All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 35
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NewsLabour to impose a ‘net zero mandate’ for every key regulator
Shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband outlines party’s net zero strategy ahead of government’s “energy security day”
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NewsVistry renegotiating contracts with suppliers after fall in prices
Housebuilder says cost savings will allow it to keep on building
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NewsPlans for 1,350-home build-to-rent scheme in Leeds approved
Developer Platform wins planning for hybrid application for three linked towers and two office blocks
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NewsGleeds appoints Dublin director as firm signals Irish expansion
Barry Keogh has worked on major projects including Sisk’s Aviva Stadium
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NewsLandsec the latest to be caught out by London’s new second staircase rule
Developer forced to redesign 1,800-home Camden scheme following mayor’s fire safety ruling
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The Tay Bridge disaster, 1879
News item on the death of engineer Sir Thomas Bouch, who designed the bridge which collapsed in a storm killing 75 people
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NewsArchitects’ optimism returns for the first time in seven months
Confidence soared in profession last month despite economic uncertainty, RIBA survey finds
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NewsLABC ‘very concerned’ about exodus of building control veterans as new regulator looms
Organisation’s chief executive said highly experienced people were “desperately needed” to train new recruits
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NewsIndustry heavyweights call on Gove to lower second staircase threshold to 18m
RIBA also says all existing blocks above 18m with single staircases should be refurbished with evacuation lifts
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NewsSecond staircase rule forces Westminster council to redesign 1,100-home estate regeneration
Marylebone scheme the latest to be redrawn following new fire safety ruling in London
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NewsControversial 32-storey City tower above Leadenhall Market approved
Carbon concerns dismissed by planning committee this morning
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NewsGreen light for Make’s Birmingham John Lewis store office conversion
Shop at New Street station only opened in 2015 but was shut by pandemic
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NewsCity tower would contradict corporation’s new carbon guidance, heritage group says
Planners set to decide on Woods Bagot’s 32-storey office scheme this morning
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FeaturesDodging the seals: Antarctic project survives toughest season yet
The project team working on the £100m modernisation of the British Antarctic Survey’s flagship research station is racing against the clock to finish the cladding on a huge new facility before the winter sets in
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NewsGreen light for plans to transform historic warehouse into BBC Birmingham base
Local practice also asked to rework high-rise tower in city
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The construction of the Forth Bridge, 1873 - 1890
The Builder makes an ascent up the “vast bones” of the half built bridge, the scale of which astonished the engineering world at the time
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NewsSpring Budget broadly welcomed but criticised for lack of retrofit progress
Round-up of industry reaction to announcements including £20bn for carbon capture and storage and £600m for regneeration and levelling up schemes
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NewsPlans for York University student centre unveiled
Upside-down trapezoidal block to be built entirely from natural materials, design team say
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NewsBerkeley looks towards low-rise if single staircase ban in towers goes ahead
Developer says fire safety rules will put high rise schemes awaiting planning “back to square one”