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Dave Knight from Roof Windows 4 You shares his insight into how you can maximise natural light in your clients' house extensions.

Daniel Mackie, director at specialist facade company Hamilton (Building Contractors), has issued an urgent call for action to speed up works on unsafe buildings.

The British Standards Institute (BSI) has published the BS 6229: 2018 - flat roofs with continuously supported flexible waterproof covering ¬– code of practice

If you work in construction, the sector has the second highest rate of people developing occupational deafness

While the primary purpose of fire protection measures is to safeguard life, there are wider implications too. As a building’s fire performance comes under greater scrutiny from financial service providers, Paul Barrett, head of product management at ROCKWOOL, explores what this means for contractors and how to mitigate risk.

Sarah Spink, chief executive officer of the Liquid Roofing and Waterproofing Association, explains how new resources and tools will ensure liquid-applied membranes are specified and used correctly.

Liam Blears, head of facades at passive fire protection specialist FSi Promat, discusses how offsite construction methods can optimise cavity barrier installation in new buildings.

Mark Newell, sales engineer for ETICS fastening products at EJOT UK, discusses attaching external elements to walls that have been treated with external wall insulation systems

Barry Eagle, managing director at GripClad, discusses some of the common hazards found on green roofs, and the best ways to mitigate the risks they pose.

With the heatwave set to make Britain hotter than Jamaica and Turkey this week, Heriot-Watt University has warned that 3.1 million outdoor construction workers in the country might be at serious risk of skin cancer.