Buildings

Sarah Buchanan is innovation manager at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre Over the next 10-15 years, the renovation, maintenance, and improvement (RMI) sector is set to grow significantly as efforts ramp up to achieve the Scottish Government’s goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2045. There are around 2.5 million homes in…

Catherine Gelder is a partner and David McCoy is a senior associate in the London office of law firm CMS This month, nearly a year after it was published in draft form, the government introduced its Building Safety Bill to parliament. The draft had set out the government’s plan to…

Adrian Attwood is executive director for London at conservation specialist DBR Reports about the cost of maintaining and repairing the UK's parliament buildings often highlight the scale of the outlay, without detailing why the work being carried out is vital or how it will benefit both the architecture itself and…

James Worthington is a partner in the Construction, Engineering and Projects team at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys Since the tragic events of the Grenfell Tower fire, cladding claims have become increasingly common. The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) recently considered a strike-out application in the case of Naylor v…

Mark Eggleston is managing director and owner of timber specialist WJ Group When it comes to choosing suitable building materials, fire-retardant timber can be up there with the most complex items to specify. The task is not helped by confusing explanations that even the best timber traders struggle to understand.…

For years, tall buildings were a booming part of the sector and tower cranes were a reliable indicator of the health of the industry. But with home working and rural living on the rise, will this continue to be the case? Margo Cole examines whether the pandemic could stem the…

The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a ‘stress test’ like no other to all businesses operating within the UK. As we learn to live with the ongoing threat of the virus and its variants, and prepare for the UK to unlock, how do we return in the safest way possible? When…

With added demolition, piling and precast capabilities, specialist Getjar is geared up to tackle principal contractor roles

UK councils bet big on commercial projects before the pandemic hit. As the virus continues to wreak havoc on the retail and office sectors, Zak Garner-Purkis asks what the impact on these big regeneration projects will be?

We all bore witness to the terrible events at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 and we owe it to the 72 victims of that fire, bereaved families and the surviving former residents and their families to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again. While we await the final…