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Warning of fire-spread risks two years before Grenfell tragedy25/02/2019
Experts warned both the Government and the construction sector two years before the Grenfell Tower disaster that not enough was being done to tackle the [...]
View Point – Dr Andy Lewry of BRE Global30/09/2017
Dr Andy Lewry of BRE Global outlines his strategy for betterintegrated design and build processes that use modelling to address the ‘Performance Gap’. As we [...]
A call for housing quality to be included in manifesto pledges11/05/2017
Gwyn Roberts, Home Quality Mark (HQM) Project Leader & BRE Homes and Communities Team Leader When Prime Minister Theresa May called for a snap General [...]
Ecobuild unveils plans for 2018 show16/03/2017
Following its acquisition by Futurebuild Events, Ecobuild – the UK’s leading exhibition and conference for construction, design and energy in the sustainable built environment – [...]
BES 6001: 3.1 Certification Awarded30/11/2016
The impact of our purchasing decisions has never been more critical. Our global economy is now bringing to bear the Butterfly effect: when a butterfly [...]
BREEAM and WELL collaborate to add efficiency to wellness accreditation28/11/2016
BREEAM has announced it is working with the US well-being standard for users WELL to help the construction industry achieve building wellness accreditation while avoiding [...]
Future Watch – James Parker speaks with Alan Yates of BRE Global07/09/2016
When it comes to specifying responsibly sourced construction materials and products, how much do you really know about the scope, rigour and consistency that lies [...]
FSF urges government to reconsider school fire safety design proposals25/08/2016
The Fire Sector Federation (FSF) is calling on the Department for Education to re-introduce the concept of property protection into its proposed revisions to Building [...]
Site lines – Martin Townsend, BRE Global04/08/2016
Martin Townsend, director of sustainability at BRE Global, looks at the importance of building standards which reflect local needs across the globe, in order to [...]
Brexit: Construction industry reactions to EU referendum results24/06/2016
The results of the EU referendum are counted and it is revealed Britain has voted 52% against 48% in favour of a Brexit. Here we share the [...]
BRE announced as research and innovation partner for Ecobuild 201609/02/2016
For the third consecutive year BRE has been selected as the official research and innovation partner of Ecobuild - the largest UK exhibition and conference [...]
Energy, health and productivity: the impact of design and engineering on human behaviour in the built environment21/07/2015
A well-designed and -managed built environment can increase economic, social and environmental value, particularly if human behaviour is taken into consideration early in the design [...]
The building blocks of tomorrow: Solent students' final-year work03/07/2015
Industry experts and employers were blown away by the quality of the work on display at Southampton Solent University’s built environment final-year show. The event [...]
University of Wales Trinity St David - preferred bidder for new construction training initiative19/05/2015
A consortium led by The University of Wales Trinity St David (UWTSD) is the preferred bidder to develop a new approach to training for the [...]
Eco Technology Show announces full programme of expert speakers10/04/2015
Brighton’s Eco Technology Show has added a raft of new expert speakers to its already powerful line-up, ahead of what is shaping up to be [...]
The Construction Industry Council announces the names of its new BIM2050 Group members26/03/2015
The new members of the BIM2050 Group met each other and some of the out-going group members for the first time yesterday, at an event [...]
New sustainability standard will help incentivise responsible sourcing06/03/2015
The launch of an independent sustainability standard for new homes will help incentivise housebuilders to use responsibly sourced materials, according to Marley Eternit. The roofing [...]
BRE recognises wood window alliance’s green credentials with top ratings in the latest green guide15/12/2014
For the first time, BRE has recognised Wood Window Alliance (WWA) specifications in the BRE Green Guide. The WWA has achieved category leadership, not just [...]
See and hear some of the best examples of innovation at Healthcare Estates 201415/09/2014
Healthcare Estates offers a myriad of ideas, new innovations and cutting edge products, and brings together many of the leading personalities in the healthcare industry [...]