Thomas Lane
Responsible for the projects section which covers architecture and technical. This includes regulations, sustainability, innovation and best practice. Thomas also looks after the economics section of the magazine.
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NewsAlan Jones elected as next RIBA president
Jones wins with 52% of the vote, Elsie Owusu left in second place after fighting a contentious campaign
NewsCHP use at risk after energy regs changes
New version of Standard Assessment Procedure favours electric heating and penalises combined heat and power
FeaturesFire safety at 22 Bishopsgate: A race to the bottom
At 22 Bishopsgate, Lipton Rogers has developed the UK’s first lift evacuation strategy
NewsAfter designing LG’s South Korean superlab, HOK touts for more
18,000 researchers are already using the LG facility
FeaturesHive mind: Inside LG’s new campus
Spread over a million square metres in Seoul, the HOK-designed complex of laboratories, offices, atriums, parks and social spaces will host 25,000 researchers and engineers
CommentLeader: South-eastern promise
Consumer products giant LG’s new super laboratory on the edge of South Korean capital Seoul has to be seen to be believed.
FeaturesCombustible materials ban: what would it mean?
What might government proposals on the future use of materials in high-rise buildings mean for specifiers and manufacturers?
NewsCombustibles ban could spell end of cross-laminated timber, says architect who helped pioneer it
Waugh Thistleton’s Anthony Thistleton says the UK “would go from a world leader to a backwater” with the collapse of CLT
NewsOfficial costs of combustibles ban too low, says expert
Using non-combustible cladding material could add more than £60/m2 to high-rise buildings
CommentTo ban or not to ban, that is the question
The government’s consultation on banning combustible cladding materials has been published. The implication is that the industry isn’t capable of constructing buildings correctly
NewsPrivate approved inspectors ‘insulted’ by Hackitt report
Inspectors offended by recommendation in report that they be excluded from high-rise residential
CommentHackitt - no easy answers
Dame Judith Hackitt’s bid to bring discipline to a fragmented industry is laudable, but for many, her report is disappointing
NewsHackitt calls for manufacturers to be banned from testing own products
Final report also calls for an increase in the frequency of testing
FeaturesElizabeth Tower: The test of time
The Elizabeth Tower is known the world over for housing the bongs of the Big Ben bell, and standing as a symbol of London, the UK and even democracy. But this venerable structure is in dire need of repair – something a five-year, £61m refurbishment programme is taking care of
NewsScaffolding bill on McAlpine’s Big Ben refurb tops £3.5m
More than 20,000 components used to help clad Elizabeth Tower
FeaturesRegulations: issues of control
Construction failings at Grenfell Tower have highlighted the need for an overhaul of building control to ensure inspectors pick up on breaches of the Building Regulations, but how should this be done?
NewsPrivate building control inspectors want parity with local authority counterparts
Industry group calls for private and local authority officials to be governed by common set of rules
CommentBuilding control's new found public profile
Building control cannot take the responsibility of ensuring everything is built to an acceptable standard on its own – greater awareness of these issues could help the industry raise its game
NewsInsurers slam cladding fire tests as ‘utterly inadequate’
ABI demands revision of full-scale mock-ups, which it says fail to replicate real world conditions adequately
NewsApproval body defends decision not to downgrade Grenfell cladding
Products approval body says it was given no reason to alter fire rating – unlike its French counterpart