Newsletter archive 2022
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23/12/2022 - Emotional architecture, SF6 phase out, women in project management.
20/12/2022 - Insulating shutters, biomass boilers, residential heating.
16/12/2022 - Saunas, engineer timber, timber species.
13/12/2022 - Snow and ice buildings, power cuts, diversity in heritage.
9/12/2022 - Flying factories, ChatGPT, change management.
6/12/2022 - Conflict zones, queer spaces, cultural suppression.
2/12/2022 - Infrared heating, thermal comfort, surface heating.
29/11/2022 - The history of oconservation areas, shop signs, types of structural load.
25/11/2022 - Sustainability standards, The Burrell Collection, net zero buildings guide.
22/11/2022 - Copper roofing, iron frames, Autumn statement.
18/11/2022 - Free webinar, Bedzed, Gregor Harvie profile.
15/11/2022 - Hydrogen colours, wrought iron, black inclusion.
11/11/2022 - COP 27, timber gridshells, loss and damage.
8/11/2022 - Party conferences, CIAT film series, COP 27.
4/11/2022 - Webinar poll, cracking in buildings, waste traps.
1/11/2022 - Floating communities, hop kilns, net zero terminology.
28/10/2022 - Upskilling, build for life webinars, where its AT films.
25/10/2022 - Another new PM, Britain's best stations, heritage competence.
21/10/2022 - Art of photography, Net zero guide, accelerating diversity.
18/10/2022 - Economic Advisory Council, mould in historic buildings, World Menopause Day.
14/10/2022 - Battersea Power Station photos, designing with daylight, Social Value Act.
11/10/2022 - Shipton Sollars St Mary, railway buildings, green wood structures.
7/9/2022 - Which is the most common procurement route, new wiring regs, apprenticeships for prisoners.
4/9/2022 - A tour of Kyiv, modular housing, appurtenance.
30/9/2022 - Extra-contractual recoveries, women in project management, holistically designed homes.
27/9/2022 - Mini budget, weathervanes, Housing minister.
23/9/2022 - Ecotourism, biosolar, net zero buildings standard.
20/9/2022 - Airflow, design codes, construction historian.
16/9/2022 - State events, Spon's 2023, Future Homes Standard.
13/9/2022 - Pattern books, timber conservation, metallurgy.
9/9/2022 - Half mast flags, Construction Playbook, traditional buildings and moisture.
6/9/2022 - History of the building regulations, EPD's, calcination.
2/9/2022 - Fast track planning, architectural technology films, tool theft.
30/8/2022 - The history of timber, Harrogate in 1988, densification.
26/8/2022 - Carbon cycle, off-site manufacturing, visualising daylight.
23/8/2022 - Phone box listing, ego-state negotiation, coal houses.
19/8/2022 - Dry soil, refurbishment, political instability.
16/8/2022 - Unequal pay, rooflights, temperature.
12/8/2022 - Overheating, bricks, smoke detectors.
9/8/2022 - Theipval, landownership in 1909, occupant wellbeing.
5/8/2022 - Deep geothermal, insulation, building services revolution.
2/8/2022 - Cemetourism, design chill, Glasgow 2030.
29/7/2022 - Building safety fund, approved documents digitalisation, RIBA law survey.
26/7/2022 - Sizewell C, neighbourhood plans, solar shading.
22/7/2022 - Solar irradiance, curved intersections, indoor air quality.
19/7/2022 - High street histories, British bridges, climate adaptation.
15/7/2022 - Chimney cowls, ecosystem services, Fire Safety Act.
12/7/2022 - Seaside from above, Nottingham Broadmarsh, indoor air contaminants.
8/7/2022 - APM associate membership offer, AI and project management, adoptive architecture.
5/7/2022 - CIAT chief exec stands down, heritage funding, building safety changes.
1/7/2022 - Building Safety Act, BSRIA conference, CIOB president.
28/6/2022 - Women in engineering, the high street, PAS 2080.
24/6/2022 - 10 years anniversary, temperature, alterations to existing buildings.
21/6/2022 - Climate change and heritage, Bristol Joint Station, air quality.
17/6/2022 - Approved documents, cabman shelters, air quality hub.
14/6/2022 - CSCS cards, hydroponics, heritage on the edge.
10/6/2022 - Curtains, Approved Document 0, PSTN and lifts.
7/6/2022 - Heritage, levelling up, code of practice for project management.
3/6/2022 - Platinum, fire regulation changes, city networks.
31/5/2022 - Zinc roofing, electrotechnical contractors, public consultation.
27/5/2022 - Water treatment, boilers, coping or capping.
24/5/2022 - Bee buildings, heritage Australia, fire door inspection.
20/5/2022 - Heat pumps, limestone, public transport funding.
17/5/2022 - Inspection and test plan, dynamic conditions, PAS 128.
13/5/2022 - Agile project management, infrastructure maintenance, Queen's speech.
10/5/2022 - Delisting Liverpool, repairing the Iron Bridge, air conditioning inflation.
