All Social Value articles – Page 9
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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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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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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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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
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NewsTake part in Building’s social value survey
We want to know what firms think about social value in projects
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CommentDesign’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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FeaturesWhy the construction CRASH charity needs your help to survive the pandemic
CRASH chief executive Francesca Roberts explains how vital projects for the homeless are still carrying on despite huge challenges
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NewsGovernment to unveil task force aimed at speeding up building projects
So-called Project Speed initiative, to be chaired by chancellor, unveiled tomorrow
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FeaturesVideo: Stephen Lawrence Day debate
How is the pandemic affecting BAME communities, and what do built environment companies need to learn?
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FeaturesClient profile: Scape Group
It will be elbows out for places at the next £7bn construction framework
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FeaturesDelivering social value: Brittania Leisure Centre and Academy, Hackney
A new leisure centre and academy are being built in the heart of Hackney by Morgan Sindall
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CommentWhat placemaking should mean for us as developers
Looking at loneliness in cities shows it is vital to create space where social connections can be made – and to do this, we need to listen
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FeaturesDelivering social value: How to build and give back
Jamie Harris talks to experts about the origins of social value – and where it could be going next
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FeaturesBuilding podcast: Behind the hype – social value
Igloo Regeneration’s Chris Brown on the origins of social value, its varied initiatives, and how it is procured and valued
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CommentHow do we implement social value?
Delivering social value requires involvement of the whole supply chain — it is our collective responsibility
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CommentHow public-private partnerships can act as a catalyst for regeneration and housing delivery
The removal of the borrowing cap on the Housing Revenue Account represents an opportunity to build vibrant new mixed-use communities