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Designing Buildings includes 6 microsites - mini wikis about specialist subjects. Created with our partners, they provide easy access to curated knowledge about particular aspects of the built environment:
Features and news
Open industry engagement survey seeks responses
Institutions and the importance of engagement.
National Retrofit Hub unveils new guide
Digital Building Logbooks and Retrofit: An Introduction.
Top 50 firms awarded 52bn of projects in the last year
New engineering data shows.
Enhancing construction site reporting efficiency
Through digitisation and the digital revolution.
Noise in the built environment
BSRIA guide TG 20/2021.
17,000 people suffer conditions as a result of exposure to excessive noise at work.
Turning down the noise: Auditory health
A pervasive risk with far-reaching consequences.
Getting the most out of heat pumps and heating
How heat pumps work and how they work best.
Plumbing and heating for successful retrofit and renovation
Low temperature underfloor systems and heat pumps.
Cost-of-living crisis and home improvement plans
Starting on the right footing and top tips for projects.
Delays on construction projects
Types, mitigation and the acceleration of works.
From Chaucer to Fawlty Towers.
Electrotechnical excellence, now open for entries.
Net zero electricity grids BSRIA guide NZG 5/2024
Outlining the changes needed to transition to net zero.
CIOB Global Student Challenge 2024
Universitas Indonesia wins for second year running.
ECA 2024 Apprentice of the Year Award
Entries open for submission until May 31.
Around the web
JCT announces release schedule for Minor Works 2024.
HE updates on Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act Regulations.
Airedale hospital tackles RAAC with GIS-based digital twin.
Construction Management, May 5
Police recover lorry carrying stolen plant before it leaves UK.
Skanska wins contract to overhaul Boston airport garage.
Free pre-conference CPD webinar series.
Upholding excellence: The Architects Code of Conduct and Practice.
IHBC, Heritage from the doorstep. April 30
Edinburgh’s gasholder taking shape for future public park.
New Structural Compendium published for the assessment of higher-risk buildings.
Glenigan Construction Review , April 29
Budget hotel construction is experiencing a upswing.
Airtightness; stress-free compliance to Part L.
Members called for comment on Wiring Reg's Amendment 3.
The Building Centre, until August
RETROFIT 24: The Reuse Agenda for Our Commercial, Cultural & Civic Buildings.
Time to Question Demolition!
BAM Co-op Live Arena opening delayed yet again.
RICS launches new Standard to for UK retrofitting Practices.
Peabody HA maladministration findings by ombudsman.
National Grid unveils winners for £9bn network upgrade.
Building Safety Act impacts envelope design.