Opinion Why climate and nature literacy must be the new baseline for construction Ahead of World Sustainability Day on 29 October, Mina Hasman writes why the built environment must use a common language to achieve climate targets.
Opinion Why are we letting net zero be sabotaged? It’s time for the built environment sector to win back the narrative on net zero.
News Thames flood defences using ‘gambling’ tech to secure future A Monte-Carlo random sampling, modelling approach has been used to improve London’s flood defences.
Opinion No planet B: How CIC is addressing the climate crisis Following the UK declaring an environment emergency in 2019, CIC established a Climate Change Committee to help construction fulfil its obligations. By Matt Mahony.
Digital Construction Digital Construction Awards 2025: one week left to enter There’s one week left to enter the Digital Construction Awards 2025.
Legal ‘Should we accept a climate resilience contract clause?’ This month’s contract clinic question comes from a main contractor worried about a data centre project where the client wants to put in a clause on climate events. Peter Vinden looks at this growing area of risk
People Retrofit skills programme marks major milestone The Supply Chain Sustainability School is celebrating the first anniversary of its retrofit programme, launched to help combat climate change by upskilling the built environment sector. To date, the programme…
Legal ‘What happens if we fail to meet our project’s ESG targets?’ This month’s contract clinic question comes from a contractor worried that it may be in breach by not achieving climate-related goals on a commercial project.
People My CEnv career: why sustainability requires more than just activism As part of CIOB People’s series on chartered environmentalists, Anna Kennedy shares her experience of navigating the complex world of sustainability
Digital Construction Marginal gains and proactive interventions: success through Performance Driven Construction Management When he became the British cycling team’s performance director in 2003, Sir Dave Brailsford took a surprising approach. Convinced that every single element of racing – no matter how seemingly…
Digital Construction XYZ Reality brings augmented reality to data centre builds InfraPartners operates globally and uses a modular approach to develop data centres. Via the Atom augmented reality (AR) headset, the XYZ team is providing factory accuracy validation to ensure the…
People My CEnv career: addressing excessive ‘climate anxiety’ The latest in our series on chartered environmentalists features Andrew Muszynski, who details his passion for sustainability and why he believes there is cause for optimism when it comes to environmental issues
Digital Construction Apollo Protocol reveals board to drive cross-sector digital twins The Apollo Protocol, the initiative driving cross-sector digital twin collaboration, has named its executive board.
Opinion Six key construction issues to look out for at COP28 Time is running out and we must commit to decisive action on decarbonising buildings at COP28, writes Amanda Williams.
News Flood defence failings criticised as Storm Ciaran batters Britain Research by Greenpeace has highlighted the poor condition of flood defences across England – as Storm Ciaran brings further heavy rain and high winds across the country.
Video Video | Climate situation ‘desperate’, says Paul Morrell The built environment’s sector progress on climate change has come to a standstill, Paul Morrell has said in an interview with Cohesive’s chief value officer David Philp at this year Digital Construction Summit.
Digital Construction Video | Arup, Gleeds and Mace rebuild Peru with BIM The team of Arup, Gleeds and Mace continues to work on the reconstruction of Peru, highlighting the role of BIM.
News Satellite launched to map energy-inefficient buildings A British start-up has launched a satellite that can measure the heat output from any building on the planet from orbit.
Construction clients are not happy about contractor workmanship. Find out more in the 2026 Construction Management and CIOB client survey.