Identifying and mitigating roof fire risk
Will Wigfield, product manager for flat roofs at Rockwool UK, discusses the implications of roof fires and shares best practice advice on how to manage the risk
Qatar gets Lean for the 2022 World Cup
Al Wakra will be a major destination during the 2022 World Cup
Are you making the most of your data?
How are materials suppliers using data to drive transformation and provide better services for customers? Building, together with leading AI company Peak, asked some industry experts
Examining the root challenges that derail building productivity
It’s important we examine the basis of key construction challenges, writes Disperse
With design, the devil is in the detail
Seemingly straightforward facades like this one at Lincoln Square can develop into highly complex systems requiring extensive secondary supporting structures and bespoke fixings, explains Szerelmey
Collective housing and the low carbon heating challenge
With building regulations on energy use set to change very soon to accommodate government ambitions on slashing emissions, Building and Daikin gathered together some construction industry experts to discuss the impact of the likely changes on heating systems
Welcome to Al Wakra: How UCC is building Qatar’s second biggest city
Al Wakra will be a major destination during the 2022 World Cup
BIM: The innovation shaping the future of construction
BIM can support increased efficiency end-to-end workflow
Digitalisation how covid-19 is driving change in construction
Businesses willing to try new technologies, introduce different ways of working and embrace digitalisation could emerge stronger
What’s in store for building design & engineering professionals at AU 2020
The event starts 17 November
AU 2020 highlights for architects
Learn about the latest trends in the architecture industry and how new digital tools are changing approaches to the built world
Infographic and survey to help you plot digital construction journey and define next steps
The benefits of digital construction can transform your business
Get ready for an agile future
Investing in staff training will help create business resilience, writes Graphisoft UK managing director Adrian Girling
St Denys: A watertight approach
A project to build flood resilience in the St Denys area of Southampton put the local community firmly at its heart, with a group of knowledgeable and committed residents heavily involved from start to finish. Josephine Smit reports
Charlton Riverside: A model for living
On 20ha at Charlton Riverside, a new masterplan aims to provide local people with somewhere to live, work and play – with the hope that this mixed-use model holds wider lessons for London. Debika Ray reports
Meridian Water: From the ground up
In one of the country’s most deprived areas, a new scheme – Meridian Water – is aimed at tackling not just a lack of affordable housing but also unemployment, poor health and low incomes. Debika Ray reports
Social value is key to emerging stronger
To minimise the harms of coronavirus and to rebuild better, we need stimulus-funded infrastructure that seeks to maximise social value, says Aecom’s Mary Zsamboky
Social value matters: Survey results show values are changing
We asked Building readers how adding an element of social value is influencing (and improving) their work. Tom Lowe analyses the responses