Monthly Archives: November 2019

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced that lighthouses up and down the country will be reviewed for listing as part of the Year of Coasts and Waters 2020. image:  for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton

Consultation on the uplift to standards of Part L of the Building Regulations and changes to Part F, the first step in achieving the Future Homes Standards, with the consultation closing on 10 January 2020. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has issued another of its regular listings of funding opportunities for research.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that urban properties close to public parks, gardens and playing fields are more expensive, with the opportunity to see how much green space adds to the value to property. image: for illustration purposes … Continue reading →

London blogger The Gentle Author has been photographing the changing face of London, focusing on what is known as ‘facadism’, the practice of destroying everything apart from the front wall and constructing a new building behind it.

A married couple have been ordered to pay £42,000 in penalties after making unauthorised alterations to a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park (NP), believed to be one of the first cases of its kind in … Continue reading →

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) seeks new Board Members in areas including archives, visitor management and large-scale project management as well as one new Board member to join the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee. closing Friday, 6 December 2019.

Urgent repairs have been ordered to save one of the country’s most endangered building from dilapidation as damaged windows at the Winter Gardens in Great Yarmouth – the Grade II* listed seafront building – will be boarded up and scaffolding … Continue reading →

Unite, the UK’s construction union, has warned that new figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) showing a rise in construction injuries and a fall in prosecutions is a ‘dangerous cocktail’ and undermines recent improvements in safety.

Public Health England (PHE) report ‘Spatial Planning for Health, An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places’, which looks at areas from neighbourhood design to the environment, calls on built environment professionals and public health officials to ‘communicate more’. … Continue reading →

An investigation is underway following the collapse of a wall, part of Lewes Castle’s curtain wall, that sparked a large emergency response. 

The UK’s only national festival and celebration of the humanities, the ‘Being Human Festival ’, was launched on Thursday 14 November, offering more than 250 free public events all around the country as it celebrates and shares the latest research … Continue reading →

The historical value of Oxford’s medieval core has been raised as an objection to plans which could see two buildings knocked down and replaced with student flats, reports The Oxford Mail.

The role of women in engineering, and why more women are needed, is discussed in an article in The Engineer by training firm Boss Training, which notes that  only 11% of the UK’s engineering workforce is female.

Scotland’s construction sector is being urged to do more to help butterflies, bees and other pollinators in towns and cities, writes Construction Week, as it  reports on new guidance from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).