University of the Built Environment
A monthly exploration into the world of sustainability in the built environment with commentary and input from University of the Built Environment’s Vice Chancellor and academics.
By Linda Serck and Kathy Matthews Ten years after our Reading office achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating, just how far has the University of the Built Environment gone in making…
By Jason Phelps Built Environment Senior Lecturer This article examines the legal principles of contract formation and what is required to create a binding agreement between two parties. These foundational…
By Associate Professor James Beckwith Programme Lead, LLM Construction Law As we reach the conclusions of 2026, we can look back and see that the last two years saw numerous…
By Associate Professor James Beckwith Programme Lead, LLM Construction Law The UK Government's proposed Commercial Payments Bill seeks to tackle late payment practices that have long affected businesses across…
By Dr Claire Hookham Head - School of Business and Law There are certain images that instantly evoke Hong Kong: the Star Ferry crossing Victoria Harbour, neon signs illuminating narrow…
By Claire Hookham There are few things that make me forget that I am an Associate Professor of Management quite as effectively as standing in a stadium waiting for Bon…
By Linda Serck Across Britain’s towns and cities, planners are increasingly asking whether new homes really need to come with a parking space. Reading’s Station Hill, with around 600 flats…
By Linda Serck From Battersea Power Station’s painstakingly restored chimneys to the digitally modelled concrete shell of V&A Dundee, architectural technologists help turn ambitious designs into reality. But how do…
By Matthew Smith and Linda Serck Hosepipe bans are rife across England during August 2026’s drought, yet Europe’s largest data-centre cluster in Slough is guzzling millions of litres a day…
By Linda Serck Hong Kong building professional and former student Cr Sr Tang Chi Wang spoke to us about how Hong Kong is using relocatable modular homes to ease the…
By Linda Serck An Architectural Design Technology degree can open the door to a wide range of careers, from coordinating the technical delivery of buildings to managing the digital information…
By Linda Serck Ask most people who shapes a new housing development and they will probably point to planners, architects or developers. Yet behind every project that makes it from…
