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The sad story of Derby Hippodrome. We cannot afford the fate of this much-loved listed theatre to become evidence that a historic building left to decay might eventually be cleared with profitable impunity.
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The sad story of Derby Hippodrome
The sad story of Derby Hippodrome - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. We cannot afford the fate of this much-loved listed theatre to become evidence that a historic bui...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/The_sad_story_of_Derby_Hippodrome
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CIAT, 27 April New fire safety rules: Residential personal emergency evacuation plans (RPEEPs).
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New fire safety rules: Residential personal emergency evacuation plans (RPEEPs)
A key change following the Grenfell Tower Inquiry came into effect this month.
https://architecturaltechnology.com/resource/new-fire-safety-rules-residential-personal-emergency-evacuation-plans-rpeeps.html
11 days ago
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A safe energy transition â ECA launches a new Charter Practical policy actions to speed up low carbon adoption while maintaining installation safety and competency.
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A safe energy transition â ECA launches a new Charter
A safe energy transition â ECA launches a new Charter - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The energy transition is moving in one direction, towards clean electrificatio...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/A_safe_energy_transition_â_ECA_launches_a_new_Charter
11 days ago
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CIOB, 29 April CIOB announces new trustees.
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CIOB announces new trustees
Five new trustees will begin serving from the close of the AGM on 24 June
https://www.ciob.org/news/CIOB-announces-new-trustees-2026
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The 2026 Compliance Landscape: Fire doors Why 'Business as Usual' is a Liability.
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Cutting construction carbon footprint by caring for soil Is construction neglecting one of the planetâs most powerful carbon stores and one of our greatest natural climate allies.
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The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing was more than a milestone for the National Gallery: it was a landmark moment for postmodern heritage and late-20th-century architecture.
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Conserving the postmodern legacy of the Sainsbury Wing
Conserving the postmodern legacy of the Sainsbury Wing - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The reopening of the Sainsbury Wing is more than a milestone for the National...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Conserving_the_postmodern_legacy_of_the_Sainsbury_Wing
12 days ago
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The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb. With distinctive roofs being such an important part of the garden suburbâs historic character, residents, architects and roofers need to understand their detailing.
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The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb
The roofscape of Hampstead Garden Suburb - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. With the distinctive roofs being such an important part of the garden suburbâs historic cha...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/The_roofscape_of_Hampstead_Garden_Suburb
19 days ago
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ECA, 21 April ECA welcomes Governmentâs commitment to cheaper electricity, but warns safety remains key.
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Latest News
The latest industry news in the electrotechnical sector.
https://www.eca.co.uk/news/2026/apr/eca-welcomes-governmentâs-commitment-to-cheaper-electricity,-but-warns-safety-remains-key
21 days ago
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Gov UK, 15 April Make Work Pay: misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).
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Make Work Pay: misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
We are seeking views on proposals to prevent the misuse of non-disclosure agreements in cases of workplace harassment and discrimination.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/make-work-pay-misuse-of-non-disclosure-agreements-ndas
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CLC, 30 Mar CIC raises concerns to government over new school sprinkler policy.
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CIC raises concerns to government⊠| Construction Industry Council
CIC has written to the Secretary of State for the DfE about new guidance
https://www.cic.org.uk/news/cic-raises-concerns-to-government-over-new-school-sprinkler-policy
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CIAT, 2 Apr CIAT becomes CCPI Organisation Associate.
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CIAT becomes CCPI Organisation Associate
The Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI) was created to promote an urgent and positive culture and behaviour change in the way the construction product manufacturing industry manages and p...
https://architecturaltechnology.com/resource/ciat-becomes-ccpi-organisation-associate.html
21 days ago
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FHH, 9 Apr Future Homes Hub to hold two Technical Conferences in Leeds and London this June.
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Future Homes Hub to hold two Technical Conferences this June
This June, the Future Homes Hub will bring together technical leaders to deliver two Technical Conferences that will unpack the detail of the new Standard and get straight to the practical realitie
https://www.futurehomes.org.uk/future-homes-hub-to-hold-two-technical-conferences-in-leeds-and-london-this-june
21 days ago
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Edmundson Apprentice of the Year award 2026 Entries now open for this Electrical Contractors' Association award.
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ECA Edmundson Apprentice of the Year award 2026
ECA Edmundson Apprentice of the Year award 2026 - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Entries are now open for ECA Member businesses to put forward their standout apprent...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/ECA_Edmundson_Apprentice_of_the_Year_award_2026
21 days ago
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The Architectural Technology podcast: Where it's AT. Catch-up on the latest episodes.
