Opinion – Page 108
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Hansom: Money, money, money
This week, the Garden Bridge Trust is keen to close its funding gap and a place close to my heart is getting a big cash boost. However, one lucky householder doesn’t have to worry about how much things cost …
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Commercial sector slowdown
Investor sentiment in the commercial sector is falling, as office capital values drop
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Construction must not be left out
Theresa May’s speech on Brexit has done little to reassure construction that the government understands the industry’s concerns, says Andrew Stunell
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What kind of Brexit?
Ðǿմ«Ã½ is calling on our readers to complete our survey about your priorities for the sector in the negotiations ahead
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Online poll: Single market
Will Theresa May’s decision to leave the EU single market have a negative knock-on effect for UK construction? Vote here
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Move on up
Construction has always valued experience and ability over background and connections. But it can still do a lot more to help increase social mobility - and apprenticeships should be at the heart of our efforts
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Five steps to detoxifying your office
Toxic workplaces risk employee wellbeing, so here’s how to rethink your work environment
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Construction has never been so crucial
As the government finalises its industrial strategy, Mace has some suggestions for boosting construction output
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Hansom: All in the mind
This week, we find people with an incredible gift for predicting the past, architects get an offer they can’t refuse, Renzo Piano finds boat building isn’t plain sailing, and German existentialism gets a new lease of life
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Time to expand the use of PF2
Will the success of some key education projects lead to a wider use of PF2 to fund a growing need for social infrastructure
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Up the garden path
Garden villages are earmarked to provide 48,000 homes which won’t be a gamechanger for the UK’s housing supply
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Online poll: Garden villages
Do you think the government’s garden village policy is a good idea? Vote here
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The rise and fall of the mega-city
Mega-cities are no longer sustainable and the bigger they become, the less likely are they to function efficiently
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Delivering a healthy digital railway
The European Train Control System will go a long way to improve the efficiency of our railways, but it is only part of the solution
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Ecobuild blog: Here’s one we made earlier
The offsite sector is still in its infancy but a future in which robots manufacture complete building elements does not have to remain a pipe dream – we need to commit ourselves to further investment
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Ecobuild blog: Check out the competition
Responsible retail is essential for a sustainable future, and Ecobuild’s Big Innovation Pitch with M S will give ambitious innovators the opportunity to fast track engineering products across the retail sector
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How green space can pay its way in garden villages
Cost-benefit analysis of the impact of the natural environment on people could be used to plan the proposed wave of garden villages
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Make Brexit work for us
Ðǿմ«Ã½ is starting 2017 by launching a campaign to secure a fair deal for construction from Brexit
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Hansom: Yule never walk alone
Christmas pud all eaten up, life returns to what we like to call normal – a world of football rivalries, eye-catching press releases, new year’s honours and Brexit. What’s left of the season of goodwill is restricted to dogs
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2017 – the fear of the unknown
After what we went through last year, who would feel confident predicting what will happen this year to the property industry? But hell, why not try?