Building the Future Commission: review of May

Some of the commission’s activity in May included:

• The exciting launch of the Building the Future Commission’s own conference on 27th September in central London - tickets are on sale now, so click here to book your space!
• AI Week in which we explored how some firms are currently using artificial intelligence, predictions for future applications and whether AI is coming for your job - to follow up on some of those themes we are asking readers to complete a very quick survey to capture your views - click here for a chance to win a £50 voucher
• An in-depth feature about design codes and how they could help create the communities people want to live in.
• Insights from firms such as Balfour Beatty, NG Bailey and RLB that are working with the Manufacturing Technology Centre on “sandpit” projects that use untried building methods that could be scaled up across government departments’ development pipelines
• Interviews with more industry leaders such as Taylor Wimpey’s Jennie Daly and Sir Michael Lyons at the English Cities Fund
• Reports from the first commissioner in-person meeting with views on how to improve the built environment and from our virtual get-together with our young persons’ advisory panel with valuable insights on pathways into construction

This month we are planning to:

• Interview innovative leaders making waves in the construction sector for our project delivery and digital stream
• Focus on key public sector pipelines of work, asking how opportunities can be unlocked and how construction can demonstrate a return on investment to clients under increasing financial pressure
• Explore radical plans to reform architectural education and whether they will be enough to restore faith in architects’ technical and leadership skills post-Grenfell

You can follow our progress using #BuildingTheFuture on social media.