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By Catherine Kennedy The government has set out how £650bn of private and public investment will be implemented in infrastructure projects across the country over the next decade in its new National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline. The investment will be shared across 528 projects, programmes and other investments, with up to £31bn of procurement planned […]
Code for Construction Product Information published to raise standards Eleven clause Code for Construction Product Information published Code guidance and ‘Preparing for the Code’ information pack issued to support manufacturer preparation for registration Management of Code transferred from CPA to independently governed CPI Ltd The Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI), Code Guidance and […]
Grenfell Tower | Warning of ‘horrible’ demolition challenge By Greg Pitcher Demolishing Grenfell Tower will be “challenging” and require very careful operations, an expert has warned. Ministers are expected to reveal their decision on the future of the fire-ravaged building this month, with reports over the weekend suggesting they had resolved to order its demolition. […]
BRONZE AND IRON AGE SKELETONS UNCOVERED AT CAMBRIDGESHIRE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT A team of archaeologists have unearthed human remains during the excavation of a Bronze to early Iron Age settlement on This Land’s™ Burwell site, in advance of the development of 350 new homes. Following the removal of topsoil at the 6.5-hectare site on Newmarket […]
A recent blog written by the Department for Education (DfE) highlighted some key points about fire safety in schools. While the article stressed the importance of ensuring all students and staff are safe at school, the author made some interesting claims which were misleading and need clarification. As we head towards the long-awaited revised Building […]
Family-run Fernbrook Builders is redeveloping the site of a former garage and MOT test centre in Finedon, Northamptonshire. The rundown site will be home to a small supermarket, attractive retail shops and five houses to the rear of the site, which seamlessly join up with an existing housing estate. Each of the three-bedroom homes has […]
Vapourtec’s easy-HC10 delivers significant cost savings A unique handheld sprayer has been launched which turns mildly salty tap water into a powerful disinfectant which kills 99.9% of germs, bacteria and viruses, including Covid-19. The easy-HC10 uses an electrochemical reaction to instantly convert tap water containing just 0.25% salt into hypochlorous acid, a powerful disinfectant which […]
New planning requirements on fire safety for high-rise residential buildings came into force on August 1st and require developers to consider fire safety at the earliest stages of planning. While we understand this is a starting point on the road to a safer built environment, what does this mean for other buildings such as those […]
Following the sobering message from the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, a coalition led by C40, the Global Alliance for Building and Construction (GlobalABC), The Resilience Shift, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) announce #BuildingToCOP26 — a partnership to promote radical collaboration for climate action ahead of the Cities, […]
To help architects, housebuilders, contractors and specifiers gain a better understanding of the technical challenges of designing and constructing masonry facades for buildings that need to conform to new regulations around non-combustible building materials, Keyfix are set to host a weekly series of free CPD webinars. Entitled ‘Solving the Non-combustible Challenge with Keyfix Cavity […]
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