More Focus – Page 74
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FeaturesOne year to Brexit - what should we expect?
A year to the day until the UK’s deadline to exit the European Union, we asked some industry figures to reflect on the Brexit negotiations so far and what’s in store after 29 March 2019
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FeaturesHousing density: does it stack up?
High-density housing conjures images of the nightmare slum tenements seen in some other global cities, but can modern design make high density attractive in the UK?
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FeaturesProduct fire testing: safe as houses?
Construction product safety has been highlighted in the wake of the Grenfell fire. Thomas Lane unravels the complexities of the present system
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FeaturesProjects: 22 Bishopsgate - shaping up
22 Bishopsgate, Lipton Rogers’ replacement for the long-stalled Pinnacle scheme is nearing completion. But it’s been far from simple
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FeaturesNot so Square Mile
With co-working spaces and start-up incubators a growing trend in the City of London, developers are finding that flexibility and fun public spaces are what occupiers want
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FeaturesOxford v Cambridge: do you fancy Oxford's chances?
Oxford has great hopes for its rowing crew’s performance in this weekend’s Boat Race – but are Oxfordshire local authorities equally primed to deliver on a mammoth £215m housing deal from central government?
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Water's smart future
Elisabeth Selk of Arcadis looks at how water companies can improve performance during Ofwat’s next price review period, PR19
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FeaturesCost update Q4 2017
Price pressures continue to be caused by weak productivity aggravated by Brexit negotiations, while exchange rates improved as the Bank of England prepared to raise interest rates.
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FeaturesBuilding 175: Your future starts here
As Building celebrates its 175-year anniversary, we launch the most significant and comprehensive editorial campaign in the publication’s history
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FeaturesAnalysis: On the home front
The government has been making loud noises about getting more homes built – so long as it doesn’t have to build them itself, of course – and the revised National Planning Policy Framework is a big part of the plan to galvanise planners and developers into action. Is it going ...
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FeaturesBuilding Your Future - get involved!
Building 175 is all about your future working practices. We want to hear from you about your careers, colleagues and businesses. Here’s what you need to know
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FeaturesBuilding Your Future: #InTheSkip
Attitudes, tech, policies, practices: if you hate it, we want to know about it!
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FeaturesSpherical objects!
Spheres have always been seen as a rather fantastical form for a building. Yet the sphere is in a geometric sense the most efficient form there is – and new technical innovations are making it easier to exploit this potential in practice.
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: RIBA and RICS guidance
Guidance from both RICS and the RIBA on carbon reduction from a whole-life perspective can be used together to plan for resource efficiency and minimal emissions. Simon Sturgis of Sturgis Carbon Profiling reports
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FeaturesThe problem with women
As the deadline for companies to disclose their gender pay gap looms, Debika Ray looks at whether the industry is at last ready to take meaningful steps to remedy the problem
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FeaturesWomen in architecture - on a role
Although women still account for barely a fifth of UK architects – and that figure is falling – they are increasingly leaving their mark on the built landscape. Ike Ijeh talks to leading women in the field to find out how they got where they are today
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FeaturesApprenticeships: the chosen few
The government has pledged to create 3 million apprentices by 2020. But one year after the launch of the apprenticeship levy, the number of apprentices is declining fast and the target is way off course. As this week’s National Apprenticeship Week comes to an end, David Blackman reports on what’s ...
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FeaturesTracker: January 2018
The total activity index shows growth but gradual decline is in progress – while the UK regional index is slowly losing momentum
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FeaturesCarillion... the story so far
Befuddled by the sheer volume of information coming out about Carillion’s collapse? Here’s what we know, what we don’t know and what we still need to know
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FeaturesJoining forces: how UK construction helped after Hurricane Irma
When Hurricane Irma struck the British Virgin Islands last September, the government’s disaster relief effort sprung into action