Meet the commissioners: Andrew Mellor

2023-01-31T06:00:00

Andrew Mellor talks about quality of build, technological change and the need to improve competency in the industry

Building magazine is 180 years old this year. What lessons about the built environment should we take from the past?

The focus on quality control, the oversight the architect used to have on traditional projects which ensured construction quality and that the design was delivered as intended.

The use of natural and local materials, then its was due to not being able to access wider materials, today it is about reducing environmental impact. Constructing durable buildings which last 100+ years (or 100s of years would be even better), not the disposable in decades buildings we construct today.

Who or what has had the most positive impact on construction in the past couple of decades?

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