All Features articles – Page 39
-
Features
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards 2022: Refurbishment Project of the Year
Read about the winner and shortlisted entries for this year’s Refurbishment Project of the Year award
-
Features
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards 2022: Housing Project of the Year
Read about the winner and shortlisted entries for this year’s Housing Project of the Year award
-
Features
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards 2022: CEO of the Year
Read about the winner of this year’s CEO of the Year award
-
Features
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards 2022: Construction/Consultant Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff)
Read about the winner and shortlisted entries of this year’s award for Construction/Consultant Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff)
-
Features
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards 2022: Construction/Consultant Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over)
Read about the winner and shortlisted entries of this year’s award for Construction/Consultant Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over)
-
Features
Cost model: Build-to-rent
Build-to-rent offers a solution to low housing supply and stable returns for investors and developers – if they can meet the demands of a quickly evolving tenant baseÂ
-
Features
Is artificial intelligence the answer to HS2’s rising cost problem?
As inflation bites, HS2 has been told to find savings. Could artificial intelligence be the cost-cutting ace up the project’s sleeve?Â
-
Features
Can housing associations keep building as the rest of the market slows?
Thanks to subsidy, housing associations have typically carried on building through a downturn as the volume housebuilders slow down. But, there is now scepticism about whether they can do so this time around
-
Features
Getting the right mix
The ongoing energy emergency and net zero demands are necessitating a shift in the UK’s approach to energy. But what needs to be done? Jordan Marshall explores
-
Features
5 minutes with … Jane Ho at HKS
The firm’s principal and director of health on her love of gardening, her dislike of 1980s post-modern design and the importance of humility
-
Features
Gove is back: the key questions facing the returning housing secretary
Just 111 days after being sacked, Michael Gove is back. Carl Brown looks at what’s facing Whitehall’s disruptor-in-chief
-
Features
Q&A: what Sunak has told us about his views on housing
The new prime minister spoke over the summer about his proposals on the issue
-
Features
Clouds gather over HS2: What would cutting Britain’s biggest infrastructure project mean for the industry?
HS2 has survived a lot in the past decade, but as Jeremy Hunt prepares his Halloween Budget, some in the industry are feeling frightened. ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø considers what could be at risk.
-
Features
A known quantity in uncharted waters: Rishi Sunak takes the helm in Downing Street
With Jeremy Hunt reportedly staying on as chancellor, the incoming PM looks to be setting a course for financial stabilisation. But is UK plc really bound for calmer waters?
-
Features
Cost model: ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø brownfield
Regenerating previously used land offers multiple environmental, social and cost advantages but there are many factors to consider
-
Features
5 minutes with … Phil Sheldon at The Build Chain
The new firm’s sales director reflects on his time in South Africa and the pain of seeing businesses fail. He also reveals his favourite building in the worldÂ
-
Features
It’s hard to let go: Laing O’Rourke and the problem with succession
The latest man tipped to replace Ray O’Rourke is leaving after less than a year. Dave Rogers considers why the septuagenarian founder is still at the helm of his firm
-
Features
Cost model: Labs in the sky
Record levels of investment into the life science sector and an increasingly limited supply of space have encouraged laboratory buildings to enter the high-rise realm
-
Features
Jeremy Hunt’s £40bn hole: where cuts could fall and what it could mean for builders
Paring back investment may prove the least politically painful way to make the sums add up
-
Features
The future of insulation
Manufacturers must create the next generation of products to deliver the homes of tomorrow, writes Paul Barrett, head of product management at ROCKWOOL