The fate of industrial conservation areas - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. We undervalue our industrial past by not understanding industrial sites or acknowledging t...

Grenfell investigation files passed to CPS - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The Metropolitan Police has submitted its investigation files on the Grenfell Tower fire ...

One in three Gen Z adults believe a wedged-open fire door makes them safe - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Research published on 21 September 2026 has revealed a dan...

Shortlist for CIOB's Art of Building 2026 competition - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 21 September 2026, CIOB annonced the stunning images capturing architecture...

New guidance for conversion of Scotland's traditional buildings - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has launched new guidance for co...

Industrial heritage in the Ruhr - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The Ruhr Valley is inspirational for its strategic and creative approach to the region’s industrial ...

Communities across the country will be able to build and control their own clean energy supply - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 17 September 2026, the government ...

Why diversity and inclusion matters for construction SMEs - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. CIOB’s D&I Charter shows how practical changes to workplace culture ca...

Gasholders: a history in pictures - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Gasholders: a history in pictures, Russell Thomas and Timur Tatlioglu, edited by National Grid, Li...

SocEnv sets out Strategy to 2045 - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 3 September 2026, the Society for the Environment (SocEnv) published its Strategy to 2045, setti...

New publication highlights latest guidance for tackling damp and mould - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 2 September 2026, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIO...

Power for the people - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Now that the early nuclear stations, and the conventionally powered oil and coal-fired stations, have reached t...

UKCW Birmingham puts innovation in the spotlight with new Futurebuild showcase - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Ahead of its return to the NEC later this month, UKCW...

Understanding the changes to the National Planning Policy Framework 2026 - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. In August 2026, the UK Government published its latest iter...

Where Performance Meets Practice: The Building Envelope Stage at UKCW Birmingham - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. From Passivhaus to working at height; roofing to in...

CIAT briefing on NPPF and planning reform - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 26 August 2026, The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) published...

Leaders in Learning for Practice Network - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. In August 2026, the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) launched a call to r...

The importance of early engagement - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Construction lessons from the Trillium HealthWorks Experience Centre.

Mayors are to be given planning call in powers - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 23 August 2026 Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that mayors across England wo...

The Master Builder: William Butterfield and his times - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The Master Builder: William Butterfield and his times, Nicholas Olsberg, Lund ...

Building the future workforce - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Construction's skills crisis is no longer a future problem; it is happening now. The Construction Indu...

Gill Kernick will lead the panel in providing independent advice to the regulator, ensuring that residents stay at the heart of its work.

Connecting knowledge, technology and conservation: Building competence for the future of built heritage - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The conservation of historic...

CIOB publishes free building regulations and Building Safety Act advice for clients - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The free guide is aimed at anyone commissioning ...

Scotland’s uplifting heritage - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The rescued archives of Sir William Arrol and Co, builders of the Forth Bridge and iconic cranes, are ...

Government reveals the communities in over 40 locations eligible for cheaper electricity bills.

Data centre growth must not outpace grid capacity or skills supply - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 12 August 2026, the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) ...

CIOB responds to built environment professions call for evidence - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The UK Government’s call for evidence on a strategy for the built e...

Construction's sustainability reporting revolution - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. How tracking upfront embodied carbon via digital tools is reshaping the industry’...

ECA welcomes Government announcement on procurement reforms - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 6 August 2026, the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) welcomed...

Art of Building 2026 - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 30 July 2026, CIOB announced that the Art of Building Competition was open for entries.

ECA 2026 Edmundson apprentice of the year finalists announced - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 30 July 2026, ECA announced that three exceptional apprentices had ...

Silica toolkit - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Senior managers across the construction sector do not have the awareness, knowledge or organisational support needed ...

Solar window generates power from inside and out - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Semi-transparent solar cells that could be added to windows to efficiently harvest ...

ECA welcomes stricter subcontractor quality control - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has announced plans to strengthen quality co...

Combining mid-career qualifications with experience broadens career opportunities - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Why study doesn’t have to end when your career beg...

The latest industry news in the electrotechnical sector.

Reflections on railway heritage - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. With nearly 2,100 listed structures on the rail network, and many more no longer owned by the railwa...

The latest industry news in the electrotechnical sector.