AJ readers respond to the government’s plans to cut back ‘complex and confusing’ housing standards and building regulations in its latest bid to kick-start development Earlier this week communities ...

When Building began its campaign to sort out the impossible mess that built environment regulation had become, it received immediate support from practically everyone who had to comply with it, ...

In March the outgoing government announced the outcome of the Housing Standards Review, sounding the death knell of the Code for Sustainable Homes’ (CfSH) and various other non-statutory guides ...

Building’s Reform the Regs campaign kicked off a year ago with the aim of defeating baffling, contradictory and constrictive red tape. Thomas Lane casts his eye over the progress made and finds that ...

The Ministry of Urban Development released the “Model Building Byelaws” in 2016 to maximise public health and safety by regulating construction work and maintenance. However, these laws can have the ...

Carol Gallaher, a former Central Kitsap School District teacher, battled periodic migraines for years before she began to suspect her classroom was making her sick. Ventilation was poor in the room ...

We have just received our homebuyer report on the period property we want to buy. It has pointed out that some aspects of the loft conversion and rear extension might not conform to current building ...