Category: Opinion

Following recommendations in the Hackitt Review to improve product marketing information, the Construction Products Association has developed a code to drive up standards, as Peter Caplehorn explains

For adoption of offsite manufacturing to succeed, products should be combined to form components that can be replicated from project to project. Ramboll’s Chris Soley explains the value of componentisation

With the Building Safety Bill due to be introduced into Parliament, one topic has been enthusiastically debated: the golden thread. Hywel Davies considers this fundamental component of the new regime

There is currently a clear focus on building safety and net-zero carbon buildings. Hywel Davies suggests that serious investment in skills, right across the industry, is needed to deliver these effectively

There is insufficient ambition for new buildings in 2025, says CIBSE’s Julie Godefroy, who also questions the plan for the existing stock

New chief inspector of buildings Peter Baker will have extensive regulatory powers to ensure building safety

We are all familiar with lockdown and the delay between taking action and seeing evidence of the effect of that action. Hywel Davies considers how that delay is multiplied by years when we look to reduce carbon emissions

Many readers will recall a DIY product advert that said ‘it does what it says on the tin’. Everyone wants products that do what the marketing claims, whatever the application. But for safety critical products where real-life performance could be the difference between life and death for a building occupant or an emergency responder, accurate […]

Hydrogen might not be viable to heat our homes, says Twinn Sustainability Innovation’s Chris Twinn FCIBSE