Opinion – Page 48
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CommentRecovery must not trigger a race to the bottom
Lockdown has forced us to focus on what makes healthy homes and neighbourhoods - which we need to remember as we rebuild our economy
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CommentMental Health Awareness Week should be cancelled
If we treated mental wellbeing as seriously as physical safety we would not need to draw attention to the problem, sadly that is not the case
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CommentHow Taylor Wimpey got back on site
Chief executive Pete Redfern explains how the housebuilder has adapted its sites to maintain social distancing
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CommentHow other countries are reopening construction
Others around the world have come out of lockdown ahead of the UK, Gleeds chair Richard Steer looks at what we can learn about returning to work
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CommentKey steps to protecting the infrastructure supply chain
Turner Townsend’s UK head of transport Lucy Howard explains what clients can do to help post covid-19
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CommentFive lessons from building NHS Louisa Jordan
Aecom’s multidisciplinary team helped build Glasgow’s new covid-19 hospital in just three weeks, project director Graeme Watson explains how
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CommentConstruction’s recovery needs to be done right this time
Government interventions in the construction market must avoid perpetuating a broken model
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Comment5 minutes with… Oliver Bayliss, director at Buckley Gray Yeoman
Oliver Bayliss tells Building about inspiration in Hong Kong, architects as mediators and how the 2008 recession seems less of a big deal now
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CommentOther sectors should adopt construction’s safety practices as the lockdown eases
Mark Wakeford, joint managing director of Stepnell, gives some advice about the practicalities of operating safely during coronavirus crisis
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CommentThe number of workers going back to site means a U-turn recovery is unlikely
Clients had better get used to seeing jobs bust deadlines
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CommentBreathing new life into the old office
Concerns about physical distancing will usher in the ‘touchless’ workspaces where tech and data will play a key role
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CommentHome working could be the start of gender parity in construction
Could digital technology provide an opportunity for construction to solve its greatest challenge: gender inequality, asks Dr Jenni Barrett
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Comment5 minutes with … Alistair Barr, chair at Barr Gazetas
Alistair Barr tells Building about the Milton Keynes, Le Corbusier and drumming
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: A bit of help from our friends
It’s all hands on deck with the people making face masks, face shields and stepping up as key workers
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CommentCould covid-19 be the catalyst for a shift to modular construction?
Is this the method’s moment, wonders the chief executive of specialist modular contractors Reds10
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CommentTackling the cladding challenge
Terry Stocks, from Faithful+ Gould, outlines what it will take to deliver the government’s £1.6bn programme to replace unsafe cladding on high rise buildings
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CommentThe long and winding road to recovery
Construction firms want to understand the government’s lockdown exit strategy before they make meaningful plans for the future
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CommentWhat we’re learning building for a common cause
The private and public sectors have united in our hour of need
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CommentA day in the life of a post-pandemic office worker
Jack Pringle imagines what going into the office might mean for the foreseeable future