Industry NEWS
The New Rules: Promoting and Enforcing Health and Safety on Building Worksites
In those places where the building industry remains open for business in the time of COVID-19, legislatures must develop contagion amelioration protocols to keep workers safe and healthy. And these protocols must be put into law [...]
How a Pandemic Will Change our Home Design Plans: Architects and Designers Weigh In
Due to coronavirus-related shelter in place orders, people around the world are confined pretty much to their homes—thus leading to almost certain shifts in the fine art of home design. A number of leading [...]
Keep Your Distance and Your Business: The Building Industry Thrives in the Face of Adversity
The building design industry has been under siege during the Coronavirus pandemic, and is now trying to balance new health requirements to keep projects running on schedule. Social distancing, staggered shifts, break times and site [...]
The Australia Building Design Industry Must Change with the Times
The low carbon movement has seized the building design industry, where—according to a 2019 World Green Building Council paper--building activities are responsible for 39 percent of worldwide carbon emissions. Luckily, timber is a building supply [...]
A Survival Guide for Building Designers
Although work might be halted on jobsites, the financial end of the construction business is still in motion. The majority of building design firms require a group or single person to guarantee loans and capital [...]
Reduce, Reuse, Build
The building industry is seeking novel approaches that are cost-efficient and ecofriendly. Standing among the most substantial impacts is waste, which ends up in landfills. In 2017, the sector produced more than 20 million tonnes [...]