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SponsoredDOWNLOAD NOW | Reinvention 2026: Preparing the next generation to deliver a safer, smarter and more collaborative built environment
This is a special publication created by Ryder Architecture, Northumbria University and University of the Built Environment in collaboration with Building
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SponsoredBeyond skills shortages: creating the conditions for a demand-led education system
Susan Dawson of Northumbria University, reflects on why the future of the built environment depends on creating the conditions in which employers and education can plan, invest and respond to future workforce demand with confidence
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Information - BuildingCPD 14 2026: Closing the performance gap with insulation
Sponsored by ROCKWOOL®, this module examines why the gap between the predicted and actual performance of so many buildings persists – and how fabric-first design, informed insulation specification and consistent installation practice can help close it
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Information - BuildingCPD 13 2026: The fundamentals of insulation
Sponsored by ROCKWOOL®, this module explores the key principles behind insulation performance and how specifiers can ensure materials meet the standards required for modern construction on thermal, acoustic and fire performance
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 36: Market update and guidance on carbon border taxes
A look at cost and carbon
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Information - BuildingCPD 12 2026: Data-driven decision-making in the built environment – improving performance, profitability and resilience
This module, sponsored by Deltek, illustrates how senior decision-makers in the built environment can use data to support better operational and strategic decision-making. It examines how integrated information systems, key performance indicators (KPIs), predictive analytics and AI-assisted forecasting can give firms the edge, and shows how any business can progress ...
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SponsoredReinventing the blueprint: why the construction industry’s skills crisis won’t be solved by short-term government schemes
The built environment sector has proven solutions to its workforce problem – but policy-makers keep overlooking them in favour of quick fixes that look good on paper, writes Ryder Architecture’s Peter Barker
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FeaturesUnpacking the impact of levelling up and devolution on regional regeneration
A roundtable hosted by Building at UKREiiF in Leeds last month explored how the government’s devolution initiatives are reshaping regeneration and what still needs to happen for the sector to deliver at scale
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SponsoredBritish Gypsum launches a new guide to fire-rated junctions
British Gypsum has unveiled a new comprehensive, evidence-based best practice guide dedicated to the junctions between fire-rated partitions and other building elements.
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SponsoredWhy the future of commercial landscaping will be won through design intelligence, not product supply
Marshalls’ Michael Roden discusses how commercial landscaping is evolving, why design and engineering is becoming central to project success, and why the construction industry needs to rethink the relationship between design ambition and practical delivery
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Information - BuildingCPD 11 2026: Specifying glazed balconies for design, performance and compliance
Sponsored by Solarlux, this module, guides specifiers through the key decisions involved in designing and specifying a glazed balcony – from choosing the right acoustic and solar-control glazing to specifying the right fixings and meeting relevant regulations
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FeaturesUnlocking housing delivery, inclusive places and infrastructure integration
At a roundtable hosted by Housing Today at UKREiiF in Leeds, sector experts gathered to discuss solutions to regeneration roadblocks
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SponsoredWhy stone wool works on flat roofs
ROCKWOOL’s extensive offering for flat roofs can handle anything from solar PV to green roofs. Wewent to meet their top roofing expert to get the full picture – and found him keen to debunk some myths about stone wool on roofs
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SponsoredTackling cold spots: building the skills pipeline where it’s needed most
Construction’s skills crisis is real, urgent and unevenly spread – and the traditional education pipeline has no convincing answer to the cold spots, workforce gaps and geographic mismatches leaving communities without the homes they were promised, writes Kim Davies of the University of the Built Environment
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Information - BuildingCPD 10 2026: Fire safety and the building envelope
Sponsored by ROCKWOOL®, this module focuses on the fire performance of the building envelope, looking at external walls and balconies, and how to treat junctions and interfaces; it also considers how the provisions of the Building Safety Act impact the specification of envelopes
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Information - BuildingCPD 09 2026: Building better with concrete – decarbonisation, performance and the power of early engagement
Sponsored by Tarmac, this module looks at the many innovations being used to decarbonise concrete – from supplementary cementitious materials to AI automation of production – and explains how early engagement with manufacturers can identify the decarbonised product that will deliver the right performance for each job
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Information - BuildingCPD 08 2026: Decarbonising masonry construction with cellular clay blocks
Sponsored by wienerberger and EH Smith, this module takes an overview of embodied carbon in masonry construction and considers lower-carbon masonry materials and techniques before taking an in-depth look at cellular clay blocks, one innovative route to lower embodied carbon that is gaining wider acceptance in the UK
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Information - BuildingCPD 07 2026: Delivering co-ordinated BIM – how to improve collaboration, data and compliance
Sponsored by Vectorworks, this module explores how better project set-up, co-ordination and data management can help deliver BIM projects more reliably, efficiently – and successfully
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SponsoredHeat network costs in an evolving environment: politics, legislation and design
Heat networks are long-horizon infrastructure, with paybacks measured in decades. That makes political stability and what happens in Westminster, and in Ofgem’s offices, matter enormously in terms of what gets built on site, writes Richard Murray, director, Drees & Sommer UK
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FeaturesReinvention 2026: can built environment education keep up with a changing industry?
Is it time to rethink built environment training? How might a more accessible, collaborative and work-based model look?