2015 has seen uncertainty ripple through the construction industry. Ian Anfield examines the pay trends of the year to see how it has been affected.

Buildingtalk news via Twitter also includes: down-under energy saving lessons, best new building in Scotland + watch video of Spiderman scaling a 36-storey building in Paris

GUEST BLOG: Michael Brogden from Darren Evans Assessments looks at how implementing BREEAM has raised the bar for sustainability & added tangible value to over 425k buildings.

By 2050, 70% of people on earth will live in cities. Howard Chapman, Buildingtalk Editor, reports from Batimat in Paris on what these cities of the future will look like.

Latest Buildingtalk news via Twitter also includes: biggest skills crisis since 1998, UK worst for energy efficiency; floating solar energy; and £1.37b wind farm funding.

Howard Chapman, Buildingtalk Editor, joins the AWMS Thames Barrier cruise to learn more about new ‘Rain to Drain’ water management solutions from Alumasc.

Howard Chapman, Buildingtalk Editor, joins the AWMS Thames Barrier cruise to learn more about new ‘Rain to Drain’ water management solutions from Alumasc.

Top 10 industry news on Twitter also includes: free E-bike to celebrate safer trucks, top 8 building investments, biggest ever Off-Site contract, UK Spaceport contract, and BIM deadline missed.

Howard Chapman, Buildingtalk Editor, reviews the NLA ‘New Ideas for Housing’ exhibition that explores new solutions to the housing crisis in the UK capital.

House prices rising are a close third behind death and taxes. Sam Prusek asks if the new Affordable housing starter home initiative change the status quo.