Rod Sweet

Plant trees down high streets. Retrofit schools, hospitals and care homes with external shading. Cool down beds and install ceiling fans. Legislate for minimum indoor temperatures. Ban glass towers. Paint roofs white. Set up a cooling refuge in every comm... See more

Wates this week held the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new prison houseblock it’s building at HMP Wayland in Norfolk, part of the Ministry of Justice’s Accelerated Houseblocks Delivery Programme for boosting prison capacity in England. Set to h... See more

Morgan Sindall Construction this month handed over the revamped £29.89m Armada Way to Plymouth City Council, billed as one of the most significant public realm projects the city has seen. It regenerated a civic boulevard in the city centre conceived in th... See more

What if there was a way to reduce reoffending, ease the construction skills crisis and get more affordable housing built – all at once? Turns out there is, as our new 15-minute video documentary shows. DragonHeart Homes is a CIOB chartered company in Pete... See more

For the last three years, modular housebuilder DragonHeart Homes in Peterborough, UK has employed prisoners from a Category-D open men’s prison. 41 inmates have come to work at DragonHeart so far. They get training in vital skills the construction industr... See more