More Focus – Page 10
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FeaturesMax headroom: How floor jacking could give old buildings a new lease of life
Extending the building wasn’t an option as it is hemmed in above, below and on all four sides
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Features‘We tried and we tried and we very nearly got there’: Osborne’s finance chief on the company’s collapse – and lessons the industry can learn
A year ago, the contractor went into administration after nearly 60 years in business. Pete Duff tells Dave Rogers what happened and what needs to change
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FeaturesOpen Doors: aspiring engineers visit HS2’s Old Oak Common Station
Students from a Berkshire college got a close-up view of the largest station development in HS2’s project pipeline as part of Build UK’s recruitment initiative
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FeaturesWhy most new homes are still being built to old standards
Almost two in three new homes are still being built to regulations that applied in 2013, over a year and a half after the end of the transition period for the new part L and other requirements. How has the government got its projections so wrong? Tom ...
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Features‘I’m here as a change agent’ – Bam’s construction boss on Co-op Live, doing the right things and… dealing with snakes
Australian Kim Sides took up the hot seat at the £800m contractor a year ago. She tells Dave Rogers how things have gone so far
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Features‘We rode out the storm’: Adjaye Associates upbeat after ‘worst year that any architecture firm could have gone through’
Practice makes loss of £720,000 after one-off £1.4m tax payment but describes drop in revenue as a “blip”
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FeaturesMore than a masterplan: the people power behind Earls Court’s next chapter
Mary Richardson went to meet the team of local people helping to shape the Earls Court redevelopment in west London as part of a wider programme of inclusive community engagement
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Building reviews the Channel tunnel terminals
As the world’s longest undersea tunnel prepares to open to passengers, Building’s architectural critic is left unimpressed by the ’vast mechanical jungle’ built at Folkestone
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FeaturesManchester United wants to build a new stadium. Who would want to do the job?
In these risk-free times, does a £2bn stadium and the glare of the media and ‘one billion fans’ really appeal to contractors? Dave Rogers reports
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: How prepared is the water industry for its biggest ever investment programme?
Geraint Jones and Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis examine the priorities and the sector’s state of readiness
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FeaturesNorman Foster and Manchester United – a perfect match?
The club is betting on the local lad to create a world-class stadium – but will ambition and reality align, asks Ben Flatman
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FeaturesIndustrial remix: how Hawkins Brown retuned Wakefield’s Tileyard North for the creative economy
Source: Hawkins\Brown Tileyard North seen from the north Once derelict and forgotten, Wakefield’s Rutland Mills has been transformed into a thriving hub for the music industry
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FeaturesCanada Water: Is it a match for Kings Cross?
The first phase of British Land’s 53 acre mixed use development in south-east London is almost finished. Thomas Lane went along to have a look
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FeaturesThe Building Good Employer Guide 2025: What does the data say?
All our good employers included in the 2025 guide completed an in-depth survey – here we dig into the data to find key trends
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FeaturesThe Building Good Employer Guide 2025
Building today publishes its online directory of good employers
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FeaturesHousing Today’s Good Employment Report
Building’s sister title Housing Today this week publishes its exclusive report on how to build a skilled, inclusive and sustainable workforce
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FeaturesHousing Today’s Good Employment Report - Chapter three: Sustaining inclusive workplaces
Our sister title’s exclusive research project looking at solutions housing organisations are using to improve diversity and address skills challenges publishes its findings this week. Here is our second chapter.
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FeaturesHow closely has the government adhered to the Grenfell Inquiry’s recommendations?
While Angela Rayner has promised to ‘ take forward’ all of the recommendations, not all appear to have been adopted to the letter. Daniel Gayne and Tom Lowe analyse the wiggle room the government has given itself over some of the key measures
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FeaturesHousing Today’s Good Employment Report - Chapter two: Building skills and careers for the future
Building’s sister title Housing Today’s exclusive research project looking at solutions housing organisations are using to improve diversity and address skills challenges publishes its findings this week. Here is our second chapter.
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Features‘Owning our own destiny has been a big part of our success…’ Reds10’s chief executive on the dos and don’ts of offsite construction
The sector has been littered with high-profile failures of late. Matt Bennion talks to Dave Rogers about getting it right, his pride in T5 and dealing with angry bricklayers