Latest Stories

• Buildings
  

  A new way of 'gauging' the well-being of building occupants

  16/12/2017 – Mark Allen

  Mark Allen's PhD research is exploring the idea of using video data to gauge occupant well-being in buildings...

• Cities
  

  Resisting flood damage

  6/12/2017 – Tom Harvey

  Householders and communities at risk of flooding can do much to prevent or reduce flood damage, but many do li..

• Renewables
  

  Grass-roots sustainability: why we need to become more self-

  8/11/2017 – Paul Hutchens

  Director of solar specialists, Eco2Solar, Paul Hutchens explores the current and future landscape of energy pr..

• Efficient Construction
  

  BIM adoption reaches a high point, but ...

  30/11/2017 – Tom Harvey

  While Building Information Modelling (BIM) is becoming the norm in building projects, most construction profes..

• Conferences
  

  Have your say on the responsible sourcing standard update

  5/12/2017 – Beth Buxey-Softley

  A stakeholder workshop about the future evolution of the Framework Standard for Responsible Sourcing ..

• Conference Videos
  

  Embedding health and wellbeing in office fit-outs

  16/6/2017 – Damien Carr

  Overbury & Morgan Lovell’s Joe Croft sets out the drivers and the challenges for designing in health..

• Partner Insights
  

  Don't turn a blind eye to modern slavery

  18/8/2017 – Tom Harvey

  When we don’t see - or we ignore - signs that workers are being exploited, slavery and other forms of ab..

• IOW
  

  Image of the week: Villa W, Marinstaden

  30/3/2017 – Damien Carr

  Lightweight materials, sustainable timber and prefabrication techniques are used design and construct this flo..