planning permission website Planning Portal – through which 97% of planning applications in England are submitted – has announced an update to its online platform to take account of forthcoming increases to planning fees (to take effect from April 2025).

We all know where good intentions can lead, but what happens when energy-efficient retrofit solutions are undone by human behaviour, asks Matt Lamy?

Heat pumps are playing an increasingly important role in both new build and retrofit sectors – Charlotte Lee, Chief Executive of the Heat Pump Association (HPA), demystifies a few things.

Few projects are likely to face as much scrutiny as the retrofit of a national retrofit centre, and Gavin Johnston of BE-ST is counting on it.

Collaborative reporting for safer structures. Report 1344: Collapse of concrete canopy over house entrance

Empty and underperforming buildings throughout the UK are untapped economic and social assets, and Don’t Waste Buildings has decided it is time to get serious about their reuse.

Leeds Beckett University, the University of Salford and Loughborough University have been leading research into retrofitting best practice on tricky old housing stock.

Jake Dowling, Head of Decarbonisation at Seddon Property Services, considers the cost of doing nothing about retrofit skills

A National Audit Office (NAO) report has estimated that the government’s maintenance backlog is at least £49bn.

In January, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced her plans to speed up the planning process and unlock “untapped” land near commuter train stations in a bid to build more homes for “working people”.

Denise Chevin explores the children’s hospital that is revisiting what we consider to be a healing environment.

We speak to Phil Eves, Social Value Manager at BAM, about how businesses can help young people fill the construction industry’s skills gap.