All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles 鈥� Page 6
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CommentGrenfell shows it鈥檚 time to scrap design and build contracts
Design responsibility should not be forced onto the shoulders of builders,聽argues Tony Bingham
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CommentReeves鈥� first Budget must back growth ambitions with infrastructure spending
We all know the government is facing financial constraints and tough choices are needed, but ministers need to stimulate rather than stifle economic recovery
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NewsRayner calls in Chipperfield鈥檚 resubmitted Chinese embassy plans
Communities secretary takes control of controversial scheme聽
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CommentWhy my background in rugby can help us to tackle construction site inefficiency
The industry has the opportunity to benefit from marginal gains if it begins to empower every individual to achieve their potential. Stuart Ware, senior customer success manager at MSite and a former Premiership rugby performance analyst, explains why the similarities between a professional sports team and a site team can ...
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CommentIndustry must get behind the NIC鈥檚 call for change
The government will not achieve its infrastructure goals 鈥� and more big firms will inevitably go under 鈥� unless the industry quickly works out how to do its job better. The NIC鈥檚 recent report makes that clear, writes Andy Beard at Mace
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CommentThe new net zero standard is ambitious and will be challenging to achieve, but we must rise to the challenge
This major step forward for the building industry is pushing us all towards a more sustainable and energy-efficient future, says聽Eimear Moloney at Hoare Lea
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NewsHOK redesigns stalled City office block to address viability issues
Need for rethink at Blackfriars job blamed on high construction costs and rising interest rates
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NewsRace to land 拢900m London towers job set to start this month
Lipton Rogers hoping to begin Blackfriars work next year as winner set for 拢200m 65 Gresham Street scheme
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NewsGovernment focus on housing and infrastructure driving return to confidence, AtkinsRealis finds
Firm predicts tender prices will rise to 3% over the next 12 months
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CommentHuman or artificial intelligence? It鈥檚 all a matter of trust
The use of AI ought to help make the public procurement process聽鈥榪uicker, simpler and more transparent鈥�, but don鈥檛 underestimate the continued importance of human empathy, says RLB鈥檚 Paul Beeston
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CommentISG collapse: At times like these, firms should consider how to make themselves more robust
The collapse of ISG is the latest in a series of setbacks for the construction sector but the industry has the talent and opportunities to weather the storm and come back stronger, Andrew Glider at KPMG writes
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NewsIt鈥檚 not just contractors who have to deal with low margins, says developer behind Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 Olympia overhaul
Yoo Capital co-founder says collapse of ISG was 鈥榬eality鈥� following string of global challenges including covid and Ukraine war
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NewsReeves promises budget with 鈥榬eal ambition鈥� and defends cuts to key projects
Chancellor tells Labour conference there will be no return to austerity despite funding pressures
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CommentShedding new light on late payment
Provident vs Hexagon changes the game on late payment 鈥� do it twice, and the aggrieved contractor can walk
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NewsPotential saviour did not have enough money to buy ISG, administrator says, as 2,000 jobs lost in collapse
EY says buyer could not demonstrate they had funding despite 鈥渞epeated requests鈥� to do so
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NewsISG staff vent frustration at firm鈥檚 collapse after weeks of uncertainty
Calls for industry-wide reform to prevent further administrations as supply chain braces for impact of 拢2.2bn firm鈥檚 administration
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NewsT&T urges firms to remain 鈥榲igilant to risk鈥� as confidence grows
New orders growing at one of the fastest rates in a decade but output shrinks聽
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CommentConclusive evidence clauses
A new ruling throws the use of conclusive evidence clauses into doubt
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FeaturesConstruction and immigration: How to make the points-based system fit to deliver industry growth
聽New research released today