All Social Value articles – Page 8
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CommentProject Speed's success relies on creating a culture of trust
Efforts to accelerate projects must start with culture not process, writes Stuart Maister
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FeaturesInfrastructure for active travel
The pandemic has led to accelerated investment in the infrastructure required for active travel to engineer daily exercise back into our lives
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CommentSocial value is the key to covid recovery
Creating opportunities for people facing barriers in life has never been more important, says Wates’ Su Pickerill
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Information - BuildingOn demand | In conversation with Jerry Tate
On demand | Building Design’s Elizabeth Hopkirk speaks to Tate Harmer partner Jerry Tate
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Porches and pooches
An unexpected consequences of Zoom, plus a celebrity dog makes an appears on screens
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Comment5 minutes with … Natasha Manzaroli at John McAslan and Partners
Reducing inequality and discrimination, inspiring potential students and apprentices and blowing brilliant bubbles are all in a day’s work
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Comment£100m for leisure centres is a start, but much more is needed
Building more and better council-run leisure centres is a no brainer when public health and social value are top priorities, argues Morgan Sindall’s Richard Fielding
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CommentGo wild in the cities to help save the planet
A rewilding policy is not just for rural areas. We should be designing urban environments that safeguard our future, argues Ruth Richardson
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CommentWhy people want to live in 15-minute neighbourhoods
Reducing car-dependency is one of several routes to improving health, wealth and wellbeing in communities, says Arcadis’ Mark Cowlard
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FeaturesSt Denys: A watertight approach
A project to build flood resilience in the St Denys area of Southampton put the local community firmly at its heart, with a group of knowledgeable and committed residents heavily involved from start to finish. Josephine Smit reports
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FeaturesCharlton Riverside: A model for living
On 20ha at Charlton Riverside, a new masterplan aims to provide local people with somewhere to live, work and play – with the hope that this mixed-use model holds wider lessons for London. Debika Ray reports
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FeaturesMeridian Water: From the ground up
In one of the country’s most deprived areas, a new scheme – Meridian Water – is aimed at tackling not just a lack of affordable housing but also unemployment, poor health and low incomes. Debika Ray reports
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CommentSocial value is key to emerging stronger
To minimise the harms of coronavirus and to rebuild better, we need stimulus-funded infrastructure that seeks to maximise social value, says Aecom’s Mary Zsamboky
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FeaturesSocial value matters: Survey results show values are changing
We asked Building readers how adding an element of social value is influencing (and improving) their work. Tom Lowe analyses the responses
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: The life and times
A shameless plug for a book all about me (Joseph Aloysius Hansom, founder of The Builder) and my links with social reformer Robert Owen
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NewsImportance of social value in planning set to increase in wake of covid crisis, BCO predicts
More councils are likely to involve social value in the planning process
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Information - BuildingWebinar | Social value in construction
On demand: Hear how you can embed social value into your business
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CommentTips for SMEs wanting to break into public sector work
Private and public sector clients are very different beasts, here is what you need to know about winning work with the latter