The completion of the new maternity unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Belfast represents a transformative development in healthcare infrastructure for Northern Ireland. ...
The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice sent out a message that resonated far beyond the...
In a time when the UK is working to improve and close its skills gap, it is important our education estates match the quality of professionals we hope to create....
Nottingham had been without a central library since the closure of the Angel Row site during the pandemic in 2020. Rather than re-opening it back up, Nottingham City Council decided...
The chancellor’s Autumn Statement in November put growth at the top of the UK’s economic agenda. As such, the pressure is on for public sector organisations to expand their facilities...
As the UK experiences a significant shift towards hotter summers, the challenges in keeping our learning environments cool for students and teachers are becoming increasingly evident. Louise Boddie, Senior Associate...
‘Energy in Schools’ provides energy management and educational tools that could help schools save thousands of pounds per year on energy costs and reduce carbon emissions. The programme will provide...
The state of healthcare across the UK is the focus of increasingly broad news and political debate. Here, Bob Wills, Director at Medical Architecture, considers some of the current challenges...
Energy solutions business, SMS plc, has launched an end-to-end electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint infrastructure solution to help UK organisations establish, manage, and grow their car charging networks....
Traffic speed reduction, drainage and biodiversity were among key challenges met by Brett Landscaping and civil engineers BDP as part of infrastructure work on Bradford’s new £19 million Enterprise Zone....
There is no greater proof that ‘people make Glasgow’ than to see the city without its crowds. The city centre has been dormant, feeling like a stage without a play....
ROCKWOOL has launched a new CPD (Continuing Professional Development) module to help fire protection stakeholders design out risk for steel frame constructions. ...
Matt Hare, Partner at Carter Jonas Cambridge, talks to PSBJ about the publication of Gear Change – concerning the increase in cycle paths on new developments – and the issues...
Construction is set to lead the way as the UK looks to move out of the COVID-19 pandemic and towards economic recovery – and the public sector will be at...
Climate change and the need to plan for green infrastructure is playing an increasingly significant role in a new approach to design in built-up areas. In addition, heavy rainfall events...
By connecting graphical and non-graphical product data, through people and technology, with key challenges, building information modelling (BIM) is streamlining design and construction processes – from the manufacture and assembly...
HAURATON’s new web-based application ‘DesignSoftware’ provides construction industry professionals with quick, simple hydraulic analysis, channel sizing, project design and product specification for the company’s range of surface drainage systems (for...
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...
