All Features articles – Page 7
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FeaturesWhat the Lower Thames Crossing and Euston station projects say about the government’s private finance plans
The government has said it will fund the giant Euston station and Lower Thames Crossing schemes using private finance. With the Treasury mulling a broader injection of private capital into public projects, Joey Gardiner examines how ministers are going about it – and the prospects for success
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FeaturesKey talking points from UKREiiF 2025
Building Safety Regulator delays, new towns and infrastructure were the biggest topics at this year’s gathering of construction professionals in Leeds as the industry debated the degree to which a huge amount of work could be threatened by systemic challenges
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FeaturesWhat would a new generation of PFI mean for construction?
Browne Jacobson partner Craig Elder boils down some of the issues discussed at last week’s meeting of the Public Accounts Committee as the government considers launching a new generation of PFI to pay for its 10-year infrastructure programme
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Aftermath of the Bishopsgate bombing, 1993
Building reports forgotten plan for 80-storey Foster & Partners-designed tower to replace NatWest following IRA bomb which killed one and damaged 155 buildings in the heart of the City
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Features‘It will take time’ … WSP’s head of structures on industry gender parity, juggling work and life and going to the Palace
Claire Gott has been at WSP since 2010 after graduating from university. She’s now in charge of the firm’s structures business in the UK
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Features5 minutes with … Amy Koerbel at AESG
The firm’s new director of facades on challenging convention, the importance of accountability, her work on the Serpentine pavilions and making the most of long days
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FeaturesBeyond the green belt review: Five things you might have missed in the London Plan consultation
Sadiq Khan’s green belt rethink got the headlines, but there was plenty more to learn from last Friday’s announcement
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Features‘We’re like the Borrowers, nobody knows we’re here’ … How Sisk plans to build Man City a new stand without the fans noticing
The Irish contactor has been busy working behind the scenes at the Etihad. This summer the team will finally ...
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FeaturesInternational construction cost comparison 2025
Source: Shutterstock International construction cost trends as the world reacts to US tariffs amid persistent inflation and high borrowing costs
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FeaturesMore space, more clarity, more welcoming and accessible: The Sainsbury Wing transformed
Ben Flatman explores the remodelling of the Sainsbury Wing and asks what is lost when a celebrated postmodern building is updated to make it more welcoming and accessible
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Features5 minutes with … Tony Hayes at Linesight
The cost consultancy’s director of project management on starting out as a joiner, his mentoring work and his admiration for the ancient Egyptians
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FeaturesPFI: Do the numbers add up?
With the government understood to be considering reinstating a form of private financing to pay for public infrastructure ahead of the launch of its 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy next month, Joey Gardiner weighs up whether reigniting PFI would be a good idea
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Features‘It’s time to go when the projects you worked on are being redone …’ Core Five’s James Clark on Davis Langdon, starting afresh and why he’s off to see the world
The joint founder of one of the firms that emerged out of Davis Langdon’s sale to Aecom talks to Dave Rogers about that deal, why it was the making of many and the importance of taking nothing for granted
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FeaturesLooking to Europe in the face of global uncertainty: Andy Hay explains Hollis’s plans for growth
The consultancy’s chief executive is confident that the sustainability agenda in northern Europe holds the key to the future despite Trump’s war on climate change policies. Carl Brown reports
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FeaturesMission accomplished: University completes test drive towards net zero carbon building standard
Source: Ella Wheatley The building is located in a courtyard at Manchester Metropolitan University. Source: Ella Wheatley The multifunctional laboratory can be used as a small workshop, an exhibition space or as a venue for lectures Source: Ella Wheatley The laboratory is ...
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Features‘You’re operating in the grey space, making decisions with a lot of unknowns’: Katy Dowding on two years at the top of Skanska UK
The firm’s president and CEO took the helm at a turbulent time for the country and for contractors. She tells Chloe McCulloch about her leadership style, her rejigged executive team and how industry and government can deliver more with less if they work together.
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Features5 minutes with … Chris Wright at Avison Young
The global real estate firm’s new head of sustainability and decarbonisation on the need for more power, the importance of authenticity and what he would like to eat on a night out with friends
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Features‘The government’s pro-development agenda is really helpful overall’: HBF boss Neil Jefferson on delivering through economic turbulence
Neil Jefferson has been chief executive of the HBF since last July, when he was promoted from managing director