A new initiative has been launched by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) designed to increase the adoption of sustainable solutions in the built environment and help them scale. According to UKGBC, many solutions currently struggle with issues of “pilotisation” ...

Tackling the UK construction sector’s biggest challenge will prove impossible as long as businesses persist in simultaneously paying ‘lip service’ to gender diversity while refusing to make structural and cultural changes to their operations, according to the Circle Partnership. PwC’s ...

Exclusive FMJ Reader Discount: Use code “FMJ2025” at checkout! The built environment continues to face unprecedented challenges in meeting sustainability targets while delivering exceptional building performance. As the industry navigates the complex landscape of Net Zero commitments and technological innovation, ...

Construction industry diversity champion, Amos Simbo OBE, has warned built environment companies shouldn’t do anything about improving the diversity of their workforces if they don’t truly believe in it. Simbo, founder of the Black Professionals in Construction (BPIC) network told the ...

Mats Broman, CEO of SWG explains the benefits of the Information Management Initiative (IMI) to the FM sector Data has long been recognised as the key to facilities management, and the Information Management Initiative (IMI) seeks to provide a framework ...

The CIBSE IBPSA-England Technical Symposium 2025 concluded successfully in London on the 24th and 25th of April, bringing together industry leaders, researchers and professionals from across the globe to discuss cutting-edge advancements in sustainable building design and performance. A collaboration ...

A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by CIBSE and the International Code Council (ICC), marking a significant step towards enhanced international collaboration in the development, promotion and application of best practices across the built environment. The MOU formalises ...

Mitie has unveiled a new corporate narrative focused on the future of high performing places, centred on a core purpose of “Better Places; Thriving Communities”. As a leading integrated facilities management (IFM) company in the UK – providing security, engineering, ...

The Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) will unveil its 2025 Programme during a webinar on 15 May at 10am. This event offers professionals in the built environment the opportunity to explore the key findings from the 2024 assessments, and hear ...

A new professional association for the built environment has launched with the creation of the Association of Professional Standards for Asset Surveying (APSAS). The vision of the new association includes the aim ”to improve both the quality of asset surveying ...