Opinion 鈥� Page 53
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Comment5 minutes with鈥� Lucy Howard, director, Turner & Townsend
Lucy Howard tells 星空传媒 about Bank station, Formula One factories, and knitting
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CommentQuality and quantity: Let's set the standard for the industry
Good design has a positive effect on the lives of people. We need to collaborate聽to improve our built environment
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: They think it鈥檚 all over
Geoff Hurst scores but doesn鈥檛 quite repeat the magic and in the battle for London鈥檚 tallest tower, it鈥檚 game over
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CommentWhat is the 拢3.6bn Towns Fund really for?
The news聽that central government is putting more money into regeneration can only make a good thing even better, right?聽
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CommentThe hypocrisy of retentions
A leading builder has criticised the system of payment retentions. Welcome to our world鈥�
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CommentHow public-private partnerships can act as a catalyst for regeneration and housing delivery
The removal of the borrowing cap on the Housing Revenue Account聽represents an opportunity to build vibrant new mixed-use communities
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CommentParent company guarantees: Unreasonable demands?
Parent company guarantees can provide some security for those contracting with a contractor in the event of the latter suffering cash flow problems
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CommentIs our housebuilding future bright under Jenrick?
To call it a housing crisis is far from an overstatement.聽So, what鈥檚 going wrong, and can Robert Jenrick get it right?
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CommentLet鈥檚 build our way to net zero
Infrastructure investment is the key to achieving the government鈥檚 target of net聽zero emissions by 2050
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Grave consequences
An Oscar-winner leaves Croydon, shopkeepers are angry as Crossrail eats into their profits聽鈥� while a skeleton crew unearth bodies at an HS2 site聽
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CommentTop 150 Consultants 2019 - the year of living dangerously
The next 12聽months will test consultants鈥� ability to steady their businesses through any slowdown while also forging ahead into a new digital era
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CommentIt鈥檚 time to look forward to the future of our industry
If the industry聽is going to survive and聽thrive we have to聽continue to pull together, writes Mark Castle
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CommentWe must put modular at the heart of construction
Modular construction has seen a surge in popularity, but there are still many barriers to it becoming the preferred method聽of project delivery
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CommentWe must balance noise and overheating in urban housing
Noise and overheating are considered separately in the design and planning stages. This needs to change
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CommentDoes the construction sector have a pensions problem?
Given the thin margins and cash flow squeezes that characterise the sector, sponsors need to be prepared for any future downturn
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CommentIt started with a referendum鈥�
鈥� and that is exactly how this madness must end 鈥� with a second decisive Brexit聽vote before PM Johnson and his no-deal cronies bankrupt the country
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: The day Santa Claus came to town
The rise of the 鈥榮limby鈥� ushers in a more positive era, while one firm attempts to mitigate the effects of a no-deal Brexit
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Comment5 minutes with鈥� David Hills, head of workplace, Purcell
David Hills tells 星空传媒 about looking on the funny side, Palermo and his favourite pair of shades
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CommentIt鈥檚 time for a new body to support our digital experts in construction
Allister Lewis explains why 鈥� along with his industry colleagues聽鈥� he鈥檚 setting up a new industry body for digital specialists
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CommentFacing up to the fire safety challenge
The Worcester Park development fire throws up questions beyond the use of timber frame