All Building articles in 17 October 2025 – Page 5
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NewsProject uncertainty has wiped £2tn from global construction activity this year, according to Currie & Brown report
UK ranks higher than France and Japan but lower than the US and China when it comes to project confidence, research has found
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NewsSisk’s £110m fit out job at King’s Cross life sciences building off after end-user pulls out
US drug giant said last month it will no longer move into building on Euston Road
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NewsWilliam Hare sees turnover and profit jump as staff numbers top 2,000
Steelwork contractor warns in last set of accounts as family-owned business jobs taking longer to get going
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CommentWe have a system that avoids employment: The lessons to be learnt from City & Guilds research
Nicola Hodkinson discusses how the industry can fix the skills gap, speaking from the experience of running a company where apprentices account for more than 11% of the workforce
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FeaturesKey takeaways from the Building the Future Conference 2025
Building’s flagship conference returned this year, bigger and better than ever, covering all things housing, infrastructure and development. From three keynotes and 10 panels, here are the main issues noted by our reporters
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NewsIndustry will see progress on gateway 2 delays by Christmas, CLC boss predicts
Mark Reynolds tells Building the Future conference he is ‘confident greater number of schemes will be approved’ by end of year
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NewsFire firm wins £60m safety contract in Edinburgh
Deal with Harmony Fire covers 30 city centre blocks
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NewsL&Q boss accuses HBF of ‘whinging’ over section 106 take-up
Working with ‘unregulated cowboy’ S106 managing agents poses a risk to regulatory compliance, Fiona Fletcher-Smith tells conference
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator chair unveils measures to speed up approvals process at Building the Future conference
Andy Roe says initiatives will mean time getting gateway 2 sign-off is closer to 12 weeks rather than current 48
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NewsBuilding publishes key report into new infrastructure funding
Private finance is essential if government is to deliver key major projects, report unveiled at Building the Future conference in London concludes
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NewsMorgan Sindall upgrades profit forecast again as fit out boom shows no sign of slowing down
Firm says division’s performance has ‘strengthened significantly’
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FeaturesMaking sports meanwhile uses viable: the project manager taking on the planning system to get the nation moving
Building talks to former Aecom director Andrew Link about his initiative to make it easier and more affordable for sports clubs to access vacant development sites
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Features5 minutes with … Liz Gilligan at Material Evolution
The CEO and co-founder of the sustainable climate tech start-up on embracing change, producing cement using 85% less carbon dioxide than traditional cement, not overthinking and why cheese makes everything better
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NewsBuilding opens entries for Good Employer Guide 2026
Guide will cover areas such as skills and people development, diversity and inclusion as well as staff wellbeing and employee support.
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NewsViability and funding are the biggest obstacles councils face in delivering homes, report finds
Research published by the Housing Forum and campaign group 1.5M New Homes at Building’s Building the Future event in London today
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NewsArchitect submits plans for temporary theatre on former Marble Arch Mound site
West End’s Arts Theatre to move into site for up to two years while its current base undergoes long-delayed refurbishment
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FeaturesLabour conference 2025: Housing secretary puts style over substance while Starmer takes aim at Reform
The government’s announcement about new towns and the housing secretary’s Trump-esque stylings put housing at the heart of the agenda at Labour’s conference in Liverpool. But there was little in the way of detail to back Steve Reed’s ‘build, baby, build’ slogan
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News‘Thousands’ of homes at risk of not being built because of section 106 impasse, HBF warns
Group adds 700 housing developments stalled because of registered providers not buying affordable housing units
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NewsStalled project hits Chipperfield turnover
Firm declines to name scheme but Edinburgh concert hall designed by architect delayed after original contractor Sir Robert McAlpine left job earlier this year