Building Insights

The Realities of Delivering BNG & Nutrient Neutrality

Editor of Housebuilder & Developer James Parker presents the highlights and recommendations from the recent Building Insights LIVE round table, Building in Nature: The Realities of Delivering Biodiversity Net Gain.…

Building Insights Episode 105 | 12 October 2026 | With Helen Parton

Working Together to Streamline SuDS Schemes

James Parker, editor of Housebuilder and Developer, introduces highlights from the of the Building Insights LIVE round table sponsored by specialist builders merchant Burdens. Working Together to Streamline SuDS Schemes…

Building Insights Episode 104 | 6 October 2026 | With James Parker

How to Build a Bulletproof Gateway 2 Submission

James Parker, managing editor of Architects’ Datafile magazine, presents the highlights from our recent round table sharing knowledge on how to put together a Gateway 2 submission that the Regulator…

Building Insights Episode 103 | 28 September 2026 | With James Parker

Why Regenerative Design, not Net Zero, should be the goal

HLM is showing why a regenerative design that goes beyond simply reducing carbon is not only desirable, it’s fully viable. The practice’s head of sustainability Juliana Renn explains how combining…

Building Insights Episode 102 | 21 September 2026 | With Juliana Renn

100th Episode! Licensed to build great Passivhaus homes

Appropriately, five years from our first episode (Sarah Lewis, research and policy director at the Passivhaus Trust) we return to the subject of Passivhaus in action for our 100th edition.…

Building Insights Episode 100 | 24 August 2026 | With Daniel Levey

Why We Need to Transform Construction

Construction polymath Sam Stacey (his CV ranges from key roles at Buro Happold, Wates and Skanska to running the Theresa May Government’s Transforming Construction Challenge) is on a mission to…

Building Insights Episode 99 | 17 August 2026 | With Sam Stacey

Approaches to Mitigating Overheating

In association with Caribbean Blinds, James Parker, editor of Architects Datafile and Housebuilder and Developer, speaks to two solar shading experts in a very timely Ask the Expert podcast, as…

Building Insights Episode 97 | 3 August 2026 | With Zoe De Grussa & Stuart Dantzic

Unlocking MMC & Offsite in Residential Developments

Editor of Housebuilder & Developer, James Parker, reports on the recent Building Insights LIVE round table  on how the housebuilding sector can harness Modern Methods of Construction to achieve build…

Building Insights Episode 95 | 21 July 2026 | With James Parker

Ask the Experts: Mark Gillies, Ken Graham, and Andrew Taylor of Burdens

Ask the Expert, in association with Burdens – James Parker, managing editor of Housebuilder & Developer speaks to the firm’s Director of Technical Solutions, Mark Gillies, National Sales Director Ken…

Building Insights Episode 94 | 13 July 2026 | With Mark Gillies, Ken Graham, Andrew Taylor