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The Architectural Technology podcast: Where it's AT
The Architectural Technology podcast: Where it's AT - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Where itâs AT | the Architectural Technology podcast. In this podcast series fro...
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Homes, landlords. tenants and the new housing standards. What will it all mean?
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Delabole Slate Traditional blue-grey slate from one of the oldest and largest UK slate quarries down in Cornwall.
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Delabole Slate
Delabole Slate - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Delabole is a town in Cornwall UK, it is named after and famous for having the oldest and largest slate quarry in the...
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Slate quarrying in Scotland did not stop due to a lack of available material. There are plenty of suitable sources with the potential to be redeveloped today.
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Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century
Sourcing Scottish slate in the 21st century - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Slate quarrying in Scotland did not cease due to a lack of available material: there are...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Sourcing_Scottish_slate_in_the_21st_century
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Successful solar generation in the historic environment. Achieving consent and managing risk depends on understanding each site in detail.
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Successful solar generation in the historic environment
Successful solar generation in the historic environment - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. With listed buildings and historic sites needing to adapt for positive clima...
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The case for indigenous slate. UK slate can offer clear embodied carbon advantages, primarily due to lower transport emissions.
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A carbon case for indigenous slate
A carbon case for indigenous slate - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The fact that UK slate can offer clear embodied carbon advantages, primarily due to lower transpo...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/A_carbon_case_for_indigenous_slate
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CIAT, 18 Mar New MCIAT Professional Assessment exemplar published.
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New MCIAT Professional Assessment exemplar published
An exemplar cross referenced against the 2025 Chartered Architectural Technologists Professional Standards Competency Framework (PSCF) is available to review on the website.
https://architecturaltechnology.com/resource/new-mciat-professional-assessment-exemplar-published.html
about 2 months ago
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CIOB. 10 Mar Upgrading the UKâs housing stock.
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Upgrading the UKs Housing Stock Parliament Event
CIOB hosts its first drop-in event in parliament
https://www.ciob.org/blog/upgrading-the-uks-housing-stock-parliament-event
about 2 months ago
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ECA, 25 Mar JCT 2016 Edition of Contracts withdrawn from circulation.
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JCT 2016 Edition of Contracts withdrawn from circulation
The latest industry news in the electrotechnical sector.
https://www.eca.co.uk/news/2026/mar/jct-2016-edition-of-contracts-withdrawn-from-circulation
about 2 months ago
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Time to pay up Government outcome to the late payment consultation, ECA reacts.
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IHBC 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners Work on the role of hewing in UK historic conservation a win for Jack Parker of Oxford Brookes University.
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IHBC 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners
IHBC 2025 Gus Astley Student Award winners - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The winner of the IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards for 2025 has been selected by guest judg...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/IHBC_2025_Gus_Astley_Student_Award_winners
about 2 months ago
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Future Homes Building Standards and plug-in solar. Parts F and L amendments, the availability of solar panels and industry responses.
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Future Homes Building Standards and plug-in solar availability
Future Homes Building Standards and plug-in solar availability - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. On 24 March, 2025 the Government The Future Homes and Buildings Stand...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Future_Homes_Building_Standards_and_plug-in_solar_availability
about 2 months ago
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Unlocking homes, unlocking lives. How later living housing can help solve the housing crisis.
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Unlocking homes, unlocking lives: how Later Living housing can help solve the UKâs housing crisis
Unlocking homes, unlocking lives: how Later Living housing can help solve the UKâs housing crisis - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. In 2022, I made a bold career shif...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/How_later_living_housing_can_help_solve_the_housing_crisis
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The manifesto house. Buildings that changed the future of architecture.
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book review.
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about 2 months ago
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Preparing safety case reports for HRBs under the BSA A new practical guide to preparing structural inputs for safety cases and safety case reports published by IStructE.
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FPA, 22 Mar Systemic fire safety failures exposed at Hong Kong blaze inquiry.
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IHBC, 20 Mar Heritage from the doorstep: Demolition of fire-hit facade begins as Glasgow Central station partly reopens.
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Male construction workers and prostate cancer CIOB and Prostate Cancer UK encourage awareness of prostate cancer risks, and what to do about it.
