Residents' representatives fear that any flammable materials left in place can lead to a lower fire safety rating - even after repairs. In turn, this could result in permanently higher building ...

Developer Lendlease is seeking a building liability order (BLO) against Balfour Beatty for more than £4m in damages over ...

Fire safety used to sit somewhere near the edge of architectural thinking. It was addressed, documented, approved, and then quietly filed away while design decisions moved on. That approach no longer ...

Investigators working for the government’s housing ministry used covert methods – including a false cover story – without ...

More than four years after a fired raged through the 24-floor Grenfell Tower apartment building in London, causing 72 deaths, the government has told builders and developers they must fund and replace ...

Owners of construction projects are routinely under a great deal of pressure: There are large budgets to manage, tight timelines to oversee, regulatory hurdles to clear and many parties reliant on ...

Trivess Moore has received funding from various organisations including the Australian Research Council, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Victorian Government and various industry ...

Structural stages of homes can be signed off by engineers remotely, including through WhatsApp calls. Now, the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland is investigating a complaint relating to ...

Geoff Hanmer has received funding from the Building and Construction Council of NSW to research building defects. The BACC is no longer in existence. “What we need to do is rebuild confidence in ...