Opinion – Page 60
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Construction industry gossip: 22 Bishopsgate topping-out ceremony
The great and good flock to 22 Bishopsgate’s topping-out ceremony – although one developer is conspicuously absent
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Let's improve the experience for every LGBT+ person working in our industry
Being LGBT+ in society is a different experience than that of someone who is not, so it’s not surprising that it’s a different experience for someone working within the built environment. Stonewall – a LGBT+ charity has released a report of the top 100 LGBT+ employers since ...
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Heightened thinking required for London to hit its tall building aspirations
That there is no London-wide strategy for tall buildings is one of the major challenges for developers, writes Tim Fogarty
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So Scruton’s out and Boys Smith is in – but will it really make a difference?
Beauty should be something that is defined locally, not the subject of a grand commission in London, says Mark Leeson
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A corruption scandal is the last thing the construction sector needs
Can the industry afford to take any more reputational damage after Grenfell and Carillion?
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Squeezed margins are stunting innovation
Construction is one of the largest contributors to the economy, but productivity has barely grown in recent years
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Why construction is still getting the circular economy wrong
Many of the answers required for the shift to a restorative and regenerative system already exist, now the industry needs to start asking the right questions, says Alastair Mant of UKGBC
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Money, money, money: construction's investment and payment challenges
What’s the real answer to construction’s apparent inability to pay its suppliers? More investment, driven by greater innovation
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Will new-builds be banned from connecting to the gas grid?
How feasible is the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation?
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Construction industry gossip: Stop, look and listen
People wonder why a well-known Australian has taken charge of the Crown’s jewels, and the London Assembly is losing several blame games
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Renovating Notre-Dame is a delicate balancing act
Decisions should not be made in haste - there are plenty of questions to be asked
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Crossrail: the NAO report shows the dangers of believing your own hype
Blind belief has been this project’s undoing; realism and certainty are now the order of the day
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We're not collaborating enough because our contracts are too confrontational
A more collaborative way of working makes for better-run, more efficient projects – and it all starts with how you word the contract, says Mark Castle
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Construction industry gossip: In your own words
People wonder why a well-known Australian has taken charge of the Crown’s jewels, and the London Assembly is losing several blame games
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Crossrail: Regrets, it has a few
Today’s NAO report shows a litany of very costly programming mistakes, can the new bosses get it back on track?
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The space race: can legacy buildings meet our future challenges?
With a growing population, we must look to refurbish our existing building stock to suit our future needs
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Are we building the kinds of homes we want to live in?
“The homes we are building today will be the homes that you will live in in 30 years”. So are we building the right homes?
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How a vocational training initiative was eclipsed by a black hole
You can judge the state of the nation not just by what makes the news, but also by what doesn’t
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Code red – pressure grows to change poor payment practices
As contractors are named and shamed by the government for poor payment practices, the balance could be about to tip into suppliers’ favour
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It's the climate, stupid
While we’re belatedly panicking over carbon emissions, let’s remember it’s not just about new construction – there’s a lot of refurb work to do