How Can Value Engineering Reduce Costs While Ensuring Safety?
This article explains the principles and processes of value engineering in structural projects, highlighting how cost savings can be achieved without compromising safety or building regulations. It covers material selection, compliance, stakeholder input, and rigorous documentation for long-term structural reliability.
Over-Engineering in Buildings: Striking the Right Balance
This article explores how excessive design conservatism in building projects can lead to unnecessary complexity and higher costs. It explains how modern analysis tools and collaboration enable efficient, safe structures, and presents real-world case studies showing the benefits of proportionate, simplified engineering.
Building Green and Buying Smart: 2025 Construction Rules on Sustainability and Procurement
UK construction faces sweeping change as new sustainability laws and the Procurement Act 2023 reshape the industry. Tighter energy standards, biodiversity mandates, and a unified public procurement regime mean contractors must deliver lower-carbon, nature-positive buildings and meet new criteria for public sector work from 2024 to 2025.