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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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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 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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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?
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SponsoredThe skills challenge isn’t about attraction but absorption
Many of those who train to join the AEC industry in professional and technical roles fail to find jobs. The Construction Skills Mission Board, supported by the Built Environment Futures Assembly, is spearheading efforts to improve this. By Andrew Mylius
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SponsoredWhen your ideas move fast, your technology needs to keep up
CAD, BIM, 3D modelling, rendering, collaboration platforms, video calls and client presentations – when so much work today runs through one device, business leaders can underestimate the drag on their team caused by tech that can’t keep pace. Choosing the right laptops can free up your team to do their ...
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In partnershipBuilt Environment Systems Review sets out to transform industry performance
A government-backed review will examine how systems thinking can unlock productivity
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SponsoredA day in the life of a T Level student: how early industry exposure is shaping the next generation of construction talent
Eighteen-year-old Kallam Gill is part of a growing cohort of young people entering construction earlier and with a clearer sense of direction than many before them.
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NewsCloser collaboration needed to drive innovation take-up, industry told ahead of Connected Places Summit 2026
Connected Places Catapult built environment director says: ‘We don’t have an innovation problem. We have a scaling and adoption problem’
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SponsoredPaper contracts in a digital industry: the risk hiding in plain sight
Construction has embraced digital transformation at almost every level - except the contracts. Rekha Thawrani OBE, Global Director of NEC Contracts, argues that this gap between ambition and practice is where commercial risk accumulates, and explains what the industry can do about it.
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SponsoredRegenerative development: what does it mean, what does it take – and is it a better goal than net zero?
Does the sector needs a broader ambition – one capable of holding together climate action, resilience, wellbeing, biodiversity and long-term economic value?
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SponsoredFrom ambition to action: how can Wales build the homes it needs?
Wales’ push for affordable, low carbon homes risks stalling unless policy, funding, infrastructure and skills are better co-ordinated, our panellists warn
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SponsoredReinvention 2026: a new built environment education model for a changing world
Ryder Architecture and its partners Northumbria University and the University of the Built Environment are calling for a radical rethink of built environment education. This builds on the proven success of pioneering higher and degree apprenticeships such as PlanBEE, by widening opportunity and providing the right skills for the future ...
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FeaturesHow to make change stick in construction
At a recent roundtable, senior industry figures discussed why change fails to stick, the cultural barriers, and how to turn pilots into lasting progress
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SponsoredFrom sustainability to regenerative design: how SJ Group is reimagining the future of cities
SJ Group CEO Sean Chiao explains why regenerative design and AI are redefining how cities are planned, built and operated — and how the built environment can deliver lasting value for people and the planet
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FeaturesBuilding Systems Thinking: Crunch time
The deteriorating condition and performance of existing infrastructure is a looming threat to UK economic and social progress. The government and industry need to get serious about asset management, and fast.
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 34: Market update and and structural steel coatings guidance
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life