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From student to CIOB Fellow.
Latest issue of Archetech now available.
Construction Management, 26 Mar
No more energy bills’: Housebuilder adopts Finnish timber system touted as better than Passivhaus.
Grenfell Tower community update: March 2026.
ECA Industry Awards: Entries Now Open!
Letter of final proposed package of support for housebuilding in London.
New MCIAT Professional Assessment exemplar published.
Upgrading the UK’s housing stock.
JCT 2016 Edition of Contracts withdrawn from circulation.
Systemic fire safety failures exposed at Hong Kong blaze inquiry.
Heritage from the doorstep: Demolition of fire-hit facade begins as Glasgow Central station partly reopens.
Two Higher-Risk Buildings (HRB) Principal Designer project case studies through the Gateways.
CLC Biennial Report Launch Webinar.
Retrofit Testing for Warm Homes (WP 16/2026). Free.
The new Context, No. 186, does more heavy lifting for members: on ‘Infrastructure and Industry’.
Greater Manchester Alliance launches major drive to power up the region’s electrical workforce.
Total Construction Output is Estimated to have Fallen by 2.0%.
Grenfell Tower: statement on elements of the Tower.
IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate for Successful Learning and or Community Contribution.
Featured articles and news
Costs and insolvencies mount for SMEs, despite growth
Construction sector under insolvency and wage bill pressure in part linked to National Insurance, says report.
The place for vitrified clay pipes in modern infrastructure
Why vitrified clay pipes are reclaiming their role in built projects.
Research by construction PR consultancy LMC published.
Roles and responsibilities of domestic clients
ACA Safety in Construction guide for domestic clients.
Fire door compliance in UK commercial buildings
Architect and manufacturer gives their low down.
Plumbing and heating for sustainability in new properties
Technical Engineer runs through changes in regulations, innovations in materials, and product systems.
Awareness of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
What CBAM is and what to do about it.
The new towns and strategic environmental assessments
12 locations of the New Towns Taskforce reduced to 7 within the new towns draft programme and open consultation.
Buildings that changed the future of architecture. Book review.
The Sustainability Pathfinder© Handbook
Built environment agency launches free Pathfinder© tool to help businesses progress sustainability strategies.
Government outcome to the late payment consultation, ECA reacts.
IHBC 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners
Work on the role of hewing in UK historic conservation a win for Jack Parker of Oxford Brookes University.
Future Homes Building Standards and plug-in solar
Parts F and L amendments, the availability of solar panels and industry responses.
How later living housing can help solve the housing crisis
Unlocking homes, unlocking lives.
Preparing safety case reports for HRBs under the BSA
A new practical guide to preparing structural inputs for safety cases and safety case reports published by IStructE.
Male construction workers and prostate cancer
CIOB and Prostate Cancer UK encourage awareness of prostate cancer risks, and what to do about it.