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Features‘You’re operating in the grey space, making decisions with a lot of unknowns’: Katy Dowding on two years at the top of Skanska UK
The firm’s president and CEO took the helm at a turbulent time for the country and for contractors. She tells Chloe McCulloch about her leadership style, her rejigged executive team and how industry and government can deliver more with less if they work together.
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Features5 minutes with … Chris Wright at Avison Young
The global real estate firm’s new head of sustainability and decarbonisation on the need for more power, the importance of authenticity and what he would like to eat on a night out with friendsÂ
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Features‘The government’s pro-development agenda is really helpful overall’: HBF boss Neil Jefferson on delivering through economic turbulence
Neil Jefferson has been chief executive of the HBF since last July, when he was promoted from managing director
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FeaturesÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ for growth: how can the sector make the most of investment in the Oxford-Cambridge arc?
Our ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ the Future Think Tank regional roundtable last month focused on the opportunities presented by the Oxford-Cambridge Arc
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Features1.5 million homes and counting: what architect and planner Jas Bhalla thinks comes next
Ben Flatman speaks to Jas Bhalla – architect, planner and founder of Jas Bhalla Works – about building a practice rooted in long-term thinking
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Features‘Infrastructure could do with a bit of love’: dRMM’s Jonas Lencer on the Silvertown Tunnel portal buildings
Tom Lowe speaks to the practice’s director about why the overlooked parts of public infrastructure deserve a fresh perspective
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Features‘We listen and we build from there’ – Orms: designing architecture that responds to a changing world
Ben Flatman speaks to John McRae and new director Miranda MacLaren about how Orms is evolving as a practice
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FeaturesGen Zs and millennials: what they really want from employers in the built environment
A panel of younger professionals came to our Good Employer Guide Live event last month. Here they feed back on what they look for when applying for jobs and how employers can retain talent long term
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FeaturesFrom the archives: the construction of Waterloo International, 1992
Source: Jo Reid and John Peck Nicholas Grimshaw’s Waterloo International station
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FeaturesDesigning from first principles: Inside David Kohn Architects’ Gradel Quadrangles
A major expansion for one of Oxford’s oldest colleges reimagines the logic of the quadrangle with a theatrical, landscape-first ensemble shaped by dialogue and detail
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FeaturesHow Everton built their new stadium in just five years (Manchester United take note)
The first test event to demonstrate that the stadium meets safety standards was held in February. A second one was held in March with the third and final event, which will feature a capacity crowd, will take place later this year before the season starts ...
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FeaturesTackling the challenges in ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Safety Act compliance
A recent roundtable, hosted in partnership with construction software company Procore, explored the challenges the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Safety Act has created and the solutions industry needs to be compliant. Jordan Marshall reports
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Why viability is tight for construction projects in the UK
Global uncertainty, combined with domestic regulatory change, a fragile demand outlook and expectations around inflation are combining to create tricky conditions.  It’s a finely balanced equation with many moving parts. Pablo Cristi Worm of Aecom reports
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FeaturesIs PFI about to stage a comeback?
As part of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s new Funding the Future series, Joey Gardiner considers the chances of an unlikely renaissance for the much-maligned initiative
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FeaturesHow do we fund the future? How ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s new initiative will look at options for financing public projects
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s new Funding the Future campaign kicks off today, looking at how to bridge the gap between what the government wants to build and the money it has to pay for its ambitions. In this first piece, Joey Gardiner explains how a key stream within the campaign will examine the ...
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FeaturesIs a Swiss lift shaft-building robot the future of construction?
In central London, a robot called Emma is being used to make the gruelling job of building lift shafts faster, safer and more precise. Tom Lowe visits the site of Skanska’s 105 Victoria Street to see if the device is all it’s cracked up to be
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FeaturesCost model: Incorporating sustainability in purpose-built student accommodation
Private investment is driving change, and meeting sustainability demands within strict time, cost and labour limitations is the challenge
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Features5 minutes with … Angela Joseph at Brookfield Properties UK
The firm’s development director on changing her career path, the importance of collaboration and communication and getting the day off to a good startÂ
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FeaturesMax headroom: How floor jacking could give old buildings a new lease of life
Extending the building wasn’t an option as it is hemmed in above, below and on all four sides
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Features‘We tried and we tried and we very nearly got there’: Osborne’s finance chief on the company’s collapse – and lessons the industry can learn
A year ago, the contractor went into administration after nearly 60 years in business. Pete Duff tells Dave Rogers what happened and what needs to change