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Construction industry one of most vulnerable to prostate cancer due to high proportion of male workers
Construction industry one of most vulnerable to prostate cancer due to high proportion of male workers - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The Chartered Institute of Bu...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Construction_industry_one_of_most_vulnerable_to_prostate_cancer_due_to_high_proportion_of_male_workers
about 2 months ago
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The changed R&D tax landscape for Architects Specialist gives a recap on tax changes for Research and Development, via the ACA newsletter.
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The changed R&D tax landscape for Architects
The changed R&D tax landscape for Architects - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. If your practice has under 500 employees, youâll have historically been classed as an S...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/The_changed_R%26D_tax_landscape_for_Architects
about 2 months ago
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CIAT, 17 Mar Two Higher-Risk Buildings (HRB) Principal Designer project case studies through the Gateways.
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Two Higher-Risk Buildings (HRB) Principal Designer project case studies through the Gateways
A webinar providing insights on two HRB projects, hosted by CIAT, is now available to watch.
https://architecturaltechnology.com/resource/two-higher-risk-buildings-hrb-principal-designer-project-case-studies-through-the-gateways.html
about 2 months ago
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Structured product data as a competitive advantage NBS explain why accessible product data that works across digital systems is key.
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Why structured product data is constructionâs competitive advantage
Why structured product data is constructionâs competitive advantage - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Construction has a data problem. Itâs not so much a data shortag...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Structured_product_data_as_a_competitive_advantage
about 2 months ago
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Welsh retrofit workforce assessment Welsh Government report confirms Wales faces major electrical skills shortage, warns ECA.
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about 2 months ago
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Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Government report and back track on copyright opt out for AI training but no clear preferred alternative as yet.
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about 2 months ago
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Embedding AI tools into architectural education Beyond the render: LMU share how student led research is shaping the future of visualisation workflows.
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IHBC, 13 Mar The new Context, No. 186, does more heavy lifting for members: on âInfrastructure and Industryâ.
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ECA, 19 Mar Greater Manchester Alliance launches major drive to power up the regionâs electrical workforce.
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Greater Manchester Alliance launches major drive to power up the regionâs electrical workforce
The latest industry news in the electrotechnical sector.
https://www.eca.co.uk/news/2026/mar/greater-manchester-alliance-launches-major-drive-to-power-up-the-regions-electrical-workforce
about 2 months ago
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IHBC, until 31 Mar IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate for Successful Learning and or Community Contribution.
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Why document control still fails UK construction projects. A Chartered Quantity Surveyor explains what needs to change and how.
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about 2 months ago
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CIOB student challenge Inspiration for a new 2026 wave of Irish construction professionals.
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CIOB student challenge inspires a new 2026 wave of Irish construction professionals
CIOB student challenge inspires a new 2026 wave of Irish construction professionals - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. Eager built environment students from across Ire...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/CIOB_student_challenge_inspires_a_new_2026_wave_of_Irish_construction_professionals
about 2 months ago
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New planning reforms and Warm Homes Bill Take centre stage at UK Construction Week London.
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New planning reforms and Warm Homes Bill to take centre stage at UK Construction Week London
New planning reforms and Warm Homes Bill to take centre stage at UK Construction Week London - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The construction industry is facing one...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/New_planning_reforms_and_Warm_Homes_Bill_to_take_centre_stage_at_UK_Construction_Week_London
about 2 months ago
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Gov UK, until 26 Mar Open consultation: Areas for producing spatial development strategies.
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Areas for producing spatial development strategies
We are seeking views on the proposed geographical areas that will prepare spatial development strategies.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/areas-for-producing-spatial-development-strategies
about 2 months ago
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The new plan-making system A brief run down of changes intentions from April in an onwards.
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The new plan-making system
The new plan-making system - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. The new plan-making system is a reformed framework launched by the UK government in November 2025, design...
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Netflix, 16 Mar The Plastic Detox.
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The Plastic Detox | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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CIAT, 13 Mar Update on regulatory reform.
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FPA, 14 Mar HSE launches research programme on Building Safety.
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HSE launches research programme on Building Safety | Fire Protection Association
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https://www.thefpa.co.uk/fire-and-risk-management-journal/news/hse-launches-research-programme-on-building-safety-
about 2 months ago
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CIOB Apprentice of the Year 2025/26 Construction apprentice from Lincoln Mia Owen wins this years title.
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CIOB Apprentice of the Year 2025/26
CIOB Apprentice of the Year 2025/26 - Designing Buildings - Share your construction industry knowledge. A construction apprentice from Lincoln has been named the Chartered Institute of Buildingâs (CIO...
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/CIOB_Apprentice_of_the_Year_2025/26
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