The impact of COVID-19 on every aspect of life is undeniable. As the pandemic began to spread throughout March 2020, no one could have foretold the ways in which this...
Rebecca Harries-Williams is a Senior Associate in the social housing team at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP. Here, she takes a look at a recent case involving a timber-framed...
Martyn Rolfe, Firefly Sales Director at TBA Protective Technologies, talks to Public Sector Build Journal about the role of fire barriers and explains how the landscape of fire safety has...
Facilities management services are often split in to two types, hard facilities management, and soft facilities management. Here, Jeremy Harrison, Managing Director of MSL Property Care Services, discusses the difference...
Is downing tools on a construction site for non-payment still lawful in the wake of new Covid-19-related insolvency legislation? Adam Aston, Construction Lawyer at Muckle LLP, explains....
Beverly Quinn, Environmental Engineer at TÜV SÜD, an international building services engineering consultancy, specialising in sustainable MEP, BIM, lighting design and vertical transportation, sheds light on compliance for luminaire products....
Is the public sector making full use of renewable technologies? Paul Hutchens, CEO of Eco2Solar, discusses further....
Mark Hardy, Chair of the Association of Play Industries (API), explores why public playgrounds are so crucial in helping children recover from the effects of lockdown. With numbers already in...
Clarke Willmott LLP has one of the largest national teams of specialist social housing solicitors in the UK, acting for over 100 registered providers as well as major frameworks including...
With the majority of lockdown measures now starting to ease across the country, Mark Robinson, Chief Executive of public sector procurement specialist Scape Group, outlines his vision for an economic...
As social housing providers across the UK look to maximise asset protection whilst simultaneously providing the highest standard of safety for tenants, connective technologies are presenting a new proactive approach...
Amid the coronavirus pandemic and following the Government’s recent £27.4bn pledge as part of the Road Investment Strategy, the highways sector is under ever-greater pressure to step up health and...
Powder coating architectural metalwork provides protection and colour. In this article, Richard Besant, Director of Powdertech (Corby), explains some of the terms that are often bandied around to quantify corrosion...
The current economic climate means that businesses must manage their finances in smarter ways, maintain effective credit control and look to make efficiencies and savings where they can. One area...
It’s always important to have the right contract in place for any transaction. However, no matter how strong a relationship is, sometimes you simply cannot stop a breach of contract....
Flat roofs are rarely ever truly flat. In order to achieve a flat roof’s main purpose – to protect the building below and those who use it from the elements...
Since the first known case was diagnosed in Wuhan, China, in November 2019, the outbreak of coronavirus has had far-reaching implications for people and companies both nationally and worldwide. On...
How can you ensure your practice can best get through the disruption being caused by Coronavirus? Having, a solid understanding of what a remote working solution can offer your business...
The coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has raised serious health concerns, with some countries imposing travel restrictions to tackle the spread of the illness. ...
The increased frequency of extreme rainfall events and consequent flooding means new approaches to flood resistance and flood resilience – namely ‘water-entry’ or ‘water-exclusion’ strategies – are needed, says Hudson...
