Architecture & Construction

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) elected Paul Bussey and Philip Baker as the new chair and deputy chair of its Health & Safety Committee at a recent members’ meeting. 

Noisy offices are lowering productivity, with 60% of office workers unable to concentrate and delivering poor quality work due to loud workspaces. 

Office occupiers are feeling the squeeze of rising fit-out costs in the first half of this year, according to real estate company Savills.

IWFM Conference 2022: Agents of Change Assemble

Five workplaces across the Midlands and Central England won awards at the annual British Council for Offices' (BCO) Regional Awards. 

There was a jump in new tenants looking to rent UK commercial property at the beginning of 2022, with the uplift particularly prevalent in prime office spaces, according to a market survey.

The City of London Corporation has invited Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) chief executive David Frise to play a key role on a task force set up to address skills shortages in engineering and construction. 

EQUANS – the division for ENGIE’s services-led activity, has been appointed by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to deliver a £140 million post-graduate student accommodation project. 

The UKGBC has welcomed new regulations saying all new buildings in England will have to reduce CO2 emissions under new rules.

The government's pledge for a cladding tax needs more detail, according to those in the industry.