by Anthony Waterman | Apr 15, 2021
How important is safety? The first thing any buyer checks in a property, whatever the use, is how secure are the facilities around it. Could someone easily break-in? Are there any security cameras nearby? What safeguards are there to discourage theft and other crimes?...
by Marina Young | Aug 18, 2026
Security is worth a single credit in BREEAM, so it is easy to treat as an afterthought. That is exactly how it catches people out. Teams lose this credit often, and they lose it expensively, because they almost always underestimate two of its requirements. The first...
by Marina Young | Dec 2, 2025
Every year, World Soil Day, which is on the 5th of December, raises awareness of one of the most valuable and most undervalued natural resources on the planet. Soil underpins food security, biodiversity, carbon storage, and climate resilience. Yet in the built...
by Marina Young | May 5, 2026
If you have worked on any significant development project in recent years, you have likely encountered both of these documents. And you may have wondered whether they are essentially the same thing with different names. The honest answer is: almost, but not quite....
