All Social Value articles – Page 2
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FeaturesDelivering social value: A new school to benefit all
The project to build St Mark’s school in Southampton focused from the start on benefiting the community both socially and economically, strengthening the local construction supply chain as well as enhancing skills and employment opportunities for the city’s people. By Jordan Marshall
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FeaturesWays of changing construction to meet society’s needs
How can the built environment sector revolutionise the way it delivers projects to meet our social, economic and environmental goals? Daniel Gayne reports
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FeaturesDelivering social value: Small steps for big outcomes
At Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London, where work is under way to build a legacy from the 2012 Games, the focus has been on identifying specific measures that will answer the local community’s needs through consultation and practical thinking. Jordan Marshall reports
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FeaturesDelivering social value: Going in deep on Teeside
At South Bank Quay, the multimillion-pound scheme to build the first phase of a 1km-long deep-water quay aims to embed social value from the outset, particularly on skills and training. By Jordan Marshall
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FeaturesSocial value grows up
Social value is out of its infancy but there’s a long way to go. Jordan Marshall talks to Atkins’ Michelle Baker and Faithful+Gould’s Peter Masonbrook about their ambitions for the sector
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FeaturesWhen projects succeed, society benefits
Ensuring project professionals are equipped to deliver important projects is imperative for the UK, writes Professor Adam Boddison, chief executive, Association for Project Management
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FeaturesSocial Value in Action: RCKa’s work with Highgate Newtown Community Centre
Winner of the Social Value Architect of the Year Award 2022, RCKa guides us through social value decisions and provisions in in relation to its design and engagement work with Highgate Newtown Community Centre
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FeaturesWhat the government’s commercial non-domestic EPC B pledge means for real estate
Ministers want all commercial non-domestic buildings to meet EPC B by 2030. But what work might be required and how much could it cost?
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CommentHunt’s Budget shifted emphasis from recovery to re-set
Many of the chancellor’s announcements will only bear fruit in the longer term. Whether that is in time to save the Tories at the next general election remains to be seen, writes Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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CommentStarmer must make sure he is not embarking on a mission impossible
Labour has set off on its pre-election marathon, but what should we make of Keir Starmer’s plans and how is policy likely to evolve?
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CommentThis is how we aim to build a better business
B Corp-certified Stride Treglown has published its first positive impact report. Pierre Wassenaar explains the importance of measuring their social and environmental impact
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CommentSunak and Starmer should both be happy to embrace the squeezed middle
Now that the fiasco of the mini-Budget has cancelled out the reputational damage of the last Labour Party manifesto, a new focus on sober managerialism is taking hold
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CommentConstruction needs solutions – and it needs them now
The Building the Future Commission is an overdue opportunity to effect real change, says James Wates
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CommentAdjudication: is it time to evolve?
A new report highlights the need for transparency in adjudication decisions as well as more diversity in the profession
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FeaturesSustainability: Estate decarbonisation
In decarbonising their portfolios, estate owners must strike a careful balance between making sound investments and driving efficiencies
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Features5 minutes with … Lauren Bailey at Ridge
The firm’s head of social value is proud to have helped change people’s lives for the better. She is also a jazz-loving saxophonist
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CommentChancellor’s statement leaves me with a shrinking feeling
Jeremy Hunt’s better than expected investment proposals are already being undermined by inflation. We need to act fast
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FeaturesHow can we counter biodiversity loss?
At a roundtable hosted by Building and Atkins, industry experts shared a range of solutions to the biodiversity crisis and how the construction industry might learn to embrace them
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CommentHave we put too many eggs in one basket with our net-zero goal?
There is no plan B for net zero but, with the clock ticking on the 1.5C target, we need to start a parallel conversation on resilience
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CommentWhat a long way we’ve come – and what a long way we still have to go
As she prepares to stand down from RLB’s board and looks back over her 40-year career, Ann Bentley feels optimistic and realistic in equal measure