Intelligence

Water companies have set out ambitious plans to improve the health of England’s rivers and want all sectors to support the changes

How do you implement a policy so outlandish that the company’s HR director warns against it? A look at Darren Evans Ltd may explain how

Liz Varga FCABE explains how the principles of infrastructure resilience relate to the built environment

The CROSS-UK Fire Safety Expert Panel discusses the interpretation and application of the Building Act 1984 with regards to the use of cross-laminated timber in multi-storey buildings.

Stuart Fairlie MCABE discusses the fiendishly complicated issue of how the industry can stay cool about overheating

Significant cost increases and the introduction of new restrictions on professional indemnity insurance (PII) policies are causing concern.

Jovan Arsovski, Senior Building Intelligence Engineer at engineering consultancy Hoare Lea, discusses what a smart building really means and where the industry is heading.

The government’s new hydrogen strategy will determine the fuel’s future application in the construction industry, with further details to come this year.

Scott Wilson, head of sustainability at Black and White Engineering, discusses net-zero design and looks at how the sector needs to improve

Mary Cameron of SOCOTEC discusses the role that measured vibration levels and manufacturer’s data plays when assessing HAV exposure.

Ben Warman at Lockton and Richard Burke at Cluttons discuss the longer-term implications of the pandemic on building maintenance and insurance.

Amy Jones, Associate Director at consultancy IDOM Merebrook, considers the challenges of zero-waste targets in recycling land for development, and asks: is a remediated site a clean site?

Decking boards formed of a composite material contributed to an external fire in a block of flats.

Stuart A Johnson Consulting discusses the project management of the new Lambeth Palace Library building

Radon gas is little known in the UK,but still presents a threat. Swedish-based detection laboratory Radonova explains radon exposure levels.

The BSI has launched an identification tool that promises to bring product traceability through the built environment supply chain.

In the scramble to return buildings to use after lockdown, some operations – such as lift maintenance – were not given enough attention

Harriet Lamb, CEO of sustainability charity Ashden, discusses the Heat and Buildings Strategy and why more needs to be done to address retrofitting in the UK

Winner: Community Health Partnerships for Foleshill Health Centre, Coventry. Designed and constructed to Passivhaus Classic standards – a first for NHS England – it has also achieved BREEAM Excellent certification.

Highly commended: Sava for Intelligent Energy is carbon footprint modelling software that helps residential buildings determine the costs and associated measures involved in hitting net zero by 2050.