Newsletter archive 2017
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29/12/2017 - Engineers and existing infrastructure, rogue landlords, panopticon...
22/12/2017 - Top 10 of 2017, conserving church buildings, National Security Survey...
19/12/2017 - Top 5 interviews, contract vs tort, rebuilding Homs...
15/12/2017 - Humans in construction, construction plant, cladding guidance...
12/12/2017 - Conservative surgery, off-site construction, CONIAN, cavity wall...
8/12/2017 - Transforming infrastructure performance, autonomous vehicles, FinTech...
5/12/2017 - Changing attitudes to flood resilience, fragmented industry, BIM project plan...
1/12/2017 - Construction industry Brexit manifesto, Draft London Plan, sprinklers...
28/11/2017 - Industrial strategy, Liveable Yangon, water resource planning...
24/11/2017 - Ideas competition winner, Autumn Budget, off-site construction, Joint Fire Code...
21/11/2017 - Energy from waste, BSRIA Briefing 2017, CIAT President, Northern Powerhouse...
17/11/2017 - Late payment, sustainability buzzwords, defects in dot and dab...
14/11/2017 - Circular economy, civil engineering resources, Robin Hood Gardens...
10/11/2017 - Interview with BSRIA, CITB review, highways infrastructure, solar shading....
07/11/2017 - Turncoats debate, new ICE President, soft landings, British Museum WCEC...
03/11/2017 - The new Silk Road, Stirling Prize, Green Deal consultation, Tirau...
31/10/2017 - Self-healing concrete, BIM DataBook, Karl Marx-Hof...
27/10/2017 - Interview with David Orr, housebuilding funding, Kobe Port Tower...
24/10/2017 - Affordable and sustainable housing, T Charge, St. Mark's Basilica...
20/10/2017 - Lost Utopias, humanitarian shelter, Hinkley Point delays...
17/10/2017 - Sustainable historic places, fire protection, Habitat 67...
13/10/2017 - Green infrastructure, T Levels, aggregates, Bank of China Tower...
10/10/2017 - Robots, knowledge gap video, town flats...
06/10/2017 - BSRIA competition, latent defects, Tory conference...
03/10/2017 - Cyber security, Richard Rogers book, spinklers...
29/09/2017 - Structural Timber Association, Labour conference, retrofitting...
26/09/2017 - Fit for purpose launch, off site goods, Montparnasse Tower...
22/09/2017 - The knowledge gap, perceptions of construction, artificial intelligence...
19/09/2017 - BRE Innovation Park, AT Awards, Snowdon Aviary...
15/09/2017 - Bones and eggshells, Grenfell Inquiry, Stonehenge tunnel...
12/09/2017 - Richard Rogers' new book, Draft housing strategy for London...
08/09/2017 - Decarbonisation, carbuncle cup, largest sandcastle...
05/09/2017 - Open house, Queensferry crossing, work life balance...
01/09/2017 - Multi-property ownership, giving advice to friends, looping towers...
29/08/2017 - Demand revolution, cladding tests, workplace humidity...
25/08/2017 - NEC contracts, sustainability, Qatar stadium...
22/08/2017 - Smart cities, National park city, cladding tests...
18/08/2017 - Disputes, Brexit, affordable housing...
15/08/2017 - Concrete and fire, retrofit risks, Garden Bridge...
11/08/2017 - Tech disruption, Thames Tideway, E-procurement...
08/08/2017 - Will Self, energy-related retrofit, Circus Street...
4/8/2017 - Blockchain, 3D printing, temporary works, Headington Shark...
1/8/2017 - Warming houses using free CO2, 20 Fenchurch Street, 2 Willow Road...
28/7/2017 - Air filter standards, phenomenology, leasehold houses, Western City Gate...
25/7/2017 - Architecture of concert stages, new drone regulations, British Museum extension...
21/7/2017 - Understanding uncertainty, Farmer review response, Great Pyramid of Giza...
18/7/2017 - 6 buildings revolutionising construction, hydroinformatics, Binoculars Building...
14/7/2017 - Disruptive innovation, Eyeware app, asbestos, Salk Institute...
11/7/2017 - Jane Jacobs discussion, Battersea controversy, shotcrete, House Attack...
7/7/2017 - Nuclear Dawn mural, Raynsford Review, infrastructure gap, National Theatre...
4/7/2017 - Grenfell Tower updates, rebuilding communities, Haines Shoe House...
30/6/2017 - Best buildings in London, Grenfell advisory panel, risk, Library of Celsus...
27/6/2017 - Peter Barber interview, Celotex, protecting open space...
23/6/2017 - BIM and the future of construction, Ronan Point, Pyramid Stage...
20/6/2017 - Grenfell Tower disaster, ACM cladding, CityTrees, Teapot building...
16/6/2017 - The fight for talent, Lakanal House fire, urban design, Golden Temple...
13/6/2017 - Sharing economy, demolition, sustainable materials, Shah Cheragh...
9/6/2017 - Floor insulation, hostile architecture, BREEAM Finder, 10 Downing Street...
6/6/2017 - CIAT become sponsors, Norman Foster profile, legal indemnities, Container City
2/6/2017 - 2017 election manifestos, Re:Design Group, brownfield land, Bank of China Tower...
30/5/2017 - Peter Barber lecture, project alliancing, domestic roofs, Big Duck...
26/5/2017 - Interview with CITB, infrastructure and heritage, dementia-friendly home, Forbidden Palace...
23/5/2017 - Tom Dyckhoff interview, industrial archaeology, hunky punk, Apple Park...
19/5/2017 - Key future trends, fastest lifts, Paint by drone, Notre Dame du Haut...
