Why do you need a construction Lawyer?

Construction lawyers take a wide range of legal cases related to building construction. They deal with the intersection of worker’s compensation, commercial law, employment law, contract law and civil planning commissions. But why do you need a construction lawyer? Let’s... View Article

Exploring current thinking in offsite construction

Offsite construction is hailed as the answer to the construction industry’s most pressing problems, including speed of delivery, the ‘performance gap’ in quality, and an increasing skills shortage. With the Government having set a goal of 300,000 new homes per... View Article

New Urban Oasis for Manchester

Developer Salboy and its contracting arm Domis, have started construction of a new 500 home urban village on the edge of Manchester. The £120million development is on a swoop of land bounded by the River Irwell that was once the... View Article

Vestemi appoints Erin Ericson as CEO

London, October 27th, 2020: Clean tech specialist, Vestemi, has today announced the appointment of Erin Ericson as CEO to drive the continued growth of its award-winning flagship product, Radbot, a smart heating control that detects and predicts occupancy to automatically... View Article

Radbot secures SAP accreditation

Smart heating control increases EPC rating by two points London, September 23, 2020: Clean tech specialist, Vestemi, has today announced that its smart heating control, Radbot, has now achieved SAP accreditation in the Time & Temperature Zone Control category and... View Article

PiveteauBois Passion

The PIVETEAUBOIS family passion for wood has always driven our mission: to build a better, sustainable future for generations to come by making the most of every tree.   Imagine if we were to reinvent buildings today? Is their any... View Article

Demand for compliant public space bolsters Midlands landscape architect

Midlands-based landscape architect Influence has experienced business growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, as demand for compliant outdoor space within commercial developments increases. The chartered landscape architect and environmental planner has seen a 20% increase in live projects compared with the same period... View Article

Introducing Sun Slice House & Dark Spa…

Neil Dusheiko Architects has recently completed the striking transformation of a Victorian semi-detached house in South Cambridge. The result is a meticulously designed extension, enveloping the existing house and marked out by a series of skylights creating an abundance of natural... View Article

View Point: Richard Hyams

With a growing focus on achieving a green economic recovery from the pandemic, sustainability-focused technologies present a major opportunity to reduce waste while driving cost savings for designers and occupiers, says Richard Hyams Architects are increasingly drawing on AI and... View Article

Escaping the pastiche

Wimshurst Pelleriti, the architects behind a renovation and extension of a historic office building in London, explain how the practice pushed for a modern addition, rather than a proposed ‘pastiche’. Jack Wooler speaks to Leo Pelleriti In a compact site... View Article

Design in a time of Covid

The Covid-19 pandemic has posed major challenges to architects to modify their working methods in order to sustain business. Tom Boddy reports on how they have adjusted to a ‘new normal’ After the stringent lockdown restrictions were imposed by the... View Article