As part of the Building Boardroom survey into changing approaches to product specification, we asked more than 300 architects to identify the main current issues affecting their approach to ...

Amid Qatar's growing consideration to promote sustainability, energy preservation and environment protection for the coming generations, the green building specifications are likely to become ...

When planning any construction project in the UK, building regulation drawings are essential documents that transform your ...

As part of the Building Boardroom survey into product specification for architects, we looked at how the profession’s approaches to specification diverge in different parts of the globe As part of a ...

HVAC product selection is not as easy as it sometimes seems. For sure, the key part of engineering is the KIS principle (Keep It Simple). However, the KID principle (Keep It Defendable) is even more ...

The sixth edition of Qatar Construction Specifications (QCS), to be released by 2018, is expected to set global standards in the field to be a reference for hot and humid regions. This was revealed on ...

The fifth edition of Qatar Construction Specifications (QCS 2014) was inaugurated yesterday by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin zaid ...

Anyone who has ever reviewed bid or construction specifications for a fire alarm, CCTV, access control, security or other electrical system is already familiar with the old "16 Division Format" used ...

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[TECHNICAL & PRACTICE] The new energy-efficiency requirements of Part L of the Building Regulations come into force on 1 October. The AJ’s Regs columnist Geoff Wilkinson analyses the changes It’s been ...