Intelligence

David Millward, Group Product Manager at Elta Group, discusses how building engineers can help to restore trust in the ventilation systems of public buildings.

Corksol UK has a sustainable solution for tackling damp in commercial and residential buildings.

The global pandemic has exacerbated mental health issues. These won’t just go away on their own so CHAS and Benenden Health have some practical strategies to help

Who exactly are the building safety managers – the new professional role safeguarding HRRBs that has emerged from the plethora of reviews, working groups and consultations produced since the Grenfell tragedy? Elaine Knutt reports

Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety. Report 950: Inadequate punching shear reinforcement.

Stuart Fairlie MCABE believes the new energy standards are a jab in the arm for low-carbon living – and there’s no time like the present for getting ready

James Cash uses London as an exemplar to ask: what will be the pandemic’s legacy for the places in which we work, live and play?

Highlights the potential for condensation to undermine the structural integrity of swimming pool ceilings

Building owners have a responsibility to manage the risk from asbestos in their premises. Developing the asbestos plan for Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, provides an overview of typical considerations

Goods supply chain issues in 2020 caused delays and annoyance, but these aren’t the only supply chain risk, says CHAS.

Architect Julia Park, Head of Housing Research at Levitt Bernstein and Associate Director for Homes at the Centre for Ageing Better, makes the case for accessible housing to be more than an afterthought

Highlights unethical behaviour and a disregard for safety from a contractor over welding specifications  

Design and engineering students’ first experience of a design brief encourages team working, creativity and problem solving

Tim Oakley, Head Consultant at the London Housing Consortium, paints a post-Covid picture of public sector procurement

Ryan Stanley, Moisture Control Sales & Product Manager, Northern Europe, at Aggreko, explains why humidity is unwanted on-site and how to avoid common errors in its removal

Lee James, General Manager, Product Marketing, Nittan Europe, explains what to look for in a fire detection system to provide better through-life value

Darron Brough, who has worked in the cladding and façade industry for three decades, has created an alternative to the waking watch fire detection system

Dan Grimshaw explains why he walks away if the process involves competitive tender and is based on cost alone

Has party wall surveying been lost to unethical practice, with little distinction between qualified and unqualified professionals?

Dom de Ville, Senior Consultant, Sancroft, discusses how to avoid the mounting plastic packaging problem