6/5/2022 - Modern slavery, product survey, Building Safety Act.
3/5/2022 - Building Safety Act, PPE Regulations, Bath stone.
29/4/2022 - Types of roof, resilient infrastructure, BSRIA conference.
26/4/2022 - Heat pumps, aquatic tourism, brutalism.
22/4/2022 - APM sponsorship, SAID, BS 8356.
19/4/2022 - Wonder Egg, refrigerants, Powis Castle.
15/4/2022 - Cladding agreement, space architecture, wiring regulations.
12/4/2022 - Lock islands, building safety bill, green belt.
8/4/2022 - BIM survey, BSRIA Blue Book, social value.
5/4/2022 - Mid-rise buildings, the river Severn, zero carbon guidance.
1/4/2022 - Products, flooding and resilience, Gemini principles.
29/3/2022 - ICE knowledge networks, wrought iron, church maintenance.
25/3/2022 - Urban tress, product regulations, bungaroosh.
22/3/2022 - Kurt Schwitters, Magdeburg Cathedral, electric panel heaters.
18/3/2022 - Overheating, heritage on the edge, acoustic insulation.
15/3/2022 - Statutory compliance inspection, Mates in Mind, exedra.
11/3/2022 - Manx architecture, Building Safety Bill, designing for dementia.
8/3/2022 - Audits, architectural regeneration, types of city.
4/3/2022 - Designing Buildings Anywhere, Building Safety Bill, Safer Buildings Conference.
1/3/2022 - Planned obsolescence, roller blinds, Wentworth Woodhouse.
25/2/2022 - English perpendicular, climate resilience, Hong Kong shophouse.
22/2/2022 - Building preservation, The Co-Op, Dan Rigamonti.
18/2/2022 - Value mapping, electrification, rail priorities.
15/2/2022 - Town partnerships, soft power, eaves insulators.
11/2/2022 - Burrell reopening, Approved documents, Pimlico Plumbers.
8/2/2022 - Purbeck stone, voluntary conservation, types of building.
4/2/2022 - Cyber security, Highway Code, cost of living.
1/2/2022 - Working from height, SAVE campaign, safe rooms.
28/1/2022 - Building Safety Bill, wiring regulations, tin.
25/1/2022 - Statutory listing, safe isolation, mimetic architecture.
21/1/2022 - Drawing types, electric vehicle connection, silicosis consultation.
18/1/2022 - Dick Nunn's bridge, Islamic architecture, construction product regulations.
14/1/2022 - Energy prices, hatching, MEAT to MAT.
11/1/2022 - Community heritage, bronze, building better schools.
7/1/2022 - Dispute avoidance, indoor air quality, smart motorways.
4/1/2022 - Top 20 of 2021, types of buildings, Editor wanted.
Featured articles and news
Construction Skills Mission Board launch sector drive
Newly formed government and industry collaboration set strategy for recruiting an additional 100,000 construction workers a year.
New Architects Code comes into effect in September 2025
ARB Architects Code of Conduct and Practice available with ongoing consultation regarding guidance.
Welsh Skills Body (Medr) launches ambitious plan
The new skills body brings together funding and regulation of tertiary education and research for the devolved nation.
Paul Gandy FCIOB announced as next CIOB President
Former Tilbury Douglas CEO takes helm.
UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy. In brief with reactions
With the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA).
Ebenezer Howard: inventor of the garden city. Book review.
The Grenfell Tower fire, eight years on
A time to pause and reflect as Dubai tower block fire reported just before anniversary.
Airtightness Topic Guide BSRIA TG 27/2025
Explaining the basics of airtightness, what it is, why it's important, when it's required and how it's carried out.
Construction contract awards hit lowest point of 2025
Plummeting for second consecutive month, intensifying concerns for housing and infrastructure goals.
Understanding Mental Health in the Built Environment 2025
Examining the state of mental health in construction, shedding light on levels of stress, anxiety and depression.
The benefits of engaging with insulation manufacturers
When considering ground floor constructions.
Lighting Industry endorses Blueprint for Electrification
The Lighting Industry Association fully supports the ECA Blueprint as a timely, urgent call to action.
BSRIA Sentinel Clerk of Works Training Case Study
Strengthening expertise to enhance service delivery with integrated cutting-edge industry knowledge.
Impact report from the Supply Chain Sustainability School
Free sustainability skills, training and support delivered to thousands of UK companies to help cut carbon.
The Building Safety Forum at the Installershow 2025
With speakers confirmed for 24 June as part of Building Safety Week.
The UK’s largest air pollution campaign.
Future Homes Standard, now includes solar, but what else?
Will the new standard, due to in the Autumn, go far enough in terms of performance ?
BSRIA Briefing: Cleaner Air, Better tomorrow
A look back at issues relating to inside and outside air quality, discussed during the BSRIA briefing in 2023.
Restoring Abbotsford's hothouse
Bringing the writer Walter Scott's garden to life.
Reflections on the spending review with CIAT.