For architects and the wider housebuilding community, the Future Homes Standard is a major milestone for residential development in the UK. New homes will be expected to deliver 75-80% lower carbon emissions compared with homes built under 2013 regulations, fundamentally changing how developments are designed, serviced and delivered.
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A ground floor extension brings several trades together within a relatively small area. The groundworker, insulation installer, heating engineer, screeding contractor and floor fitter all depend on the work completed before their own stage begins.
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The installation of fire door hardware is the point at which compliance and performance either come together or fall apart, explains Karen Trigg of Allegion UK. ‘Installation has always been the final step in the fire door assembly process – the essential task of fitting hardware relies on best practice,” she writes…
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Moving heavy materials between different levels of a manufacturing facility or warehouse is a frequent operational bottleneck. When a facility expands vertically – typically by adding a mezzanine or utilising a multi-story layout – the logistics of moving goods becomes a primary concern for plant managers and health and safety teams. Traditional solutions like forklifts or passenger-freight elevators represent two opposite ends of a very wide spectrum. Often, neither is the ideal fit for modern operational footprints.
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This guest article sees Jason Nicholson, of K Rend, explore the ways that textured and coloured renders can enhance kerb appeal, add personality, and create visually striking homes…
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Neil Budd, Head of Residential Sales at IMI Heatmiser, discusses what the Future Homes Standard...
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Simon Nightingale, Head of Business Support at City Commercial, specialist business unit of City Plumbing, discusses how preventative maintenance delivers better value than reactive repairs, particularly when school budgets are under scrutiny and how extending the lifespan of existing building services and infrastructure can help schools defer major expenditure…
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Richard White, Commercial Director at Sertus, takes a closer look at why taking fire safety shortcuts in building design can cause huge issues later down the line.
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This guest article sees Tom Sime, CEO at Exchange Communications, talk about the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in mobile networks and why it is helping to drive the smart buildings and integrated networks of the future…
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At the very start of a construction project, critical decisions are often made under significant time and budget pressure, with limited opportunity to consider how they will influence outcomes further down the line. Among these initial choices, geospatial survey procurement is frequently treated as a procedural step, despite its considerable impact on design certainty and overall project risk. Matthew McQuillian, digital measured surveys lead at Egis UK, writes the following guest article…
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