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SponsoredSkills passports show what you’ve got
For new entrants, old hands and employers alike, skills and competency ‘passports’ that record education, training and verified practical experience could make hiring easier and more effective
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 37: Market update and guidance on fire protection responsibilities
A look at cost and carbon
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SponsoredBuilding the future together: how industry and academia can unlock new opportunities
By Professor Stephen Cummings, pro vice-chancellor (research, innovation & knowledge exchange), Teesside University
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SponsoredRockwool expands training offer with new academy
ROCKWOOL’s training academy is the latest addition to its education programme aimed at construction professionals to develop the vital skills they need, as Ben Peach explains
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NewsJumping the development hurdles tripping up UK industry
Rising costs, grid constraints and risk aversion are forcing UK manufacturers to rethink investment, but opportunities remain for those willing to take a longer-term view, writes Claire Robertson, Divisional Director and Industry Cluster Lead at Drees & Sommer UK
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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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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 36: Market update and guidance on carbon border taxes
A look at cost and carbon
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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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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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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?
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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