Two recently published reports have drawn attention to volumetric modular construction and the importance of undertaking further research into the method’s fire safety performance.
EMCOR UK has received the Health & Safety Award at the Considerate Constructors Gala Awards. Notably this award was handpicked by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
Geoff Keal, CEO of TerraQuest (the operators of Planning Portal), noted: “The inaugural Planning Portal Market Index report by TerraQuest revealed that more than one million homes have been granted planning permission by local authorities since 2015 – but they have never been constructed.
Provision of single-sex toilets in non-domestic buildings in England is now regulated under Building Regulations. Hywel Davies explains the new requirements.
John Lewis has submitted a planning application to build hundreds of build-to-rent flats in Reading as part of ambitions to become a major residential landlord.
Blackpool and The Fylde College hosted a skills showcase event with local construction business Evolution after seeing the approach Managing Director JJ Fitzgerald took to providing people with opportunities.
With the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) becoming fully operational and
the ramping up of its support for industry to meet its own responsibilities
under the Building Safety Act 2022, last year was hailed as a defining
moment in building safety in England as work progresses in 2025 to make
high-rise residential buildings safer.
An international alliance of five green building organisations has published a new report that outlines how sustainable finance can be unlocked to enable the rapid and wide-scale transition of low-performing building stock to a decarbonised future.
The Properties Division of Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance has made changes to Part E (Fire Safety) of the Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and to Technical Booklets E (Fire Safety 2012) and R.
Following the Scottish budget in December 2024, Liz Hamilton, Senior Land and Planning Manager of Scottish housebuilder AS Homes, said: “We welcome the decision in the Scottish government budget to reverse the £200m cut to housing.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published a Remediation Acceleration Plan to tackle the building safety crisis following the Grenfell Tower fire.
Warringtonfire’s flagship fire resistance testing facility at Birchwood Park in Warrington is set to open in January 2025 with 50 new jobs including maintenance engineers and technical officer positions.
