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4 days ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Harriet Clough
During a full refurbishment of Lord’s View One residential block in London, the Residents’ Board identified a crucial safety upgrade – replacing all 80 flat entrance fire doors to meet current fire safety regulations and enhance resident protectionFire doors are essential for limiting the spread of fire and smoke. Compliance with regulations is a legal obligation and a vital part of responsible building management.
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4 days ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Harriet Clough
For subcontractors, procurement is a constant balancing act—managing supplier availability, controlling costs, and keeping projects on schedule can be a real challengeFor Planning Management Limited (PML), finding the right suppliers, securing competitive pricing, and eliminating time-consuming procurement processes were key priorities. That’s why they turned to The Build Chain—and the results speak for themselves.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Harriet Clough
We spoke with Steve Evans, Head of Technical Operations at NHBC about the Gateway process for Higher Risk Buildings (HRB) introduced as part of the Building Safety Act reforms, with a particular focus on Gateway Two and the requirement for a detailed design submissionUnder the new process making major design changes during construction can create challenges.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Harriet Clough
Sadiq Khan is “actively exploring” relaxing green belt building rules in the capital, claiming that current rules are “wrong, out-of-date and simply unsustainable”Without changing the existing green belt building restrictions, London will not be able to deliver the new homes needed to achieve it’s targets. The city needs nearly a million new homes in the next decade to meet projected demand; roughly 88,000 a year.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Harriet Clough
Image courtesy of Nemetschek Group The Nemetschek Group, a global provider of software solutions for the construction and media industries, started the financial year 2025 successfully with very strong revenue growth of 26.3% (currency-adjusted: 25.0%) to EUR 282.8m The reported Group EBITDA margin includes an extraordinary, non-operating effect in the mid-single-digit million EUR range resulting from the unexpected insolvency of a payment and service provider, which had a negative impact on...
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Harriet Clough
Modern slavery risks across UK construction sites are still common, according to a report finding unexplained deductions from wages, a lack of PPE and ‘informal or unclear’ employment arrangementsOn-the-ground interviews with 9,834 workers representing 102 nationalities, across hundreds of sites in the UK and Ireland, has revealed that those most vulnerable to exploitation are facing many modern slavery risk indicators.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Harriet Clough
Clash detection is just one part of what BIM can do. Discover how accessibility, clearance and data validation checks help teams build more inclusive, functional and reliable projects, and how Solibri makes it easy to get startedWhen people talk about use cases for building information modelling (BIM), one application almost always comes up: clash detection. And this constructibility check certainly delivers value.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Harriet Clough
Sub contractors – buyers – have all your building materials supply chain in one place to easily manageAt The Build Chain, we’re revolutionising how contractors manage their supply chains. While many think of us solely as a platform for finding new suppliers, we’re here to let you in on a little secret: you can use The Build Chain to optimise and streamline your existing suppliers in your preferred supply chain too!Here’s how we make it happen. The Build Chain is more than just a sourcing tool.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Harriet Clough
Most people in the construction industry are aware that applications for Building Control approval on Higher-Risk Buildings (HRBs) must now be made to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) rather than to Registered Building Control Approvers such as SOCOTEC Building Control, or to Local AuthoritiesBut who are the people who actually handle the technical aspects of the HRB applications? Well, they could include some of our very own experienced Registered Building Inspectors.
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1 week ago | 
pbctoday.co.uk | Harriet Clough
Murphy’s part acquisition of Sydney-based contractor Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure marks the civils contractor’s first steps into the southern hemisphereMurphy has acquired a 40% stake in Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure, giving the Group a foothold in Australia and New Zealand. The deal’s exact value has not been reported, but in 2024 Abergeldie turned over AUD $676m (around £330m).
