Newsletter archive
15/4/2025 - Electricity levies, environmental permits, prefabs.
11/4/2025 - Welsh regs consultation, building safety wiki, Christopher Wren.
8/4/2025 - Building safety, maintaining tenements, design automation.
4/4/2025 - Asbestos, retrofit, openUSD.
1/4/2025 - Planning and infrastructure bill, New Homes Taskforce, gentrification.
28/3/2025 - Spring statement, building safety levy, Great British Energy.
25/3/2025 - Cladding remediation, skills funding, DH Lawrence.
21/3/2025 - Warm homes, lifts of the future, building safety levy.
18/3/2205 - BSRIA rebrand, urban council housing, BS9991.
14/3/2025 - Balcony biodiversity, SUDS, electrical skills.
11/3/2025 - Damp, Alexander Pope's Grotto, conservation training.
7/3/2025 - SDGs, rebuilding Ukraine, International Women's Day.
4/3/2025 - Timber routemap, sustainability framework, electrifying our future.
28/2/2025 - Grenfell Inquiry, Procurement Act, Grenfell web of blame.
25/2/2025 - MEES consultation, heritage training, mapping and flowcharting.
21/2/2025 - Slavery, new towns, AI boom.
18/2/2025 - Hardwick Old Hall, safety transfers to MHCLG, air con market.
14/2/2025 - 60 years of CIAT, bats in churches, EPC consultation.
11/2/2025 - Humidity resilience, Grenfell Tower, heritage management plans.
7/2/2025 - Building Safety Act, Detail Library, wellbeing.
4/2/2025 - British stone, brutalism, commissioning responsibilities.
31/1/2025 - Building safety wiki, deposit return schemes, CDM duties.
28/1/2025 - Birkenhead Park, common land, permitted development.
24/1/2025 - Building Safety Act, Finance Alliance, licensing construction.
21/1/2025 - Neurodiversity, building with flint, stone worktop installation.
17/1/2025 - Grenfell Inquiry, Approved Documents, Futurebuild.
14/1/2025 - Compulsory purchase, cladding remediation, work-related deaths.
10/1/2025 - Mould, private rental selective licensing, architectural technologist salaries.
7/1/2025 - Health and safety, Northern forest, thermal plaster.
3/1/2025 - Most read articles, Grenfell Tower site, heritage preservation.
Featured articles and news
Gregor Harvie argues that AI is state-sanctioned theft of IP.
Preserving, waterproofing and decorating buildings.
Many resources for visitors aswell as new features for members.
Using technology to empower communities
The Community data platform; capturing the DNA of a place and fostering participation, for better design.
Heat pump and wind turbine sound calculations for PDRs
MCS publish updated sound calculation standards for permitted development installations.
Homes England creates largest housing-led site in the North
Successful, 34 hectare land acquisition with the residential allocation now completed.
Scottish apprenticeship training proposals
General support although better accountability and transparency is sought.
The history of building regulations
A story of belated action in response to crisis.
Moisture, fire safety and emerging trends in living walls
How wet is your wall?
Current policy explained and newly published consultation by the UK and Welsh Governments.
British architecture 1919–39. Book review.
Conservation of listed prefabs in Moseley.
Energy industry calls for urgent reform.
Heritage staff wellbeing at work survey.
A five minute introduction.
50th Golden anniversary ECA Edmundson apprentice award
Showcasing the very best electrotechnical and engineering services for half a century.
Welsh government consults on HRBs and reg changes
Seeking feedback on a new regulatory regime and a broad range of issues.