opinions archive

Building Regulations uncertainty? No thanks!

by Paul Everall
Chief Executive at Local Authority Building Control (LABC)

LABC’s Paul Everall assesses what lies ahead as the impact of Red Tape Challenge is felt on the continuing consultation process while he makes a...

by Jonathan Griffin
Head of Construction Standards at British Standards Institution

The Eurocodes became our national standards for civil and structural design in April 2010. As a comprehensive set of design codes, totalling 108...

by Andrew Eastwell
CEO at BSRIA

BSRIA CEO Andrew Eastwel on yesterday's Budget and its impact on the construction sector.

by Paul Bradley
Lead writer at The Green Deal Online

Selling the sizzle and why companies should also look at promoting the concept before the product.

by Alister Scott
Professor of Environmental and Spatial Planning at Birmingham City University

A key issue is that the NPPF gave local planning authorities 12 months to prepare and finalise a local plan that was in keeping with NPPF principles...

by Alex Griffiths
Editor at BC&DS Magazine

In the government's latest review of Building Regulations and standards, District Surveyor David Clements of the City of London Corporation has now...

by David Thorpe
News Editor at EAEM

This is the heroic story of the first buildings in the country that are of ‘low impact’ and built with planning permission in accordance with...

by Alex Griffiths
Editor at BC&DS Magazine

Mike Peasland, Apprentice star Gabrielle Omar, Alison Perry OBE, Gary Neville and SusCon jockey for position in the new BC&DS.

by David Fisk
President at CIBSE

David Fisk, CIBSE President, discusses supercharged energy management, a 21st century approach to managing energy efficiency in buildings. Believe it...

by Paul Everall CBE
Chief Executive at LABC

The recent government announcement to relax planning permission laws for home and business owners to extend their properties does not remove the need...

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