Newsletter archive
1/10/2024 - Carlisle, redefining net zero, regulator for social housing.
27/9/2024 - Barnett formula, net zero skills gap, history of building materials.
24/9/2024 - Bastles, NPPF consultation, ISC collapse.
20/9/2024 - Environmental awareness, AT awards, Flood Resilience Taskforce.
17/9/2024 - Digital teghnology, AI, architects code.
13/9/2024 - Co-housing, principal designers, NPPF consultation.
10/9/2024 - MCM cladding, insulation, Cumbria's vernacular architecture.
6/9/2024 - Grenfell Inquiry, Approved document B, CIOB podcasts.
3/9/2024 - Building regs, The arc, golden thread.
30/8/2024 - Building safety, types of contractor, licensing.
27/8/2024 - Post election contracts, strategic ventilation, building safety podcasts.
23/8/2024 - Reuse, rooflight refurbishment, St Sidwell's Point.
20/8/2024 - Rivets, national trails, Gate Tower Building.
16/8/2024 - Riots, mould, heat transfer.
13/8/2024 - Hadrian's Wall, stone walling, types of maintenance.
9/8/2024 - Window tax, new ministers, titanium.
6/8/2024 - Stone, Brittany, blind arches.
2/8/2024 - Planning reform, modern slavery, wiring regulations.
29/7/2024 - Net zero skills, Great British Energy, BSRIA Briefing.
26/7/2024 - Retrofit, information orders, King's speech.
23/7/2024 - Kingston Bridge, The Spline, salutogentic architecture.
19/7/2024 - CIC recommendations, common assessment standard, diversity and inclusion.
16/7/2024 - AT podcast, conservation reversibility, meter tampering.
12/7/2024 - Clovelly, learning from lessons, National Rettrofit Hub.
9/7/2024 - Election, clean air, high streets.
5/7/2024 - Net zero, pv on listed buildings, acetylation.
2/7/2024 - Election, SDGs, creative reuse.
28/6/2024 - Building Safety Wiki launched, NBS digital report, AI playbook.
14/6/2024 - Kitemarks, product certification, general election.
11/6/2024 - Vernacular roofs, hybrid roofs, green skills.
7/6/2024 - Christine Peever, BNG, World Environment Day.
4/6/2024 - Tithe barns, timber, bikes.
30/5/2024 - Election manifestos, cyber-physcal, robotics and AI.
28/5/2024 - Grenfell Inquiry, heat pumps, urban fringe.
24/5/2024 - General election, natural insulation, eco apprenticeships.
21/5/2024 - Agricultural buildings, permitted development, biodiversity net gain.
17/5/2024 - Working at height, net zero, circular economy.
14/5/2024 - Vernacular conservation, retrofit, mental health.
10/5/2024 - Noise, site reporting, contract data.
7/5/2024 - Heat pumps, hotels, underfloor heating.
3/5/2024 - EPC's, net zero electricity grids, waste disposal.
30/4/2024 - Plaster, BACS, work surfaces.
26/4/2024 - Autism, apprenticeships, Passivhaus.
23/4/2024 - Pattern books, Earth Day, regenerative design.
19/4/2024 - Guest Editor Arun Baybars, rapidly renewable materials, types of brick.
16/4/2024 - Nature in buildings, sustainability, programme management.
12/4/2024 - Mud-brick building, refrigerants, heat pumps.
9/4/2024 - Scottish construction accord, MMC, quality charter.
5/4/2024 - Guest editors, biodiversity net gain, future homes standard.
2/4/2024 - Tree heritage, Options Skills, CIOB client guide.
29/3/2024 - Cracks in buildings, frame factor, U-values.
26/3/2024 - Circus Eruption, convictions stigma, RAAC.
22/3/2024 - Guest editor Ashley Wheaton, sustainability, digital twins.
19/3/2024 - Heritage, retrofit and sustainability.
15/3/2024 - Mental health, ventilations systems, BSR transitional arrangements.
12/3/2024 - Women's history month, diversity, sustainability hub.
8/3/2024 - Norman Fellows, disaster planning, belt and road initiative.
5/3/2024 - Medieval glass, BSRIA guides, higher-risk buildings.
1/3/20204 - Digital transformation, RIBA plan of work, biodiversity roadmap.
27/2/2024 - New homes standard, refurbishing windows, golden thread.
23/2/2024 - Stephen Trench, expectation management, housing minster.
20/2/2024 - Vitrolite, Passivhaus, types of materials.
16/2/2024 - Biodiversity net gain, payment terms, building material choices.
13/2/2024 - Greenhouses, modern architecture, embodied energy.
9/2/2024 - Gregor Harvie guest editor, street art, weird buildings.
6/2/2024 - Manchester Cathedral, retention, continuous improvement.
2/2/2024 - Skills gap, water heater market, fall protection systems.
30/1/2024 - Anaerobic digestion, hydrogen, suanas.
26/1/2024 - Rosie Thirlwell guest editor, CSR, skills gap.
23/1/2024 - Graffiti, retrofit, environmental protective glazing.
19/1/2024 - Energy saving week, 5 whys, PM competence framework.
16/1/2024 - AI, embodied carbon, Canterbury Cathedral.
12/1/2024 - Robin Nicholson, integrated project insurance, certification.
9/1/2024 - Glass, glazing, historic buildings.
5/1/2024 - Top 20 articles, Segal Method, Bauhaus.
Featured articles and news
The continued ISG fall out, where to go?
Support for ISG contractors, companies and employees.
New HES national centre for traditional building retrofit
Announced as HES publishes survey results which reveal strong support for retrofit.
Retrofit of Buildings, a CIOB Technical Publication
Expected to become one of the largest activities in the global construction industry.
The ECA industry focus video channel
Keeping update with the industry session by session.
Over 25 recorded informations sessions freely available.
AT Awards 2024 ceremony East London October 25th.
Revisiting the AT community at the 2023 awards evening.
The Community Housing Fund and built affordable homes
CLTN reviews the impact of the Fund and calls for extension.
The grading system of the Regulator for Social Housing
A background, an explanation and ten recent enforcements.
Construction, repair and maintenance. Book review.
Putting new life into a city with a 1900 year history.
BSRIA Briefing 2024: Sustainable Futures speakers
Redefining Retrofit for Net Zero Living 22 Nov.
Wall of support for post-Grenfell regulation of electricians
Call for a shake-up of the construction industry highlighted on radio.
Digital sustainability through future AEC tools
Bringing together industry and academia to meet challenges.
Skills gap for net zero highlighted to Minister for Industry
ECA convenes roundtable discussion at Portcullis House.
Evidencing Net Zero with the new UK buildings standard
Pilot version with detailed excel proforma out now!
Scottish Building Safety Levy, in consultation
From direct remediation and the RPDT, to the costs and alternatives.
Waves of warmer homes grants for the rental sector
Boosting energy efficiency standards for all rented homes.
A refocus of the National Planning Policy Framework
Key terms described in brief, as the consultation closes the evening of the 24th.
Fortified farmhouses of the unruly 16th-and 17th-century borders.