Intelligence

Lee James, General Manager, Product Marketing, Nittan Europe, explains what to look for in a fire detection system to provide better through-life value

Darron Brough, who has worked in the cladding and façade industry for three decades, has created an alternative to the waking watch fire detection system

Dan Grimshaw explains why he walks away if the process involves competitive tender and is based on cost alone

Has party wall surveying been lost to unethical practice, with little distinction between qualified and unqualified professionals?

Dom de Ville, Senior Consultant, Sancroft, discusses how to avoid the mounting plastic packaging problem

Enrico Borgarello, Director of Global Product Innovation at HeidelbergCement, discusses supplying the material for Germany’s first 3D-printed residential building

EngineeringUK looks back on the difficult year that was 2020 and sees hope for the future

Richard Flynn CEnv CEng FCABE, of Flynn & Shaw, Ireland, discusses what ethical professionalism means to him and whether he is seeing changing behaviour patterns in the industry

Tek Hussein, Head of Technical at WeMaintain, runs through some common issues with lifts

Richard Harral, CABE’s Technical Director, says that building more accessible housing is vital, but that is only part of the story

Joe Cilia, Technical Director at the Finishes & Interiors Sector (FIS), considers how designers and specifiers can use the Acoustic Verification Scheme to specify products with confidence.

This situation highlights the need for temporary works to enable permanent works to be installed correctly.

US-based forensic engineer James P Waltz FCABE discusses what forensics mean in the built environment.

Jonathan Gallie, Group HR Director for Stroma, discusses a training programme built on the applied framework of CABE’s competencies.

Lee Lambley, Technical Director at Weber, advises clients, architects, contractors and product specifiers to look more closely now at the fire safety performance claims of renders than they have in the past

Mark Wakeford, joint MD of construction firm Stepnell, believes apprentices are key to the call to “Build, build, build”.

Patrick Scannell, Senior Project Manager at Buildots, asks if Covid-19 will prove a catalyst for change in construction.

Rob McCann, Director at The VAT People, suggests there’s more to VAT than meets the eye.

Shaun Hughes, Regional Manager Southern UK at Victaulic, suggests best practice for using fewer resources.

This case of improvised solution on domestic projects emphasises the need for better information sharing and competence in resolving unforeseen clashes safely.