2018 Natural Stone Awards

On Friday 7th December, London’s Grange Tower Bridge Hotel welcomed over 360 architects, interior designers, main contractors, local authorities and natural stone firms to the 2018 Natural Stone Awards. Organised by Stone Federation Great Britain, the official trade association for... View Article

Review calls for overhaul to improve home adaptations

Housing and health partnership boards should be set up in every area of England to maximise the impact of grants for home adaptations, according to an independent government review. Similar in structure to local safeguarding children’s boards, they would bring... View Article

Trio of Architects Qualify at rg+p

Three newly qualified architects are celebrating at multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p. Yasmin Butler, Sarah Grocock and Rebecca Sharpe have all passed their Architectural Practice Postgraduate Diploma (Part 3) qualification after completing their academic studies at De Montfort University, Leicester. rg+p’s... View Article

Warning signs as construction output flat-lines, says FMB

Rising costs and continued uncertainty over Brexit are to blame for the slight drop in construction output, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Commenting on the construction output figures for October 2018, published by the Office for National Statistics, Sarah... View Article

Engineered wood holds the floor

Katherine Mathews of Kährs explores the benefits of engineered wood flooring, and the significant impact the right kind of flooring can have on a development. When designing and building a home, flooring is just one of many things to consider.... View Article

Orbit acquires Daventry site to build 450 new homes

Orbit, one of the country’s largest housing groups, has acquired a 95-acre site near Daventry, Northamptonshire, on which to build 450 new homes as well as providing community facilities and land for a new primary school. The new high-quality development... View Article

Our electric future

Paul Hutchens is CEO of Midlands-based solar specialists, Eco2Solar. He is a board member of the Solar Trade Association (STA), the UK’s leading solar industry voice, and Chairman of the STA’s New Build Working Group which aims to inform governments,... View Article

Fabrick Marketing wins top UK Agency Award for the third time

Specialist marketing agency, Fabrick, has won Agency of the Year at the prestigious Construction Marketing Awards 2018 – the industry’s annual awards ceremony that showcases the construction industry’s creativity, innovation and effectiveness in marketing. The Kent-based, full-service agency beat off... View Article

RGU architecture wins St Machar community garden project

Residents in the St Machar area of Aberdeen will soon be able to relax in a brand new community garden, after a design competition was won by a talented RGU architecture student. The competition was run by INsideOUT and set the brief of designing a community garden... View Article