Technical

‘Our client has changed the windows spec. Can we claim a variation?’

In our latest Contract Clinic, a contractor building a housing project has been told by the client to change the windows specification. Leon Harris assesses whether this is a variation

The AI optimist running construction in the City of London

The Mace Construct project director leading complex commercial retrofits

McLaren restores an art deco dream

How new orders are impacting market change in housing and industrial

Roger Carter with Polibeam product. Image: Polibeam

CIOB member launching low-carbon alternative to concrete

Back to the future: modern needs in a heritage setting

CGI of the Xylo building under construction in Clerkenwell, London. It’s set to be the UK’s biggest all-timber-frame office building when complete in 2028. Image: Global Holdings Management Group

New guidance on managing water risk in mass timber buildings due in October

Why the World Bank is interested in building safety

Heat resilience. Image: Dreamstime

More aircon is not the answer. How do we make buildings more heat resilient?

Avonmouth Severnside flood defence and ecology scheme. Image: Mott MacDonald

What is ‘blue-green infrastructure’? An explainer

The Tilbury Douglas PM who rebuilt a RAAC school

Finsbury Avenue is located in the heart of the City of London. Image: SRM

2 Finsbury Avenue: How sustainability reshaped McAlpine’s latest City landmark

Malcolm Dare

‘Clients wanting to control cost should look at design’

A GenZero school design by Mott MacDonald. Image: Mott MacDonald

How designing for repeatability could reshape construction

Once injected, the resin expanded and hardened fast to block water infiltration and strengthen the backfill in the tunnel. Image: Geobear.

Resin injection provides quick fix for Kier’s rotting-tunnel problem

Bart Ciuria. Image: Legendre

The Legendre PM thriving on complex London refurb jobs

Image: Dreamstime

High flyer: Mark Beck on building with Boeing

Tim Galloway and Sarah Buxcey from The Building Safety Regulator. Image Julie Kim

Question time with the Building Safety Regulator

Madeira Terrace: Restoring Brighton’s cast iron icon

1. Faifley Campus is a two-stream primary school designed by Passivhaus architects Holmes Miller and delivered by Morrison Construction in West Dunbartonshire. Image: Chris Humphreys Photography Ltd.

How do you deliver complex Passivhaus schemes? Tier 1 contractors share their tips

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