What You Need to Know About Outdoor LED Lighting
A quick introduction to key technical terms and units of measurement involved in outdoor lighting specification…
Are LEDs the best solution for environmentally friendly lighting?
LED streetlights are energy-efficient but can disrupt sleep patterns and harm wildlife due to their high blue light emission. With careful design, however, they offer sustainable, eco-friendly lighting solutions…
More SuDS schemes please – it’s not just about flood prevention
Watching the increasing rate of floods in the UK has become a distressing experience. Extreme rainfall is always difficult to deal with, conventional drainage systems – huge underground networks of […]
Hostile vehicle attacks – how do we make places safer?
As terrorist tactics evolve and shift, countermeasures also need to adapt to create resilience to different threats. One of the main considerations of counter-terrorism design is preventing unauthorised vehicles from […]
Bike racks: a best practice guide to getting cycle parking right
A bike rack should be one of life’s simpler things – a safe place to leave your bike. So it’s pretty frustrating when it isn’t. Even when bike racks are designed […]
A guide to outdoor musical instruments
What’s so great about outdoor musical instruments? Music is a language shared by everyone, and every bit of evidence shows that playing music is good for us. We learn about […]
Why Playground Equipment is Essential for Making Strong Kids
We all know that children are a lot less active than they should be. They spend way too much time sitting – at school, in front of screens, and getting […]
Tree diseases! Why you need to be planting some seed-grown trees
There is much alarm at the moment as British trees are threatened by a range of pathogens, from fungal diseases to invasive pests. Hardly a month goes by without news of […]
Six reasons to get to a park bench today
We have a great tradition of public seating in the UK. Our parks are full of sturdy, dependable park benches that have been around for years, and our streetscapes contain […]