A Resource Recovery Centre, in Avonmouth Bristol costing £252 million, has put £5.3 million back into the local economy. Once up and running, the multi-million pound plant will divert roughly 320,000 tonnes of non-hazardous industrial waste from landfills, while making 34MW of low carbon energy – this is enough to supply 44,000 homes with electrical power. Recycling/renewable energy company and developer of the build Viridor, has at this moment in time spent £5.3 million on t

A fire that engulfed the Glasgow School of Art’s (GSA) Mackintosh building earlier this month is now being examined by drone’s to determine the severity of the damage. Fire swarmed the building, which was in the process of being restored by contractor Kier following an earlier fire in 2014, on 15 June. GSA’s School of Simulation and Visualisation is now digitally scanning the building as well as using drone footage, in an effort to understand the severity of the damage to the

The number of social homes being built has decreased in numbers by 90%, since 2010 when the Conservative Party was elected, according to new official figures. Only 1,409 of the lowest-cost homes were started in England in the 2017-2018 financial year, compared to 39,402 in 2009-2010. However, more social housing was built last year than the previous year after ministers responded to the Grenfell Tower tragedy by promising new investment in low-cost housing. The decrease sinc

The Glasgow School of Art has been devastated by another major fire, four years after part of the building was destroyed by flames. Refurbishing the Mackintosh building could cost hundreds of millions of pounds and years of work. Kier was working on the major restoration project following the first fire in May 2014. The contractor has been on site since the summer of 2016 overseeing repair work worth more than £35 million. The two-stage project has included the restoration of

Customers who are unsuccessfully able to meet payments are continuing to obstruct the growth of small subcontractors across the UK. According to research done by specialist financial services provider Bibby Financial Services (BFS) and industry experts, The Vinden Partnership (TVP). Results of the Subcontracting Growth 2018 research, carried out in the aftermath of the collapse of Carillion, highlight that 60% have suffered from bad debt over the past year, with the average

Chief Executive of BSRIA Julia Evans has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours. Julia joined BSRIA in 2014 and during her time with them has become one of the most recognised industry figures. She has used her position to passionately raise awareness of and advance a number of big industry issues such as energy efficiency in the built environment. In particular she has supported engineering and construction as a long term career choice and devotedly promoted the

People from the city of London will now be able to obtain the vital skills they need to access jobs in the capital’s construction sector as the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, as of yesterday (6 June) officially launched his new Construction Academy. The London Mayor has also published London’s first ever Skills and Adult Education Strategy – Skills for Londoners – which will make sure all Londoners have all the skills, education and training they need to succeed and help the country’s ca

A trade body conference is quickly filling up with places, so you may want to book a place very soon. The conference is designed to give the inside information and how to handle excess moisture in a property and how to protect a building in the long-term. The PCA (Property Car Association) has brought people from all over the world and with all different industry knowledge to share the best practice at the 2018 International Residential Ventilation & Preservation of Buildings