16/5/2017 - Kevin McCloud interview, BRE on election, autonomous vehicles...
12/5/2017 - 5,000 articles, mixed reality, biophilic office, curtain walls, Trellick Tower...
9/5/2017 - Micro flats, self-build home, engineers and politics, Wedding Palace...
5/5/2017 - Shaping wellbeing, Grand Designs Live, ICE manifesto, Buckingham Palace...
2/5/2017 - Resilience to disasters, Budding Brunels, How Buildings Work, Gate to the East...
28/4/2017 - Delays, circular economy, inflatable concrete, Cologne Cathedral...
25/4/2017 - Disposable Houses, architectural concrete, tunnel engineering, La Grande Arche...
21/4/2017 - David Trench interview, CarTube, skills shortage and Brexit, Great Mosque of Djenne...
18/4/2017 - Garden Bridge, dynamic response to energy, K-Briq, Wonder Egg...
14/4/2017 - Reshaping Africa, leasing a property, Japanese House exhibition, Reichstag...
11/4/2017 - Interview with Simon Hesketh, cosmic insights, engineering resilience...
7/4/2017 - Megaprojects, Urbanist Architecture, 5th tallest building, British Museum...
4/4/2017 - Practical completion, microhousing, brownfield land, Panda House...
31/3/2017 - Industry reports, building services, site inspection, The Shard...
28/3/2017 - Imagine Moscow, systems thinking, infrastructure post-Brexit, Tempe building...
24/3/2017 - Unrealised buildings, placemaking, ethical labour, Dome of the Rock...
21/3/2017 - Mansion House Sq v No.1 Poultry, fabric structures, Gate of Europe...
17/3/2017 - Inclusivity in engineering, MIPIM 2017, temporary flood defences, EUIPO Building...
14/3/2017 - PFI and adjudication, value management techniques, Heddal stave church...
10/3/2017 - Spring budget, BREEAM Awards, concrete printing, Seagram Building...
7/3/2017 - Interview with Mark Farmer, NEC4, Manual of Section, The Hole House...
3/3/2017 - Value management, Trump Hotel Vancouver, Notre-Dame Cathedral...
28/2/2017 - Infrastructure and cyber attacks, Brexit topic guide, Cathedral of Brasilia...
24/2/2017 - CIC Economic & Policy Briefing, municipal energy, Angkor Wat...
21/2/2017 - Interview with Construction Youth Trust, structural engineering codes, Republic of Kugelmugel...
17/2/2017 - Surface Design Show, Stronger Together, bored piles, S.R. Guggenheim Museum...
14/2/2017 - Car sharing, project teams, great crested newts, Heart Island...
10/2/2017 - Management contracting, Sky Bridge, diversity and housing, Cheesegrater...
7/2/2017 - Housing white paper, flood resilient house, Brexit white paper, Olympic Stadium...
3/2/2017 - BIM archive, Danish Architecture Center, 3D printed bridge, Gateway Arch...
31/1/2017 - Thermal comfort, cost control, interior design...
27/1/2017 - Interview with UK-GBC, Biomimicry in Architecture, Pentagon...
24/1/2017 - Building Site to Boardroom, Hyperloop, Phoenix Center...
20/1/2017 - Architecture of Christiania, thermal comfort and wellbeing, St. Peter's Basilica...
13/1/2017 - Biophilic gyms, garden villages, nominated subcontractors...
10/1/2017 - Is print dead? Approved document R, the future of green infrastructure...
6/1/2017 - Interview with FMB, skills shortage, engineering in the 21st century...
3/1/2017 - Strangest designs of 2016, flying warehouses, ARB code of conduct...
Featured articles and news
Key points for construction at a glance with industry reactions.
Functionality, visibility and sustainability
The simpler approach to specification.
Architects, architecture, buildings, and inspiration in film
The close ties between makers and the movies, with our long list of suggested viewing.
SELECT three-point plan for action issued to MSPs
Call for Scottish regulation, green skills and recognition of electrotechnical industry as part of a manifesto for Scottish Parliamentary elections.
UCEM becomes the University of the Built Environment
Major milestone in its 106-year history, follows recent merger with London School of Architecture (LSE).
Professional practical experience for Architects in training
The long process to transform the nature of education and professional practical experience in the Architecture profession following recent reports.
A people-first approach to retrofit
Moving away from the destructive paradigm of fabric-first.
International Electrician Day, 10 June 2025
Celebrating the role of electrical engineers from André-Marie Amperè, today and for the future.
New guide for clients launched at Houses of Parliament
'There has never been a more important time for clients to step up and ...ask the right questions'
The impact of recycled slate tiles
Innovation across the decades.
EPC changes for existing buildings
Changes and their context as the new RdSAP methodology comes into use from 15 June.
Skills England publishes Sector skills needs assessments
Priority areas relating to the built environment highlighted and described in brief.
BSRIA HVAC Market Watch - May 2025 Edition
Heat Pump Market Outlook: Policy, Performance & Refrigerant Trends for 2025–2028.
Committing to EDI in construction with CIOB
Built Environment professional bodies deepen commitment to EDI with two new signatories: CIAT and CICES.
Government Grenfell progress report at a glance
Line by line recomendation overview, with links to more details.
An engaging and lively review of his professional life.
Sustainable heating for listed buildings
A problem that needs to be approached intelligently.
50th Golden anniversary ECA Edmundson apprentice award
Deadline for entries has been extended to Friday 27 June, so don't miss out!
CIAT at the London Festival of Architecture
Designing for Everyone: Breaking Barriers in Inclusive Architecture.
Mixed reactions to apprenticeship and skills reform 2025
A 'welcome shift' for some and a 'backwards step' for others.