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Different strokes for different folks

Tuesday, 12th July 2016

Designing swimming pools can successfully combine safety with creativity, but also need to be closely aligned to the particular requirements of users. SPATA provides some design advice. A swimming pool’s design, whether indoors or outdoors, will materially depend on the... View Article

Turn down the volume

Tuesday, 12th July 2016

Adrian Pargeter of Kingspan Insulation describes how ‘lower lambda’ insulation can be the architect’s friend, as more efficiency means less volume is needed to achieve regulations compliance. Building Regulations have recently become more demanding when it comes to insulating properties... View Article

Scape CEO: Not all ‘doom and gloom’ despite dismal construction PMI report

Monday, 4th July 2016

Mark Robinson, Scape Group Chief Executive, commented on today’s Markit / CIPS UK Construction PMI: “Today’s data perfectly illustrates the uncertainty which surrounded the run up to the EU referendum on 23rd June and the uncertainty which remains as a... View Article

Sustainability in practice – how do we improve our buildings?

Tuesday, 21st June 2016

By James Fisher, Existing Buildings Lead & Principal Consultant, BREEAM Investors and owners of large commercial property portfolios throughout Europe are constantly on the hunt for a distinctive edge that will set them aside from the competition. The never-ending battle... View Article

Exclusive blog: An industry back on track – but just in time for Brexit uncertainty

Thursday, 16th June 2016

For most in the construction industry, 2016 has been a busy, more profitable year than 2015. But are we on the road to recovery and what does the future hold with Brexit looming? The latest GDP figures showed that the... View Article

Site Lines – Andrew Tang of Pellings spells out the design lessons for secondary schools

Wednesday, 8th June 2016

Andrew Tang of Pellings spells out the design lessons for secondary schools as they expand to meet the intake ‘bulge’. Having worked for the past 10 years, largely in the primary education sector, I have been involved with a number... View Article

My View – Rory Bergin, partner at Sustainable Futures, HTA Design

Wednesday, 8th June 2016

Rory Bergin, partner at Sustainable Futures, HTA Design says EU architects have enriched the UK, but Brexit risks an end to those benefits in future. There are more than enough articles that discuss the economic effect of Brexit and I... View Article

Rebuilding brick’s reputation – Architects’ Datafile editor James Parker reports from the BDA’s Urban Regeneration Day

Wednesday, 8th June 2016

Architects, contractors and suppliers to the brick industry gathered at Arup’s UK head office recently to hear how the quintessential British building material was seeing a resurgence in a range of urban regeneration projects in London and across the UK. The audience invited by... View Article

Practice profile – Norman Hayden meets WG+P, a young London firm going places

Wednesday, 8th June 2016

September 15, 2008 is a date Phil Waind, director of WG+P, will not forget in a hurry. As the global financial crisis bit hard, his fledgling practice hit what turned out to be its low point. “Lehman Brothers filed for... View Article

Comment on the latest Nationwide House Price Index

Wednesday, 1st June 2016

Founder and CEO of eMoov.co.uk, Russell Quirk, comments on the latest Nationwide House Price Index “Despite the artificial skew of April’s stamp duty deadline having been and gone, UK house prices have continued the upward trend that has been prevalent... View Article

Telford Homes 2015 final report

Wednesday, 1st June 2016

Owen Goodhead Comments on Telford Homes plc 2015 final results. Owen Goodhead, managing director of specialist recruiters Randstad CPE comments: “Housebuilders are bearing up under a sea of adversity – battling on despite a growing skills shortage. For businesses like... View Article

UK construction industry walking the talent tightrope

Tuesday, 31st May 2016

Talent shortages, rather than increased demand, are behind the increase in bricklayers’ pay, according to One Way. An analysis by the construction and rail recruitment specialist found that a lack of available professionals was the major factor behind the huge... View Article

EasyRoommate: Agencies are responsible for soaring rent prices

Tuesday, 31st May 2016

The increasing number of agencies involved in the flatshare market is pushing up rental prices, according to EasyRoommate. The flatshare and roommate website used its data to determine rent prices had climbed by nearly 30% compared to the first quarter of 2015. Other... View Article

Chief Executive of Hill comments on the risk of Brexit to the UK housebuilding industry

Wednesday, 25th May 2016

The Chief Executive of a leading UK housebuilder has warned of “severe consequences” to the British housebuilding industry if Britain decides to leave the European Union at the June EU membership referendum. Andy Hill commented: “A Brexit would have severe... View Article

Marsh & Parsons: There can’t be a one-rule-fits-all approach to affordable housing in London

Thursday, 19th May 2016

Comment from Charles Holland, Head of Residential Development and Investment at Marsh & Parsons, on the Queen’s Speech: “As home ownership plummets to just 63% of the population from nearly 70% a few years ago, it’s vital that the development... View Article

CML responds to FCA competition and responsible lending statement

Monday, 16th May 2016

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) is pleased to note today that the FCA’s assessment is that firms have positively applied the responsible lending requirements that came in under the Mortgage Market Review. The CML also notes the FCA’s assessment... View Article

New construction figures published – leading construction and property consultants comment

Monday, 16th May 2016

Commenting on the new construction output figures published by the ONS today which show a decrease in output, Michael Thirkettle, Chief Executive of leading interdisciplinary international construction and property consultancy McBains Cooper, said: “There is unlikely to be any respite in the weak construction figures in... View Article

Richard Threllfall of KPMG comments on ONS construction figures

Friday, 13th May 2016

Richard Threllfall, Partner and Head of Infrastructure Building & Construction at KPMG comments on this morning’s ONS construction figures: “Apologies ONS, but I just don’t believe today’s output figures. They don’t ring true with what the industry is experiencing on the... View Article