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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:
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Top tips and risks to look out for.
Retrofit of Buildings, a CIOB Technical Publication
Pertinent technical issues, retrofit measures and the roles involved.
New alliance will tackle skills shortage in greater Manchester
The pioneering Electrotechnical Training and Careers Alliance.
Drone data at the edge: three steps to better AI insights
Offering greater accuracy and quicker access to insights.
From fit-out to higher-risk buildings.
Heritage conservation in Calgary
The triple bottom line.
College of West Anglia apprentice wins SkillELECTRIC gold.
Scottish government launch delivery plan
To strengthen planning and tackle the housing emergency.
How people react in ways which tend to restore their comfort.
Comfort is a crucial missing piece of the puzzle.
ECA launches Recharging Electrical Skills Charter in Wales
Best solutions for the industry and electrical skills in Wales.
New homebuilding skills hub launch and industry response
Working with CITB and NHBC to launch fast track training.
Building Peoples Network of Networks
Amplifying voices and giving support to people from diverse and under-represented groups in construction.
Experiences of discrimination and sexual misconduct rife
Reveals ARB research into architectual workplace culture.
About the 5 Percent Club and its members
The 5% Club; a dynamic movement of employers committed to building and developing the workforce.
Around the web
EPC reform: The Future of Energy Performance Certificates: A Roadmap for Change.
Culture, Media and Sport Committee membership appointed.
Welding crisis road bridges revealed.
House of Lords Library, 14 Nov
House of Lords debate after Grenfell Tower Inquiry report.
They’d lose half their labour: Texas builder sounds warning over Trump deportation plans.
C2D a community for like-minded construction specialists.
Construction Management, 26 Nov
‘Pure luck’ stopping another Grenfell happening, peer says.
Scotland | Retrofit assessment review research.
Navigating the Digital Buildings Retrofit challenge in the drive towards NetZero.
Understanding the grey belt, a take for southern England.
Construction Management, 21 Nov
ISG went down owing HMRC £53m.
Germany looks to install up to 48GW of photovoltaic panels on highway network.
ECA begins HS&E site visits.
Information’s role in the great PFI handback challenge.
Volunteers work to transform 100-year-old hidden building into bothy.
Construction Management, 7 Nov
World’s first smart construction helmet launched.