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Features and news
What happened to Hadrian's Wall?
Its former stones can be found in buildings near its route.
Download your free guide.
Four new types of prior approval for solar developments
Online Planning Portal application types from 5 September.
Election fails to spark construction industry revival
Contract awards and planning; post election.
Making diversity and inclusion easy for SMEs
The CIOB tool for companies with limited resources.
Sustainable Futures: Redefining Retrofit for Net Zero Living
BSRIA Briefing 2024, initial speakers announced.
Looking back at the UK's first Passivhaus leisure centre
Reflections on St Sidwell’s Point with CIAT.
A-Level results and electrical apprenticeships
Electrical Skills Index highlights areas with skills shortages.
One of the world's more unusual drive-throughs.
A quick introduction.
Hadrian's Wall Path and the national trails
The trails are heritage assets in their own right.
Articles on timely advice and hydraulic lime.
Building Designers Association of Australia
CIAT and BDAA sign Memorandum of Understanding.
Built Environment Inclusive partners issue statement committed to inclusion.
Building regulation requirements can have unintended consequences.
CIOB announces 2024/25 vice president
Sustainability champion Professor Saul Humphrey.
Around the web
Climate Change Adaptation category added to practice areas.
Construction Management, 22 Aug
Tilbury Douglas scores top marks for Passivhaus school.
10-year social housing rent settlement in Autumn Budget?
Construction Management, 19 Aug
Demolition to pave the way for UK’s first Passivhaus hotel.
The Building Centre, until 30 Aug
RETROFIT 24: The Reuse Agenda for Our Commercial, Cultural & Civic Buildings exhibition.
The Pedagogies of Re-Use book, 28 June
The International School of Re-Construction free download.
Last chance for BSRIA Briefing 2024 early bird pricing
How dense is too dense?
Zigzag patterns on walls could help cool overheated buildings.
Academic summit: Creating an inclusive global community.
Proposal for a quality metric published.
Infrastructure Intelligence, 15 Aug
Construction activity rises for the second month.
Sizewell A turbine hall to be demolished.
ECA maps the national shortage of electricians.
Ethiopian Airlines grants design contract for Africa’s biggest airport.
Can the Olympics make cities more sustainable?
Celebrate 60 years of the Forth Road Bridge.