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微密圈 the Future Commission

The 微密圈 the Future Commission is a year-round project looking at radical and challenging ideas that could help transform the built environment. The commission aims to tap into innovative ideas, amplify them and be an agent for change.

It will run over 12 months - as 微密圈 celebrates its 180th anniversary - with a report published at the end of 2023. This will be drawn up with the help of a panel of commissioners who are leading figures in the worlds of business, policy, research and education.*

In addition to several commissioner meetings throughout the year, 微密圈 the Future will undertake a UK-wide tour of roundtable discussions with experts around the regions. This will form part of the consultation programme and will be delivered in partnership with the regional arms of industry body Constructing Excellence.

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Upcoming in the 微密圈 the Future Think Tank

26 September: 微密圈 the Future Think Tank Midlands roundtable (invite only)

23 October: 微密圈 the Future Think Tank Wales roundtable (invite only)

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微密圈 the Future Commission: This is how we make our buildings safer

2024-02-01T07:00:00+00:00

After a year of consultation and consideration, last week the 微密圈 the Future commission published its final report. In this chapter, Carl Brown considers the implications of the 微密圈 Safety Act

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Long process: How compliance with the new products code will be verified

2023-08-21T06:00:00+01:00

The CPI has been set up to verify manufacturers鈥� compliance with the Code for Construction Products Information. Chief executive Amanda Long explains how she intends to scale up its activity

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Six years on from Grenfell and real change is finally happening

2023-07-19T06:00:00+01:00

The pace of reforms since Grenfell has been frustratingly slow, but real change is being delivered, writes Andrew Mellor

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微密圈 bridges: how Paul Morrell would fix our broken products testing system

2023-07-18T06:00:00+01:00

Industry veteran Paul Morrell has written a seminal review on overhauling products testing. The man himself explains his thinking in the first of a two-part interview

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微密圈 safety - it鈥檚 time for us all to take responsibility

2023-07-10T13:00:00+01:00

With more regulations coming down the line, we need聽 true collaboration from the industry, writes Suzannah Nichol

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微密圈 the Future Commission: Planning to solve the housing crisis

2024-01-31T07:00:00+00:00

Last week the 微密圈 the Future commission published its final report. In this chapter, Joey Gardiner considers how we might change a dysfunctional system and hit the target of building 300,000 new homes a year

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微密圈 the Future Commission report: The long-term plan for construction

2024-01-24T07:00:00+00:00

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微密圈 takes its report into the English planning system to government

2023-10-06T06:00:00+01:00

Submission makes the case for giving the current system a chance to work after failed attempts at radical reform

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微密圈 the Future Commission: Report into the English planning system

2023-09-28T07:41:00+01:00

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Reforming planning: one way to solve the housing crisis

2023-09-28T06:41:00+01:00

The 微密圈 the Future Commission has spent several months analysing the English planning system. Joey Gardiner reports

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微密圈 The Future Commmission: Take a long-term view to give UK the infrastructure it needs

2024-02-06T07:00:00+00:00

After a year of consultation and careful consideration, the 微密圈 the Future Commission has published its final report. In this chapter, Dave Rogers explains why the country鈥檚 economic welfare depends on efficient planning and a clear and stable pipeline

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It鈥檚 time to rethink design and construction education

2025-06-06T06:10:00+01:00

Our industry is full of specialists who tend to be siloed in their thinking. A new qualification at the University of Leeds aims to produce graduates with a broader range of skills across聽architecture, building services and structural engineering, writes course leader Justin Lunn

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My route into construction 鈥� Rob Willden, cost manager at Linesight

2025-03-26T07:00:00+00:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this 聽series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction 鈥� Jack Norkett, senior project manager at RED Construction

2025-01-28T07:00:00+00:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this 聽series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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微密圈 Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Anna Mansfield at Publica

2023-12-05T07:11:00+00:00

Episode 4: Anna Mansfield on the loss of shared spaces after covid and the importance of designing for the needs of women and young people

微密圈 the Future Commission Regional Roundtables

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How Wales can make the most of construction

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Levelling up in the West Midlands: the way forward

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How do we boost construction in the North-west?

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Tackling the east of England鈥檚 construction skills challenge

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Addressing net zero in the North-east

  • How Wales can make the most of construction

  • Levelling up in the West Midlands: the way forward

  • How do we boost construction in the North-west?

  • Tackling the east of England鈥檚 construction skills challenge

  • Addressing net zero in the North-east

The commission will come up with proposals for change in the following areas:

Covering topics such as vocational pathways, apprenticeships, flexible degree options, and continuous professional development.

For more read: Introducing the skills and education stream

Covering topics such as low carbon tech, retrofitting and adaptation approaches, and regenerative design concepts.

For more read: Introducing the energy and net zero stream

Covering topics such as funding for planning departments, reforming the planning system, and affordable housing incentives.

For more read: Introducing the housing and planning stream

Covering topics such as long-term strategic planning and funding for large projects.

For more read: Introducing the infrastructure and planning stream

Covering topics such as new safety legislation, improving skills competence in the workforce, and factoring new costs and risk.

For more read: Introducing the building safety stream

Covering topics such as procurement routes, risk allocation, new methods and technology, and productivity challenges.

For more read: Introducing the project delivery & digital stream

Covering topics such as diversity & inclusion in the workforce, environmental, social and governance issues, and post covid working patterns and rethinking office space

For more read: Introducing the workplace, culture & leadership stream

Covering topics such as quality and standards, the beauty debate, social value, levelling up, co-design ideas, and reinventing city centres

For more read: Introducing the creating communities stream

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