Laing O’Rourke has started work on a £250m cancer centre after it was given the green light in February. The five-storey centre will be delivered at the Royal Sussex County…

We don’t need a more alarmist conversation about China in construction, we need a more accurate one. The question of material independence from China is premature if project teams don’t…

English Heritage today unveiled its £1m reconstruction of a 7m-tall, 4,500-year-old Neolithic hall near Stonehenge. Funded by the Kusuma Trust, the hall is in the final stages of construction and…

The methodology uses clear performance targets, coordinated design development, testing and verification for correct outcomes. Faifley Campus is a two-stream primary school designed by Passivhaus architect Holmes Miller and delivered…

The government has launched a call for evidence to inform future policy on those working in the building professions, trade and occupations. It follows the government’s announcement in its Single…

The specially-designed snake tunnels link two isolated populations at Berkshire’s biggest open heath. Adders are the UK’s only native venomous snake, but they’re extremely shy and adder-bite deaths are rare.…

CIOB’s technical information sheet on cybersecurity is now available free to members. Cyber Security in the Built Environment: Protecting projects, data, and digital assets explains how attacks happen and what…

The Building Control Independent Panel (BCIP) has called for the removal of developer choice in building control oversight and laid out a suggested framework for a single regulatory system. In…

The end of April saw two major announcements regarding humanoid robots, a technology the construction sector hopes can work with the human workforce to improve productivity. Firstly, Tilbury Douglas announced…

CIOB backs stark warning from Climate Change Committee on hot buildings, floods and drought. To prevent drought we’ll need more reservoirs like this, the Ladybower Reservoir in the Upper Derwent…