A new initiative has been launched by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) designed to increase the adoption of sustainable solutions in the built environment and help them scale. According to UKGBC, many solutions currently struggle with issues of “pilotisation” ...

Tackling the UK construction sector’s biggest challenge will prove impossible as long as businesses persist in simultaneously paying ‘lip service’ to gender diversity while refusing to make structural and cultural changes to their operations, according to the Circle Partnership. PwC’s ...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) 2024 Annual Review showcases a year of significant progress in modernising the profession, expanding membership, and leading on global sustainability standards. In a landmark year, RICS membership in the UK surpassed 100,000 for ...

Exclusive FMJ Reader Discount: Use code “FMJ2025” at checkout! The built environment continues to face unprecedented challenges in meeting sustainability targets while delivering exceptional building performance. As the industry navigates the complex landscape of Net Zero commitments and technological innovation, ...

Construction industry diversity champion, Amos Simbo OBE, has warned built environment companies shouldn’t do anything about improving the diversity of their workforces if they don’t truly believe in it. Simbo, founder of the Black Professionals in Construction (BPIC) network told the ...

Brookfield Properties has secured planning permission for 300,000 sq. ft of new grade-A offices set in a revitalised public realm after the City of London Corporation approved its sustainability-led transformation of 1 Moor Lane. The Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM-designed ...

Mats Broman, CEO of SWG explains the benefits of the Information Management Initiative (IMI) to the FM sector Data has long been recognised as the key to facilities management, and the Information Management Initiative (IMI) seeks to provide a framework ...

The International Property Flood Resilience Association (IPFRA) launches with a mission to support, promote, and grow the property flood resilience (PFR) sector as it becomes an increasingly mainstream part of construction and environmental resilience strategies. Until now, there has been ...

According to a recent survey, by SFG20, the industry standard for building maintenance, 34 per cent of facility maintenance professionals do not update their asset registers or do not know how frequently they are updated. Only nine per cent believed ...

The CIBSE IBPSA-England Technical Symposium 2025 concluded successfully in London on the 24th and 25th of April, bringing together industry leaders, researchers and professionals from across the globe to discuss cutting-edge advancements in sustainable building design and performance. A collaboration ...