Opinion – Page 12
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CommentDesigning hospitals fit for the next pandemic
More space and greater flexibility in the provision of healthcare facilities will be crucial if we want to be better prepared to deal with crises in future
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Doubling down on a failing policy: Why PD rights are so wrong
Extending permitted development flies in the face of all expert advice and reveals this government’s warped priorities, says Richard Steer
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Construction industry gossip: One for the pot
As housebuilders struggle to put their falling numbers into words, some wag has at least a suggestion of what they can put into their hard hats
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The Talent Retention Scheme will help construction lead the economic recovery
It is vital firms use the initiative to avoid seeing skills disappear for good, writes Mark Reynolds
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The Building Safety Bill – the urgency of now
The new legislation will change the industry for the better, and not a moment too soon
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Post covid supply chains
Iain Parker considers strengthened supply chains in the face of US-China trade wars, impending Brexit tariffs and an ongoing pandemic - plus the need to cut carbon
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The Building Safety Bill: Slow going in the right direction
Draft legislation builds could take over three years to come into force - by which time the industry must have improved competence levels
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Dame Judith Hackitt on the draft Building Safety Bill
Some wait to be regulated before they change, well now radical reform is coming to this industry and it better prepare
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What will the end of lockdown spell for the high street?
A resurgence in local shopping means it is time to focus on the high street’s other uses, writes Sheppard Robson’s Claire Haywood
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The long haul back to pre-coronavirus levels of activity
Data from the ONS and OBR points to a tick-shaped not a v-shaped recovery, says Construction Products Association’s Rebecca Larkin
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Design’s social value is being overlooked - that has to change
Architects have to quantify the impact their work has on communities, says HLM’s Philip Watson
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After Nightingale: Some lessons for construction and public procurement
A crisis triggered the need for the Nightingale hospitals but the mindset behind their construction should apply to all projects, in good times and bad
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What do five housebuilder trading updates tell us?
Share prices are on the up, thanks to healthy order books and the stamp duty holiday surge, says Building Value’s Tony Williams
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Is the chancellor’s summer statement draught proof?
This government must avoid fiscal bursts that could damage long-term investment in a low carbon economy, says UKGBC’s Julie Hirigoyen
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The industry needs clarity on workload, not £1,000 sweeteners
By the time firms can get their hands on the chancellor’s furlough bonus, it will be too late for many
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Care homes: How to design out infection and design in wellbeing
Covid-19 has laid bare how problematic a care home setting can be, but there are ways to rethink spaces and improve lives, says PRP’s Anne-Marie Nicholson
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PM’s promise to accelerate work must not put speed before quality
Rushing work and cutting corners will have long-term consequences for jobs, says risk management specialist Jacqueline Hughes
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Asking how much net zero will cost is the wrong question
Aside from environmental damage businesses face a bleak future if they do not tackle this challenge right now, says ISG’s Debbie Hobbs
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Why the Jenrick saga has dented faith in the planning system
Public support for housing development is dependent on the perception of fairness and impartiality
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Construction industry gossip: Belt and braces
While the on-site approach to the pandemic seems to be that you can never have too many health and safety signs, those working from home are taking the opposite approach in terms of trousers
