The publication of this year’s Brick Awards shortlist has seen Ibstock scoop an impressive number of nominations, for an array of dynamic projects. The Leicestershire-based business, which is the UK’s foremost manufacturer of clay bricks and concrete products, has been… Continue Reading →

ABP London’s £1.7 billion Royal Albert Dock Development’s first phase has been placed in the top 10% of sustainable commercial building design after it was awarded an ‘Excellent’ rating by sustainability body BREEAM. Multi-disciplinary design practice, Hilson Moran were the… Continue Reading →

A home counties carpentry firm which has completed a project with Swedish timber frame specialist Scandia-Hus has become a convert to a range of insulation products which can eliminate thermal bridging. Reuben Sargent, project manager at RJS Carpentry Construction, has… Continue Reading →

The Green House is a state-of-the-art office building in East London designed by Waugh Thistleton Architects that takes advantage of an existing concrete frame structure and juxtaposes it with timber CLT extensions, exemplifying modern methods of construction and sustainable design…. Continue Reading →

Martin Washby, Technical Services Manager at Meesons A.I. Ltd, looks how specifiers can meet fire regulations whilst creating a physical access control system that prevents unauthorised people entering secure areas within a building. Many data centres have a certified fire-rated… Continue Reading →

Lucas Lee, one of the UK’s leading construction consultancy practices, has completed work on Yorkshire’s first five-star luxury country house hotel, Grantley Hall – almost three years to the day that construction started. Following a multimillion-pound restoration and renovation project… Continue Reading →

PLANNING permission has been approved for the sensitive re-development of one of south Edinburgh’s best-known buildings and site of a former school for the blind. Proposals from premium homebuilder CALA Homes will breathe new life into what was once Edinburgh’s… Continue Reading →

MaintenanceBooker, www.maintenancebooker.org.uk  the heritage website that helps keep churches buildings safe for the future has expanded to include a range of new services. Churches and chapels can now carry out high level surveys and maintenance, repairs to roofs, rainwater goods… Continue Reading →