Students studying the built environment were put to the test during a CIOB challenge recently. CIOB’s East Midlands regional hub hosted its first ever Student Challenge competition at Nottingham Trent University, with 16 teams taking part from the host university, Cambridge University, Derby…
CIOB members can explore a low-carbon design in progress with a site visit to the £12m Passivhaus‑certified, CLT‑built Houlton Primary School in Rugby. Hosted by CIOB Northampton, this guided tour…
How are new compliance frameworks, shifting funding and mounting delivery pressures reshaping the retrofit sector? Experts will be diving into the reality of the UK’s fast‑evolving retrofit landscape at Retrofit…
What made you choose a career in construction? What else might you have done? I fell into the construction industry, initially beginning in an administrative role, with a subcontractor specialising…
CIOB members can hear from president Paul Gandy and take a site tour of the regenerated Grade II-listed Oldham Old Library in June. Tilbury Douglas was appointed by Oldham Council…
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hong Kong Institute of Construction (HKIC), a member organisation of the Construction Industry Council (CIC). The…
The Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) will be cut from 200 to 80 tomorrow (1 April) as Westminster seeks to reform “complex systems". It says the decision is about driving…
The government’s £15bn Warm Homes Plan, launched in January, is aimed at upgrading the nation’s homes and cutting energy bills. By 2030, it is expected to upgrade five million homes…
Mace has begun reworking Denys Lasdun’s 1960s modernist landmark at the University of East Anglia into a low‑carbon teaching and research facility. Will Mann speaks to the project team 4D…
A national builders’ merchant has been fined £2.2m after a worker was fatally crushed by a timber pallet. Paul Coulson was removing plastic packaging from pallets of timber inside a…