All Features articles – Page 17
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FeaturesKey takeaways and talking points from the Labour party conference 2024
Labour members gathered in Liverpool this week for the party’s first conference in government for 15 years. Daniel Gayne and Tom Lowe report
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FeaturesA tale of two mergers: What do the completion of Barratt-Redrow and the collapse of Bellway-Crest Nicholson mean for Labour’s housebuilding plans?
Is the ground-breaking tie-up likely to help or hinder the government’s chances of hitting its sky-high 1.5 million housebuilding target?
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FeaturesNavigating specification decisions in higher-risk building design
Specification decisions have acquired new complexity in the era of the Building Safety Act. Industry professionals shard their insights at a roundtable
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FeaturesKey takeaways from the Building the Future Conference and Housing Today Live
Church House in Westminster yesterday played host to two back-to-back conferences on construction and housing attended by hundreds of professionals from the built environment. Here is a round-up of the key talking points from the event, run by Building and Housing Today.
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2024 shortlists: Housing Project of the Year
In a series celebrating Building’s Building Awards finalists, we look at the Housing Project of the Year finalists
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2024 shortlists: CEO of the Year
In a series celebrating Building’s Building Awards finalists, we look at the CEO of the Year shortlist
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FeaturesBuilding the Future Think Tank: Balancing building safety and project viability
To coincide with the annual Building the Future Conference, the Building the Future Think Tank has today published three research reports. The delve into issues around workplace and skills, building safety and sustainability. This report covers the topic of Balancing building safety and project viability, and was produced in partnership ...
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FeaturesLondon towers – does it make more sense to build new or renew?
The twin currencies of carbon and cost have encouraged the adaptive reuse of towers, bringing the additional complexity of working within an existing building
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FeaturesBuilding the Future Think Tank: The value of sustainability in the built environment
To coincide with the annual Building the Future Conference, the Building the Future Think Tank has today published three research reports. The delve into issues around workplace and skills, building safety and sustainability. This report covers the topic of the The value of sustainability in the built environment, and was ...
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FeaturesBuilding the Future Think Tank: Workforce of the future
To coincide with the annual Building the Future Conference, the Building the Future Think Tank has today published three research reports. The delve into issues around workplace and skills, building safety and sustainability. This report covers the topic of the Workforce of the future, and was produced in partnership with ...
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FeaturesConstruction and immigration: How to make the points-based system fit to deliver industry growth
New research released today
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FeaturesHinkley Point C: Building Britain’s first nuclear reactor in 30 years
Like its Finnish and French twins, Hinkley Point C has suffered from cost overuns and delays. What are the team doing to claw back the losses and what does this mean for Sizewell C?
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2024 shortlists: Digital Excellence Award
In a series celebrating Building’s Building Awards finalists, we look at the Digital Excellence Award finalists
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2024 shortlists: Net Zero Award
In a series celebrating Building’s Building Awards finalists, we look at the Net Zero Award finalist.
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Features‘Bid for everything, always haggle’: The life and times of John F Hunt’s John Hall
The founder of the specialist contractor turned 75 over the summer. He tells Dave Rogers about nearly going under, having the gift of the gab and why he did well out of the Cardiff Millennium Stadium
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2024 shortlists: Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (more than 100 staff)
In a series celebrating Building’s Building Awards finalists, we look at the Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (more than 100 staff) shortlist
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2024 shortlists: Small Project of the Year (up to £5m)
In a series celebrating Building’s Building Awards finalists, we look at the Small Project of the Year (up to £5m) finalists
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 29: Market update and guidance on fire regulations
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2024: Are we about to see boom time for construction?
This year’s survey shows rapidly increasing optimism on better times ahead for the industry – but will challenges around skills and capacity, global events and macroeconomics hold it back? Carl Brown reports