AccuRoof Technical Director Daniel Bosworth discusses why maintainability should be considered from the earliest stages of flat roof design, and how accessible detailing, coordinated services and planned inspection can improve long-term performance and resilience.
Energy performance gets a certificate. Acoustic performance gets a report in a project folder. A new independent standard, already being used by the likes of dMFK and Tyréns Hilson Moran, aims to change that, starting with buildings that are already finished.
Fire-rated loft ladders for challenging projects from Premier Loft Ladders
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Promat, exploring how architects, engineers, manufacturers and legal specialists are addressing the challenges of integrating passive fire protection into retrofit, renovation and change-of-use projects.
Tim James, National Specification Manager at VEKA, answers readers’ questions on balancing thermal performance and overheating when specifying windows and doors under Part L and Part O of the Building Regulations.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has completed the University of Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, creating a new civic gateway that brings teaching, research and public life together beside Temple Meads station.
Cavity Trays considers ingress behaviour within curved cavity walls
Cabinetry as architecture: JS DECO showcases 7.7-metre Japandi kitchen elevation
Watch the AT Workplace webinar, in partnership with Oscar Acoustics, exploring how retrofit, reuse, adaptability, acoustic comfort and long-term thinking are shaping workplaces that work better for people and the planet.
Bringing the rooftop to life with Glazing Vision
Adam Eaton, Director at Trigon Fire Safety, and Jayne Hall, Associate at Hunters, have produced a School of Specification module on navigating the Gateway process. Here, they explore architects’ responsibilities, Gateway 2 submissions, change control and demonstrating compliance at Gateway 3.
