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Location shortlist for controversial new footbridge revealed.
Time is running out to book your place at BSRIA Briefing 2018.
UKGBC launches Innovation Portal for the built environment.
Only 4% of Home Building Fund destined for offsite.
CIOB's Art of Building international photography competition opens.
BSRIA examine the 'unpredictable' 2018 global air conditioning market.
ICE publish new report calling for new sector-wide body to help avert structural failures.
Taxes on buy-to-let landlords have not pushed up rents, study says.
Construction needs to do more to protect the health of its workers’ lungs, says HSE.
With the clock ticking, RIBA say that a 'no deal Brexit' will be "disastrous" for the architecture profession.
Co-living and micro-homes are most popular solutions to housing crisis.
New report says digital technology could transform construction, but requires skills and culture change.
Doubts and delays prompt downgrade in construction forecasts.
New working group is set up to consider options for raising standards across the property agent sector.
Construction failures rise by nearly 80%.
Vinci creates world's first 'fully recycled road'.
Planners back bid to demolish parts of historic Aberdeen landmark.
Foster + Partner's London Bloomberg HQ building wins the 2018 Stirling Prize.
Weak sales outlook causing new homebuyers cold feet.
Female engineers gather to celebrate the Tyne Bridge turning 90
Research calls for 'new thinking' to increase London's housing with modular.
UKCW report shows industry changing on fire safety ahead of government regulation.
£20m fund launched to help homeless into private rented homes.
Europe’s tallest observation wheel planned for Newcastle.
Construction is experiencing more confirmed ‘phishing’ attacks than any other sector.
How shrinking homes are affecting health and happiness.
CIOB, RICS and RIBA launch new digital tool to help enhance quality tracking.
New IPCC report calls on 'urgent and unprecedented' change to hit limit the risks of climate change.
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How to ensure UK transport infrastructure copes with severe winter weather.
Under the Party Wall Act a property owner has the legal right to do works that might otherwise constitute trespass or nuisance.
The talent pool in the LGBT community
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An introductory article to external works - all activities carried out to the external environment of a building project.
The focus is generally on the lime binder, but the aggregate is actually the most significant element.
Planning construction projects
The importance of communication, collaboration and simplicity when planning construction projects.
BSRIA provide a top 10 list of recent legislation and guidance affecting buildings.
Record third-time winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize - our profile of one of the world's most celebrated architects.
A release schedule is prepared if not all required information has been prepared or issued when the contract is executed.
Formwork is the term used for the process of creating a temporary mould into which concrete is poured and formed.
ICE look at how engineers can create infrastructure conditions where anyone and everyone can cycle.
Consolidating weathered stone can be a frustrating exercise of hope over experience.
Air is continuously exchanged between buildings and their surroundings as a result of ventilation and infiltration.
U+I explore the idea of worthwhile rather than meanwhile use to tackle the issue of empty commercial properties.
Global warming and climate change
Is our global warming and climate change ‘truck’ heading for the tipping point precipice?
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