Knowledge

This programme looks at the different types of green roof and examines how they are made and maintained.

Which UK buildings deserve a gold for sustainability? We look at some best practice examples.

Our guests – Giles Meredith from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and James Ritchie from the Association of Project Safety (APS) – discuss the role of CDM coordinators, including how and when they should be appointed, how one judges competency, and how existing risks such as lead paint should (and should not) be handled.

One of the many undoubted benefits of BIM is its inherent ability to reduce the potential for disputes arising from clashing programmes and design details. However, by highlighting a landmark case in the USA, Eversheds construction lawyer Michael Conroy Harris discusses the legal implications of what can happen when BIM-generated mistakes occur on site.

In the first of a two part series Emma Humphrey shares her experience as a budding building detective.

We summarize the requirements of the CDM Regulations, current fire legislation and HSE guidance, and review the implications for the design and specification of projects.

From March to April 2012, we at NBS ran our first survey about contracts and legal issues within the UK construction industry.

Rebecca De Cicco explores how BIM is impacting on all stages of the design process.

The concluding part of a two part series where Emma Humphrey turns building detective.

Stefan Mordue looks at the health and safety recommendations that have shaped our football stadia.

Earth is a material that has made a comeback into modern construction - we explore unfired clay bricks (earth bricks) as a construction material.

The UK development control system is designed to involve adjacent owners and occupiers at every stage of the process, and big problems will ensue for the developer who ignores it.