All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 24
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NewsWales extends building control registration deadline amid fears of crisis
But uncertainty remains over deadline in England
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Comment‘We’ve had enough. Sort yourselves out or we’ll stop working for you.’ A specialist tells main contractors what to do next
There is a rot at the core of how construction is procured and it begins with clients and main contractors. Something has to change, says Mike Wharton
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NewsKevin Bundy reunites with former Battersea Power Station colleagues at new developer
Scheme’s former director joins developer Murray Twohig
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NewsCity formally approves plan to build 1.2 million sq m of office space by 2040
City Plan 2040 document will now be sent out for public consultation before heading to the government for final approval
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CommentThis Budget was a missed opportunity to close the skills gap
Given the limited impact of Jeremy Hunt’s headline announcements he should really have focused on solving other pressing matters, says Si Harris of Randstad UK
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CommentThis was not the Budget to fix broken Britain
Radical thinking and major surgery are urgently needed, but the chancellor offered little in yesterday’s statement to get the industry excited, writes Richard Steer
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CommentM&S High Court decision won’t tip the scales away from a retrofit-first future
The low-carbon case for retrofit has become so strong that economic arguments for new-build may no longer secure support, suggests Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis.
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NewsDownturn in housing market sees Travis Perkins profit drop
Revenue also down at building merchant
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CommentTo retain or rebuild? M&S case shows the industry needs rules
The High Court ruling overturning Michael Gove’s decision to deny M&S permission to redevelop its Oxford Street store shows that a framework setting out the conditions for redevelopment is urgently needed
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CommentMeet the productivity evangelists and their tribes
There are many ways to solve the productivity challenge and they need not be mutually exclusive, says RLB partner Paul Beeston
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NewsWinners named on £700m new build framework
Scheme will run for four years and cover social housing in Midlands and North
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NewsBuilding Safety Act slowing down economic recovery, Arcadis warns
Consultant says 2024 will be bottom of current cycle
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NewsHigh Court overturns Gove’s decision to reject M&S’s Oxford Street plans
Shock move follows last month’s appeal by retailer against last year’s landmark ruling
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CommentBuilding safety case reports explained
The requirement for principal accountable persons to prepare safety case reports under the BSA has now come into force. How can this best be done?
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NewsBids back within days for first phase of Tata’s £4bn Somerset battery factory
Winner on first phase of scheme due this spring
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NewsStanhope director to retire after 25 years at firm
Williams described as ”towering figure” by developer’s chief executive David Camp
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CommentHas MMC gone from an industry salvation to a pseudo solution?
Once touted as the answer to all our productivity woes, MMC increasingly looks like it may have been just another wacky idea with little chance of success in these uncertain times, writes Richard Steer
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CommentPlanning rules relaxed for wave of mini nuclear reactors
With small modular reactors – which can be built quickly offsite – seen as the future of nuclear, the government wants to simplify the relevant planning process