Resource library

The National Retrofit Hub (NRH) has launched the Archetypes Best Practice Guide and the NRH Archetypes Library, to help designers, local authorities, property owners, and the wider sector more easily identify and apply archetype-based retrofit solutions.

Trustmark and the Construction Leadership Council have launched an online guide to help people safely engage the services of tradespeople in/around their homes.

The guidance represents international best practice for land measurement.

Invisible directors and very real consequences explains how UK law looks beyond job titles to determine who is acting as a director in practice, including de facto and shadow directors, and the legal responsibilities that can follow.

Building Standards Division has published new national guidance intended to help improve the quality of building warrant applications.

NBS have published their first 'Best Practice Guide to Specification Writing' to help built environment professionals develop a standardised approach to specification.

A revised version is now available from robustdetails.com.

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published new guidance, Unlocking the Delivery of Net Zero Carbon Buildings, which examines how current barriers to the delivery of net zero carbon buildings can be overcome.

CLC has published FAQs on the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and energy saving advice resources.

International wayfinding experts Applied have launched the Covid-19 Design Toolkit, a free resource designed to tackle social distancing design.

Guidance relating to changes to IR35 taking place in April 2020.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has partnered with the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) on a new publication about tackling damp and mould in England’s housing sector.

The Future Homes Hub has published a new hints and tips document, which aims to support Chartered Architectural Technologists and other building design professionals to effectively integrate heat pumps into new homes.

The UK Government has offered its support to the construction industry, by outlining its expectations from businesses as they manage and enforce B2B contracts during the COVID-19 emergency.

A new guide to the design and construction of precast concrete in buildings published.

Construction Industry Council (CIC) have written a new Risk Management Briefing, "Personal Liability of Employees".

The Society of Light and Lighting has launched LG23: Design, Creativity and Compliance, a new guide focused on the full architectural lighting design process.

The national design guide sets out the characteristics of well-designed places and demonstrates what good design means in practice.

New guidance from IStructE examines approaches to damage and loss in the UK caused by subsidence, heave and landslip and the repair of affected buildings.