News The way we do whole life carbon assessment is a mess, says Centre for Construction Best Practice Body calls for input from sector to make WLCA work properly.
News Red Group takes over 5 Chancery Lane overhaul from expired Ardmore The £50m sustainable redevelopment is scheduled to finish in the first quarter of 2027.
News Croydon Council resi scheme wins RIBA Stirling Prize Billed as the “future of housing”, Croydon’s Lion Green Road combines density, privacy and a connection to nature.
News Say hello to Milton Keynes’ healthiest and most sustainable office building Silbury House is the only UK building to hold a 5-Star NABERS UK rating.
News ‘Tomorrow’s landmarks from yesterday’s concrete’: Arup initiative to push material reuse Pilot factory in London will test, remanufacture and certify salvaged components for imaginative reuse.
News Industry unconvinced by Tory plan to scrap Future Homes Standard CIOB and FMB said Future Homes Standard could work better but didn’t endorse scrapping it.
People CEnv at 20: Seven chartered environmentalists on how it boosted their careers To mark the 20th anniversary of CIOB’s chartered environmentalist designation – the qualification available via the Society of the Environment – CM spoke to a range of CEnv members on how it has helped them with their work, and in spreading the sustainability word
Technical The Coniston PM decarbonising Grade I-listed buildings In our latest project leader profile, CM talks to Scott Evans from Coniston about retrofitting the historic Royal Institution building in London’s Mayfair
News 30 zero-emissions machines now working on Lower Thames Crossing No diesel has been allowed on the project since work began in early 2026.
Opinion Embodied carbon now an established core pricing variable for construction materials New rules on importing and exporting materials are making embodied carbon a vital pricing variable, similar to currency or commodity price hikes, says Pablo Cristi Worm
News Analysis shows how much reclaimed bricks slash embodied carbon Reclaimed clay bricks were found to have a negative Global Warming Potential (GWP).
CIOB Community CIOB Ireland conference to examine future of construction Housing, sustainability and infrastructure will be on the agenda of the CIOB Ireland conference
People Retrofit procurement guidance aims to create jobs and tackle skills shortages Housing associations and local authorities are being urged to use retrofit procurement as a tool to create local jobs and address green skills shortage.
Opinion Six reasons local authorities and developers should think timber-first Timber holds the key for better-quality, affordable homes built faster.
News Spencer Group lands role preparing substations for renewable connections Ground and enabling works are needed to connect substations in Yorkshire and Merseyside to new battery storage facilities.
News Property firm LHS teams up with habitat-cultivator selling offsite BNG units Naturum owns a growing number of multi-acre sites in England where it is restoring biodiversity.
News UK commercial roof space could generate as much solar power as ‘20 Hinckley Cs’ There’s enough suitable space today to generate 60GW, but such a rollout would need regulatory and legal support.
Technical The Mace Construct project director leading complex commercial retrofits For our latest project leadership interview, CM speaks to Mace Construct’s Matt Burley, project director for a major retrofit job in central London, about the complexities of reshaping an ageing commercial building into a sustainable, modern workplace
The September/October 2026 issue of Construction Management magazine is now available to read in digital format.