Tall buildings are complex, risky and visible, so it is imperative that the right team are in place to deliver any high-rise project. At the time of writing, there are 17 projects either in planning ...

Just seven schemes out of 40 applications received last year get green light from regulator Less than a quarter of finished high-rise housing projects that have applied for “completion” certificates ...

It is time to start mandating second staircases, writes Gavin Tomlinson of the National Fire Chiefs Council #UKhousing “It is essential that everyone, in all buildings, can evacuate during a fire,” ...

High-rise residential buildings should have individual evacuation plans, a government-funded research project has said, running counter to the Home Office’s ongoing reliance on ‘stay put’. The ...

Dangerous cladding will be fixed on all high-rise buildings on Government schemes within the next five years, ministers are to pledge. The Remediation Acceleration Plan will set out that by the end of ...

Manual for building design aims to encourage low-carbon construction as alternative to steel and concrete An airport made of bamboo? A tower reaching 20 metres high? For many years, bamboo has been ...