Are you BIM ready? What your business needs to do before 2016

We look at the journey to the amendment of the Construction Act.

We report back on your views as to how well amendments to the Construction Act are taking to bed down.

Lynne Sullivan OBE looks at how to change ethos and embed sustainability at all stages of a construction project.

Mealanie Thompson explores a study by the UK Energy Research Centre.

This programme looks at how the Sainsbury Laboratory was built. It examines the crucial role engineer Adams Kara Taylor (AKT) II played in realising the highly technical building, including designing the building's long spans and cantilevered walkways, tackling a brief that called for a complete absence of visible expansion joints, and overseeing the complicated in-situ, jointless concrete pours that have helped give this building such a distinctive look.

We call out some key safety considerations when undertaking site surveys.

Nunleah Design Consultants share insight on the management processes they have put in place to support their legal responsibilities on BIM projects.

We want to hear your views to help compile the NBS National BIM Survey 2013.

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 came into force on 6 April 2012 (superseding the 2006 version) leading to additional requirements involving how asbestos-related work is notified and recorded and setting out a new need for 'medical surveillance'.

The programme is a studio-based interview with architect and CDM-co-ordinator Paul Bussey from Scott Brownrigg. Against the backdrop of the current Working at Height Regulations, Paul sets out the dangers and explains the delicate balance that architects must strike between giving clients what they want and ensuring that those constructing and maintaining the building do not face unreasonable levels of risk while carrying out their work.

Top-down environmental protection strategies can have unintended ecological consequences. We explore how to mitigate the risk.

The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) finally came into force in England on 27 March 2012 following a high profile battle between pro-development stakeholders and environmental campaigners. This programme looks at the NPPF and its likely impact.