Online poll: Staff shortages post-Brexit?
This week’s poll: Are you worried about sourcing or retaining staff after Brexit?
How can construction adapt to the government’s skills-based immigration strategy?
Last month’s government immigration white paper – ‘skills-based’ with a £30,000 salary threshold and no route for the self-employed – is almost the complete opposite of what construction has been calling for, says Joey Gardiner. So what’s the likely impact going to be and what can the industry do to ...
Interview: Turner & Townsend's Patricia Moore talks to Building
Patricia Moore only meant to leave her native Scotland for a couple of years down south, but 24 years later she’s still in London – and has risen to become Turner & Townsend’s UK managing director. She tells Joey Gardiner the secrets of her own and her employer’s success. Photography ...
Mixed results on gender pay gap at first consultants to update figures
But Norman Foster’s practice sees numbers improve
GPE behind plan for 37-storey tower next to Shard
AHMM scheme goes in for planning
Wait for government response to retentions consultation goes on – over a year after it closed
Consultation finished on 19 January last year
TfL unhappy with rate of progress on Crossrail tunnels
Transport group says efficiency rates on work have been ’disappointing’
Arup names new chairman
Gregory Hodkinson to stand down after fulfilling term limit
Commercial and industrial sectors at a standstill, says RICS
Survey says uncertainty over Brexit outcome is beginning to bite
Brexit preparations
Ready, steady, chaos: how is construction preparing for Brexit?
How is construction preparing for Brexit? Full survey results
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10 years on from the Climate Change Act: how has the construction industry responded?
Emissions from buildings have remained flat, but there are signs of refreshed commitment from government, says BRE’s David Leonard
Build safe, not sorry
Stephanie Canham examines how the revised Building Regulations to limit cladding material use will affect construction disputes
Legal: Not so privileged
Assuming that legal privilege extends to in-house lawyers can be a costly error
Timber frames: will we see wooden skyscrapers in the future?
Timber frames, for so long limited to the low-rise residential sector, have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses, thanks to technological breakthroughs
T&T boss backs Crossrail management rejig
Patricia Moore says scheme is one of the ‘most challenging’ ever seen in the UK
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Image of the week: Once in a red moon
During the terrifying-sounding ‘super blood wolf moon’ eclipse event earlier this week, the moon rose over a statue of a mythical Kelpie water spirit near Falkirk
Sketch of the week: New office building, Belval, Luxembourg
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Darron Haylock, partner in Foster + Partners
Image of the week: Confused state
Leave and Remain protesters mingled outside the Houses of Parliament on Monday, ahead of Tuesday evening’s ‘meaningful vote’ on Theresa May’s Brexit deal
