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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
UKCA and CE marking; changes in detail
Pre and post brexit, now and the future of product certificates.
The construction industry ramps up for the general election
Election manifestos, charters, campaigns and comments.
Collaboration benefits of real-time file synchronisation
Three areas for users to focus on.
Time to recognise construction’s top talent.
Future of Green Skills in Sussex
A report on the incoming Green Skills revolution.
Sustainable Futures: Redefining Retrofit for Net Zero Living
The BSRIA Briefing 2024.
When flat roof specification becomes compromised.
Be alert to special features and techniques.
Practising Architect and Director of Sheldon Peever Studio.
Biodiversity net gain, tips and tools for small sites
How to deal with BNG when options become limited.
Registered building inspectors
Building types and conflicts of interest updates explained.
A brief run-down reminder of key points to note.
New electrical apprentice rates
Fair pay for much needed pipeline of electrical apprentices.
BSRIA's commitment to sustainability and net zero
Key documents that represent an early shift in thinking.
A resource for Cleaner Air, Better Tomorrow.
Around the web
CE recognition end date of 31 December 2024 removed.
Silent Walk to mark 7 years since the Grenfell Tower Fire.
HR implications of a Labour Government with ECA.
Construction Enquirer, June 10
Refurbs power London office work to record high.
THA’s heritage advocacy in election time.
Affordable home is 3D-printed in just five days.
RIBA President, RIBA Council and RSAW President 2024 elections.
Construction Management, June 6
City skyscraper plans ‘threaten’ Tower of London’s UNESCO World Heritage status.
UK BIM Framework revamped with new guidance and AI search.
Generation restoration.
In house guides for clients and developers.
RIBA Building Safety Act, March 14
How one small practice is adapting to the new regime.
Construction Management, June 5
Embodied biodiversity: the next step for sustainability in construction.
Should we just stop building?
The question of liability in the Building Safety Act
Why heat pumps are the future, explained by professor.
Construction Management, May 30
Inflation is cooling – but pressure on construction prices is not over.
Deadline extended for ECA Apprentice of the Year Award!