• Sustainable aesthetics

    An edited extract from Izaskun Chinchilla and Emilio Luque’s paper Which Beauty Will Guide Us? Seeking a Reflective, Sustainable, Socially Engaged Visual Culture.
  • Living walls

    Lea Ackerman, Marketing Co-ordinator at US company GSky, says car parks need not be the epitome of the concrete jungle.
  • CABE New Build Award

    Winner Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) and Devon and Cornwall Police for Exeter Police Station showed outstanding design, delivery and performance in use, as well as exceptional health and safety standards.
  • Built Environment Awards 2020

    Read our winners’ stories for examples of best practice in the following categories: New Build; Maintenance or Refurbishment; and Building Health, Safety & Wellbeing.
  • Fact File: Infared Heating

    Infrared heating is gaining in popularity, but there are still some myths to dispel before people give it a go, says Tansun
  • Steeling Beauty

    Mats W Lundberg, Sustainable Business Manager at Sandvik Materials Technology, discusses the recycling potential of steel
  • Before the flood

    SDS Water Recycling Expert Kevin Reed makes the case for stormwater storage and rainwater reuse.
  • Hot springs

    Therme Group recognised that to excel in the wellbeing resort sector it was key to address sustainability and energy efficiency.
  • The green maze

    Beverly Quinn, Environmental Engineer at TÜV SÜD, offers a guide to the green products market.
  • Sixth sense

    Stacey Lucas, Commercial and Marketing Director at Sontay, explores how smart sensor technology can improve the indoor environment and create healthier, more energy-efficient buildings
  • Recycle, Recover, Reuse

    Veolia Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility brings Leeds an efficiency drive on waste management and low-carbon heat delivery.
  • Safety at Practice

    Victaulic’s Shaun Hughes says using the most suitable pipework connection methods can boost safety throughout the three stages of a project’s life-cycle: pre-site, on-site and post-site
  • Mind Over Matter

    Steph Palmer, Training Officer at BriggsAmasco, says Covid-19 is even more reason to pay attention to your mental health
  • Hot Work Woes

    More than a quarter of all accidental fires on construction sites are sparked by hot work. It’s a figure that can be drastically reduced, says insurer Zurich
  • Source and Control

    Individuals working with metalworking fluids as part of their day-to-day role risk developing a host of respiratory illnesses. SOCOTEC says best practice reduces that risk
  • Heavy Load

    Dave Cooper, Managing Director of independent lift consultants LECS (UK), looks at the life-cycle of a lift’s operations, documentation, legal obligations and standards
  • Shared Warmth

    The Regional Performance Centre (RPC) Dundee at Caird Park, Dundee, is a community hub that is the beginning of a district heating revolution for the area
  • Surface value

    Walls of glass and stainless-steel façades have become a regular fixture in city skylines, but beyond their beauty there is an ecological functionality
  • Couting the cost

    CIC’s Graham Watts discusses a summary of the July Constructionline survey on contractual issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.