All articles by Tim Byles
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CommentThe calm before the storm
Westminster will soon be a flurry of activity before the general election - and construction is at the heart of the public policy debate
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CommentLearning from primary school data
The Department for Education has created some excellent scorecards for local authorities assessing their need for primary school places. This is invaluable information for construction
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CommentHousing for older people: An age-old problem
With an ever-growing elderly population - many of whom need state aid for housing - the public and private sectors must work together to find new ways to provide the amount and type of housing that our older people need
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CommentSelf-build on a different scale
Actually, says Tim Byles, demand for self-build is already there and while there’s nothing wrong with one-off Grand Design projects, what we need now is something altogether more mainstream
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CommentMaking use of what we've got
Central government is at last beginning to make more of its assets, but it is local government, sitting on the lion’s share of the £370bn public estate, that must now harness its resources
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CommentListen closely
All the noise from Westminster is about saving another £11.5bn. But more quietly, some areas of government are working to rationalise estates and provide construction work
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CommentGreen and growth in an eco-village
The green economy needs to be driven by entrepreneurs not just government. Tim Byles explains how his JV with Bill Dunster aims to do just that with their eco-village in Devon
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CommentProviding schools: Creative classes
We don’t have enough places for kids in the schools their parents want. A new approach is needed: adapting other public buildings for education and bringing in private help to show us how
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NewsTransforming lives
A new trust hopes to help school children take full advantage of the educational, creative and sporting facilities Building Schools for the Future will create for them
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NewsBSEC: A productive start to a productive year
Partnerships for Schools celebrates diversity as it marks its 50th BSF project
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NewsThe green school movement
Sustainability has gone from being an optional extra to a central priority of Building Schools for the Future - and it’s an area of technology that’s getting more exciting
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NewsEducation frameworks: evaluated
With education playing a crucial role in construction workload, Partnerships for Schools has demonstrated that frameworks work
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NewsBSF brings in the benefits
Providing 110,000 pupils with new facilities and buildings is something to be proud of
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NewsNo summer holiday for the BSF programme
Rather than shutting down for the summer holidays BSF schools will open their doors to the local community
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NewsMore than bricks and mortar
Over 40 schools and new academies are due to be built, remodelled or refurbished in local authorities throughout the Gateway region as part of Building Schools for the Future. But iit has deeper significance to the Thames Gateway