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CommentIt’s time to rethink design and construction education
Our industry is full of specialists who tend to be siloed in their thinking. A new qualification at the University of Leeds aims to produce graduates with a broader range of skills across architecture, building services and structural engineering, writes course leader Justin Lunn
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FeaturesCost model: The infrastructure challenge behind England’s 1.5 million homes target
The government has committed to ambitious housebuilding goals but risks overlooking the supporting infrastructure demands and costs
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NewsTwo-thirds of construction material and waste data unusable, report warns
A new report from construction data platform Qflow has found that 91% of construction material delivery and waste removal records fail to meet quality standards, with only 34% accurate enough to support embodied carbon calculations. Based on six years of analysis covering over 1 million deliveries and removals, the study ...
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NewsErith lands concrete work on £300m Old Street roundabout tower
Office scheme set to be built by Multiplex will replace former HQ building
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NewsDeveloper unveils images for 54-storey Canary Wharf tower
Proposals for 77 Marsh Wall site to contain over 800 homes and a mixed-use podium
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Information - BuildingCPD 06 2025: How glass mineral wool insulation supports net zero building design
The built environment is facing a defining challenge. As of 2021, buildings and construction activities accounted for approximately 42% of annual global CO₂ emissions, underscoring the industry’s significant share of the climate crisis. In the UK alone, construction processes were responsible for over 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions ...
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NewsVital Energi joins London Gatwick’s £250m decarbonisation programme
The five-year project will remove gas infrastructure across 50 buildings, including both terminals, as the airport moves toward energy self-sufficiency
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Information - BuildingCPD 05 2025: Enhancing thermal performance
Despite decades of innovation in building materials, energy modelling and regulations, one stubborn truth remains: too many buildings still underperform. The design promises one level of energy efficiency – on paper – but the built reality often tells another story. This so-called performance gap is not just a technical oversight; ...
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NewsNew images of Network Rail’s £1bn Liverpool Street station plans as City publishes planning application
Documents reveal team tested options including building over station’s entire listed trainshed
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Features‘We’re like the Borrowers, nobody knows we’re here’ … How Sisk plans to build Man City a new stand without the fans noticing
The Irish contactor has been busy working behind the scenes at the Etihad. This summer the team will finally ...
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NewsBig names appointed to design team for Allies & Morrison’s £2.5bn York Central scheme
Sheppard Robson and Haworth Tompkins among practices working on plots on 2,500-home masterplan
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CommentHow will construction maintain vital public trust?
The UK is counting on construction. We need to build 1.5 million homes, make progress on net zero, improve energy security, reduce bills and improve the comfort and health of all. But this is only possible if people trust the industry.
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NewsPlans sent in for Wilkinson Eyre City tower
Square Mile scheme will replace 1950s tower on edge of eastern cluster
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NewsHistoric England recommends refusal for Fletcher Priest’s City tower
Proposed removal of medieval burial grounds said to harm setting of Roman Wall despite plans for public exhibit
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NewsLondon council approves two major schemes in West End
Neighbouring schemes at Shaftesbury Avenue signed off last night
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NewsPlanning application for Oxford Circus tower revamp to be submitted this autumn
CGI view of the proposed 33 Cavendish Square scheme behind Oxford Circus CGI view of the proposed 33 Cavendish Square scheme behind Oxford Circus
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Features‘We listen and we build from there’ – Orms: designing architecture that responds to a changing world
Ben Flatman speaks to John McRae and new director Miranda MacLaren about how Orms is evolving as a practice
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NewsDevelopers to boost height of Vauxhall towers scheme to 70 storeys after replacing lead architect
Aerial view of the site on the border of Nine Elms and Vauxhall
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NewsManchester approves four towers including UK’s tallest outside London
Salford contractor Domis to build Salboy and Simpson Haugh’s 76-storey Viadux 2 tower