All Features articles – Page 11
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2025: Driving efficiencies through artificial intelligence
The importance of AI and machine learning to construction continues to grow year on year. This year we asked consultants for concrete examples of efficiencies or savings enabled due to the technology. Carl Brown reports
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FeaturesTop 50 Architects 2025
Full sortable data from Building’s ranking of the top 50 architects in the UK
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FeaturesTop 50 Engineers 2025
Full sortable data from Building’s ranking of the top 50 engineers in the UK
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FeaturesTop 50 Project Managers 2025
Full sortable data from Building’s ranking of the top 50 project managers in the UK
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FeaturesTop 50 Surveyors 2025
Full sortable data from Building’s ranking of the top 50 surveyors in the UK
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Housebuilder & Housing Developer of the Year
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the Housebuilder & Housing Developer of the Year shortlist
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Engineering Consultant of the Year
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the Engineering Consultant of the Year shortlist
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FeaturesHigh tech architecture pioneer Sir Nicholas Grimshaw dies aged 85 leaving global legacy
The architect behind Eden Project and Waterloo International has died, leaving a practice that exported British high tech architecture worldwide and buildings that embodied optimism in technology’s power to address challenges.
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FeaturesMy route into construction … Foysol Islam, assistant design manager at Willmott Dixon
At school Foysol thought he wanted to be an architect, but later he decided joining a contractor would suit him better. While on a site visit through Open Doors he asked if he could get some work experience, and that gave him the confidence to apply for his first role ...
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FeaturesCost model: Why London office MEP upgrades are essential
MEP systems are ageing while regulations and sustainability targets tighten. Upgrades are needed to maintain asset value and rental competitiveness
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FeaturesIntroducing JCT Target Cost Contract 2024 (TCC 2024)
The JCT Target Cost Contract 2024 is a new contract family introduced as part of the JCT 2024 Edition. The family includes a main contract, sub-contract, and respective guides. The ethos of the contract is risk sharing. This conceptually is apposite for the current difficult marketplace. The ...
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FeaturesFrom discontented planners to a glorious summer: Leicester Cathedral’s new extension
The number of visitors to Leicester Cathedral soared following the discovery of Richard III’s tomb. The opening of a new heritage and learning centre marks the completion of Leicester cathedral’s masterplan to improve facilities for staff and visitors alike, Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Contractor of the Year (up to £500m)
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the shortlisted entries for Contractor of the Year (up to £500m), sponsored by Clement Windows Group
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (more than 100 staff)
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the shortlisted entries for Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (more than 100 staff)
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FeaturesCreating new ways to open up the city … Meet the woman behind London’s Open House festival
Mary Richardson caught up with Manijeh Verghese, the recently appointed chief executive of Open City, for a preview of some of the buildings in this year’s Open House festival, which starts on Saturday. She also spoke about the story of Open City, her vision for the charity, and her role ...
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff)
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the shortlisted entries for Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff)
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FeaturesWhat does the appointment of Steve Reed as new housing secretary mean for housebuilding?
Angela Rayner’s replacement held the shadow housing brief in 2021 and now he returns to the role in government. But although he has promised to ‘build, baby, build’, Reed lacks the influence on Keir Starmer that his predecessor had
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2025 shortlists: Building’s Good Employer of the Year
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the Building’s Good Employer of the Year shortlist
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FeaturesThe Reform party conference: what a Farage government would mean for housing, investment and ‘net-stupid-zero’
Despite being largely overshadowed by the resignation of Angela Rayner, the two-day event in Birmingham showed a party which is evolving from a protest group into an organisation that is seriously preparing for government. Tom Lowe considers what a country led by Nigel Farage would mean for construction
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FeaturesMy route into construction … Rebecca Freeman, senior quantity surveyor at Dandara
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns