Builder and Engineer

Features

Before the arrival of the EU Landfill Directive in July 1999 landfill was used as a low cost option to manage waste. Things have changed

Give the builders a chance

The bankers have had their billions, now it’s the turn of the builders. Only they can save the economy-by building the Government’s three million homes by 2020. Can they pull it off? New coalition The 2020 Group believes so, but it all depends on the Government stumping up the cash. B&E reports.

Batjic does the unthinkable

For the first time, the Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) announced that there will be no increase to the pay and conditions for workers over the next year.

On the ground

From theory to practice - some projects by members of the Structural Precast Association (SPA) and the Architectural Cladding Association (ACA)

Driving down energy use

Boyes Rees Architects has recently completed the fifth phase of a major office upgrade scheme for the DVLA in Swansea.

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