Category: Opinion

Opportunities exist for engineers to help property owners meet the MEES, says Mitch Layng

In assessing liability of parties who refurbished Grenfell Tower, prosecutors will look at who had a ‘duty to warn’ about potentially combustible cladding. Keystone Law’s David Beckenham and Jason Kallis explain

With the UK government coming under increasing pressure to tackle air pollution, Hywel Davies reviews the CIBSE guidance on building air quality

The Repeal Bill and negotiations over the UK’s exit from the EU raise questions about the country’s environmental measures, says Hywel Davies

A new toolkit aims to reduce the performance gap by sharing forensic analysis of a live housebuilding site, says Bioregional’s Douglas Drewniak

Under the 2008 Climate Change Act, the government must publish an environmental risk assessment every five years. Hywel Davies reports

Recent press criticism of modelling has been unfair, say Susie Diamond and Dr Claire Das Bhaumik, but they suggest there is room for improvement

Despite survey results to the contrary, Melanie Robinson says that the industry uptake of BIM may be lower than everyone thinks

With Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards imminent, EPCs will take on added value. Hywel Davies looks at how to avoid inaccurate ratings

With a year’s worth of heat networks’ performance data, Gareth Jones says issues are being rectified pre-handover