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Our Tap Water Safety at a Crossroads: Why the UN Plastic Treaty Matters More Than Ever Last week, delegates from around the world gathered in Geneva to finalise what could be the most important environmental agreement of our time – the UN plastics treaty. The stakes, writes Bluewater communications chief Dave Noble, could […]
Mayor Tracy Brabin led the calls for everyone involved in housebuilding to move “further and faster” West Yorkshire Mayor convenes regional summit to ramp up affordable housebuilding Housing leaders from across West Yorkshire have come together to accelerate plans for affordable housebuilding in the region. At a gathering of some of the region’s leading […]
The building services sector has welcomed the government’s announcement of a consultation on late, long and disputed business to business payments. The UK government says it is committed to tackling the scourge of late payments, which affects over 1.5 million businesses, costs the economy almost £11bn per year and closes down 38 UK businesses every […]
As many as 885,000 more people could now be living in accessible and adaptable properties if legislation requiring higher minimum standards in new build homes had been delivered as promised, new analysis from the Centre for Ageing Better and Habinteg reveals. 29 July marked the three-year anniversary of a government announcement confirming plans to require […]
Installers are often faced with the challenge of maintaining fire barrier integrity when passing services through raised access floors. AIM – Acoustic & Insulation Manufacturing’s new technical solution combines its Raised Access Floor Barrier (RAFB) with Rockwool Ablative Batts to provide a tested, cost-effective solution. RAFBs prevent the passage of flame and smoke through […]
Euroform’s Versapanel® cement bonded particle board has played a role in meeting the acoustic performance criteria of the roof system for London’s largest new film and television campus, Eastbrook Studios in Dagenham. Commissioned to provide the roof system covering an area of over 23,000m², roof and façade specialist Kalzip’s objective was to design a […]
Courtesy of Massive Form Presented as part of the Time, Space, Existence exhibition organized by the European Cultural Centre (ECC) in Venice, the Diamanti bridge is the result of a multi-institutional collaboration led by Professor Dr. Masoud Akbarzadeh, his team at the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory (University of Pennsylvania), and Sika Group Switzerland, led by […]
WORKS COMMENCE FOR 80,000 SQ FT GATEWAY OFFICE REDEVELOPMENT IN LEEDS CITY CENTRE Prescient Capital has announced the start of construction for the redevelopment of Wellington Plaza, a significant office building in the heart of Leeds’s premier business district. Cleggs Construction has been appointed as main contractor to deliver the redevelopment which will see demolition […]
Morgan Sindall Construction and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council are celebrating significant progress in the delivery of the pioneering Net Zero Carbon refurbishment of Pen-y-Dre High School, with final handover scheduled for 2026. The project represents one of Wales’ most ambitious school refurbishment programmes, transforming the 1970s building into a state-of-the-art educational facility whilst maintaining […]
Source: S&P Global PMI. ©2025 S&P Global. Joe Hayes, Principal Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: “Having trended upwards in recent months, our survey data for July signal a fresh setback for the UK construction sector, with total industry activity falling at the sharpest rate since May 2020. Dissecting the latest contraction, we can […]
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