Insight

With the UK Prime Minister setting out an amended path to net zero, Matt Lamy asks the experts how this will affect the construction industry and the drive for retrofitting

A Dutch concept for retrofitting homes with off-site components is seizing the imagination of social landlords. Huw Morris reports

In this next video in our series surrounding the key questions raised in response to changes for those with duty holding responsibilities, discover the significance of professionals proving their competence in accordance with the Building Safety Act (2022) in this insightful conversation between CABE Chief Executive Dr. Gavin Dunn and Fabrick Managing Director David Ing, and understand how the act is reshaping the standards for those working on higher-risk buildings, ensuring the safety of our built environment.

CABE’s Technical Director Richard Harral and CIBSE’s Chief Technical Officer 
Dr Hywel Davies discuss key challenges for industry professionals following the Building Safety Act 2022 in England (BSA).

Swapping like-for-like has been a construction industry staple as a way to respond to market forces and keep costs down. However, it isn’t that simple to see what’s missing in products and processes, as Elaine Knutt discovers.

A recent National House Building Council report has been compiled by asking social housing developers about their hopes and challenges. Peter Crush asks what the future of social housing holds.

Far-reaching safety legislation and grand ethical aspirations mark a revolution in the industry, but how does it fit with the personal, day-to-day experience of the job? Integrity may seem like a small thing, but it has mighty consequences, as Denise Chevin discovers.

Arcadis’ Lenders, Investors and Insurers (LII) team's heritage professionals were collaborators in a highly-commended project that restored and conserved the Grade II listed Old Library in Liverpool into a new childcare nursery and community space.

In this video, CABE's Richard Harral and CIBSE's Hywel Davies discuss key challenges for industry professionals.

Peter Crush explores PlanRadar’s research project The Architecture of the Future into trends, priorities and strategies for construction in 12 countries.

This year’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria highlighted how disaster can strike at any minute. Yet catastrophes come in many guises, from global to local. Huw Morris reports on a new mindset to help built environment professionals

Understanding building engineering and energy, as well as people, is key to a green future. Denise Chevin talks to Dr Deborah Adkins about her research into making our homes more sustainable.

Denise Chevin reviews the NHBC Foundation’s report Building Foundation Solutions – Future Proofing Against Climate Change. It focuses on foundation design and its application in making new homes more resilient to the effects of extreme weather events caused by climate change.

Huw Morris reports on how England’s rivers and waterways are in crisis thanks to a cocktail of pollution, poor management, inadequate enforcement and absence of planning

How did Cardiff University’s Low Carbon Built Environment research team do a whole house energy retrofit for 1970s bungalows without disturbing the residents? Denise Chevin finds out

Climate charity Ashden tells Building Engineer’s editor Rebecca Davies-Nash that retrofit is such an overwhelming and critical issue that it deserves more than piecemeal solutions

What impact have recessions had on the construction industry in the past, and how will that play out this year as the IMF predicts a contraction of the UK economy, asks Matt Lamy

It has been proven time and time again that buildings have a massive impact on how people think and feel – but how can building design capitalise on this better, asks Peter Crush

Against a backdrop of health conditions and fatalities caused by poor social housing, the Welsh government’s approach is genuinely inspirational, says Peter Crush