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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CommentThe 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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Safety bill imposes two-year prison term for breaching building regs
Draft legislation confirms new building safety regulator and reduction of building control powers
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Grenfell main contractor ‘did not check architect’s expertise’
‘We wouldn’t have asked that question,’ contracts manager tells inquiry
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Get ready for the building safety regulator
The key proposals on building safety made by Dame Judith Hackitt in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster are finally about to be implemented in law. Building invited industry experts to discuss the coming changes
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BIM survey 2020: The final push for full adoption
BIM adoption remains stuck on a plateau, according to the latest NBS survey. But those who are working with BIM are doing it better – and the new building safety legislation is likely to give an extra boost
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Projects: How 3D printing is changing construction
The race is on to design the best 3D printing system for construction
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Projects: One Bishopsgate Plaza, London
The newly rebranded One Bishopsgate Plaza brings rare residential space to the City of London’s Eastern Cluster
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Projects: The Londoner, Leicester Square
Faced with severe space constraints on the site of the former Odeon cinema in Leicester Square, Edwardian Hotels has built more than half of The Londoner underground
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Architects downcast about global prospects next year, says survey
Confidence has sunk to five-year low, according to WA100
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Future Homes Standard: Heat pumps – a new hope
The government’s proposals place a huge amount of faith in the carbon-cutting powers of this technology. But have its credentials been overinflated?
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Future Homes Standard – wide adoption of heat pumps will not be easy
At first sight, the launch of the Future Homes Standard consultation in October was a welcome surprise
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Everything but a beach: Manchester’s great offer
Recent events demonstrate that Manchester has the clout to match the economic pull of London
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Energy standards for new homes – the government gets tough
The launch of the Future Homes Standard consultation is the first concrete step towards the 2025 carbon reduction targets for new homes
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Government launches consultation on energy regulations
Proposed tightening of Part L building regulations ahead of Future Homes Standard
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The sky’s the limit: See the world’s tallest modular tower in Croydon
But Thomas Lane reckons it won’t be long until 101 George Street’s 135m height record is broken again, as modular becomes increasingly viable
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Facing up to the fire safety challenge
The Worcester Park development fire throws up questions beyond the use of timber frame
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Safety competence report findings ‘problematic’, experts warn
Worries grow that Competence Steering Group interim recommendations leave questions unanswered
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Projects: Mace's 'rising factory' at Victory Plaza, London
Do new processes such as Mace’s ‘rising factories’ help deliver projects more quickly and efficiently?
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Changing the DNA: how building using a cement substitute is reducing global carbon emissions
Imperial College London’s £90m biomedical engineering research centre is built from an unusual material. Thomas Lane reports on how the challenges of working with GGBS have been overcome to imposing effect
