Features

Oodi, the new Helsinki central library, has proven to be extremely popular with Helsinki residents and visitors alike. Since its opening in December 2018, the building had welcomed its one-millionth visitor by March.

Good bathroom lighting is essential for the avoidance of accidents; however, it is of particular importance in accessible installations. Here, Stuart Reynolds, Head of Product and Marketing at AKW, shows how specifiers and installers can ensure well-lit, inclusive bathrooms that promote independence and safety.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is changing the way we work, and for the better. However, according to construction research specialist Competitive Advantage, less than half of businesses are BIM Level 2 compliant and more than half are unable to name the person responsible for BIM in their business, says Erica Coulehan, Content Marketing Manager at GroupBC.

To understand the most pressing physical security concerns into the future and how best to prepare, Jacksons Fencing has commissioned original research among industry professionals to get a clearer picture of what is and might be. Here, Managing Director, Peter Jackson, talks us through the findings.

Leading contract kitchen specialist, Commodore Kitchens, has completed the installation of more than 250 kitchens across five phases for Countryside Properties’ Aura Development in Cambridge. Here, FC&A takes a look at the project.

The BUGA Wood Pavilion celebrates a new approach to digital timber construction. The segmented wood shell is based on biological principles found in the plate skeleton of sea urchins, which have been studied by the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and the Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart for almost a decade.

Britain is just weeks away from leaving the EU, and ongoing political disarray and a lack of clarity on what life beyond the 31st October will look like is pushing the construction industry into a deepening state of distress. This month, data from the Office of National Statistics reignited fears the sector could fall into recession, as it suffered its sharpest drop in new orders in a decade, with clients delaying projects as they wait for the pre-Brexit ambiguity to clear. Here, Mark Robinson, Scape Group Chief Executive, investigates.

It’s no secret that the construction industry is currently facing an increasingly large skills shortage. The industry has long suffered from a lack of skilled workers, making it more difficult than ever to hit deadlines due to the shrinking talent pool.

Metal ceilings are a thing of functional and aesthetic beauty. Offering designers full flexibility – whilst still attaining the necessary fire, thermal, acoustic and light requirements – metal ceilings are quickly becoming the mainstay in modern buildings; from commercial offices to airport terminals, railway stations to shopping centres. John Spicer, Technical Manager at SAS International, explains more.

Here Nick Cowley, Managing Director at the PVCu windows and doors manufacturer, Euramax, explains the different ways in which modular building can be used.