29 February 2016 Blueprint for Change: more women coming into construction jobs Latest CIC report highlights improving gender and ethnic mix in the construction industry professions.
23 February 2016 House of Lords is right to emphasise housebuilding quality over focus on speed and volume The House of Lords Select Committee report makes significant and welcome recommendations to improve the quality of homes being constructed in the future.
17 February 2016 Climate change and potholes in our roads IKO Managing Director Andy Williamson discusses the UK’s “pothole epidemic”, with more than 30,000 potholes awaiting repair.
16 February 2016 UK buildings carbon emissions scandal Latest carbon reduction reports show alarming discrepancies between projected savings and actual results.
16 February 2016 Stephen Fry not on Twitter but will be at Ecobuild 2016 Come to Ecobuild and ask him a question in the old fashion way – face to face across the conference floor.
15 February 2016 Does the Home Quality Mark (HQM) herald a new era of housebuilding quality? HQM replaces the Code for Sustainable Homes but how workable is it?
15 February 2016 Architectural technologists key role in building design and performance Video on why join Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists and news about the CIAT Awards 2016
12 February 2016 Judges want to live in Surface Design Awards winning home Howe Farm designed by IPT Architects, announced as the Supreme Winner of Surface Design Awards 2016
09 February 2016 CIOB Art of Building digital photography competition winner A doctor from Bangladesh wins the top prize for Daredevil, his image of a child climbing across the arch of a bridge
09 February 2016 Passivhaus: Green shoots in China? REHAU’s Malcolm Taylor comments on the Chinese Passivhaus market, which is now one of the fastest growing in the world.