All Features articles – Page 6
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2023: The choppy economic waters may be calmer but we are still far from dry land
This year’s survey sees rising optimism and strong growth – but a great deal of wariness about the macro-economic situation remains
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2023: The main table
See the latest Top 150 Consultants sortable league table
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FeaturesOptimism amid uncertainty: Experts and industry react to potential 15-year warranties
Revised mandatory warranty periods will undoubtedly have an impact on the sector, but what exactly do industry stakeholders expect to result from the changes? LABC Warranty carried out a survey to find out
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FeaturesThe Building the Future Commission: the interim findings revealed
The interim report from Building’s ambitious project to improve the built environment and unlock the potential of the construction industry
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 25: Market update
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork
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Features5 minutes with … Mandie Sewa at Brevis Law
The firm’s head of immigration law on the importance of recruting and retaining the right staff, the challenges posed by new immigration rules, the universal power of food and why steak should always be eaten rare
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2023: How will AI help your business?
As businesses globally gear up to invest hundreds of billions in artificial intelligence, what are the opportunities for construction? The industry’s largest consultancies tell us what they think
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FeaturesMy route into construction … Parissa Kokabi, assistant cost consultant, Currie & Brown
The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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FeaturesThe education centre built from reclaimed beach timber
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council has built an education centre from timber groynes reclaimed from the beach. Thomas Lane looks at the project, which has been shortlisted for the net zero award at this year’s Building Awards
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FeaturesThe challenge and opportunity of 15-year structural warranty
In the introduction to the four-part special experts and industry react to potential 15-year warranties
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Features5 minutes with … Lee Parkinson at Efficiency North
The group’s chief executive on starting out as a YTS apprentice, surviving the pandemic and why the finest seafood should be simply served
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FeaturesDoes the latest RAAC research mean remediation could be easier and cheaper than all the panic suggests?
A Loughborough University expert has identified the primary cause of failure – and suggests RAAC has the potential to be safe if properly managed
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Features‘I don’t seek permission, I ask for forgiveness’ – Muyiwa Oki on his plans for his RIBA presidency
RIBA’s first black president - and its youngest - did not tell his bosses at Mace that he was running for the role. He wants to do things his own way.
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FeaturesMy route into construction … Michelle Zompi, head of RLB Digital
The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but it can be hard to know how to break in. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their career twists and turns
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Features5 minutes with … Gemma Pont at CPMG Architects
The associate architect on making the right choices, working collaboratively, the importance of cheese and the first book she ever read
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FeaturesAs Ukraine cautiously eyes reconstruction, UK firms await
Ukraine cannot wait for the war to end before planning its rebuild. But there is much to do before the country can attract the foreign businesses it will need to build back better.
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FeaturesAs Buckingham teeters, rivals wonder what has gone wrong
A firm with a turnover of £700m is on the brink of collapse. How? Dave Rogers reports
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FeaturesThe chaotic life of Building founder and architect Joseph Aloysius Hansom
To celebrate Building’s 180th anniversary, Tom Lowe talks to historian Penelope Harris ahead of the publication of her biography of the magazine’s founder