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Features and news
From the UKs largest manufacturer and supplier of lime.
From mud bricks to smart concrete
A brief history from 7000BC to a future on the moon.
Regulator of Social Housing publishes latest fire safety report
Covering remediation of 11 metre plus social housing sector buildings.
Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024
Approved for priority drafting by Government of Ireland.
The long list with in the frame of key historical events.
Competence frameworks for sustainability in the built environment
Code of practice, core criteria consultation draft for comment.
UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Sept update
Pilot version for testing and feedback on its adoption due.
New Floods Resilience Taskforce
With a wet met office autumn prediction.
National Retrofit Hub takeover of Net Zero stage
At Birmingham UK Construction Week in October.
AT Awards 2024 finalists announced
With more to come, prior to the Awards ceremony in October.
London construction cools as hotspots appear nationally
Increases in the East of England, Yorkshire and Scotland.
ARB proposals for a new Architects Code
Announced in the shadow of the final Grenfell Inquiry report.
Combining human creativity and tech innovation now and in the future
Building automation and control systems market study
BSRIA 2024 North America BACS software & services.
Impact of digital technology on productivity in construction
New CIOB academy guidance for companies of all sizes.
Demolition and retrofit approaches in Planning Policy
MHCLG demolition and retrofit survey to inform future updates to national planning policy.
Expert taskforce to spearhead new, new town generation
Sir Michael Lyons given 12 months for recommendations.
Government policy statement on new towns
A coded vision for a new generation of new towns.
Around the web
Heritage sector publishes action plan to tackle skills gaps.
Volunteer Coach opportunity with The Access Project.
Monthly forum to address the Building Safety Act launched.
Gus Astley Student Award new closing date, 30 September.
Regenerative Architecture Index frontrunners unveiled.
Post-Grenfell laws may spark PI insurance pullback, warns broker.
Usman Yaqub FCIAT becomes President Elect.
NRH and Building Centre, 17 Sept
RETROFIT 25 – What's Stopping Us?
Construction Management, 17 Sep
Coroner issues training warning after MEWP death.
Buildings & Places online Centenary lecture.
Get to grips with the golden thread: A webinar.
TM66 and the Circular Economy, with Ovia.
Oracle to use three SMRs to meet ‘crazy’ electricity needs of AI datacentres.
Key proposed changes in Amendment 4 to BS 7671:2018
Draft for Public Consultation from now to 3 November 2024.
Significant NPPF and planning system changes. Consultation ends 24 Sept.
Germany will have to invest €120bn to make public buildings carbon neutral by 2045.
IHBC London Branch Day Conference 1 October.
Untouched parts of England’s green belt at risk amid housing target pressure.
Community Land Trust Network, 10 Sept
Autumn budget proposals after four years of zero funds for community led housing.
Codesign and Cohousing: Creating Better Places Together.
We cannot rely on paper-based certification post-Grenfell, says CARES.