A parametric tool developed by WSP to streamline facade analysis and optimise energy performance won the Design Innovation category at the Digital Construction Awards 2025.

Building facades are not supposed to be noisy. Matthew Harrison explains why this happens and how it can be mitigated through careful façade design.

Knauf Insulation has launched Rocksilk RainScreen Slab EE, the UK’s first non-combustible rainscreen sheathing insulation with an enhanced water-repellent facing.

Updated guidance from façade engineering groups aims to provide greater clarity on fire safety requirements for cladding and external walls.

When plans to double a 1960s building proved unviable, BAM had to come up with a new solution. Construction manager Robert Biddle explains the build to Kristina Smith.