All Building articles in 14 March 2025 – Page 8
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FeaturesFutureproofing the flooring industry: Addressing the skills challenge
John Clark, transformation director at Headlam, explores the current skills gap crisis in the flooring sector and how the industry can take action to ensure the future of flooring is resilient for years to come
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NewsWider roll out of CPO reforms could slow housing development, warns HBF
Housebuilders’ body warns a ‘general direction’ to remove ‘hope value’ for whole categories of sites to speed up development would have the opposite effect
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NewsPlans in for 580 homes at former Shredded Wheat factory site in Hertfordshire
Malaysian developer IJM bought site after previous joint venture’s scheme fell through
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NewsThomas & Adamson brings in RLB partner as new London head of cost management
Appointment comes as consultant expands operations in capital following acquisition by French engineering giant
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NewsIn pictures: Everton’s new home built by Laing O’Rourke hosts first test event
Job has involved turning 1848-built dockyard into 53,000-seat stadium
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Features5 minutes with … Martyn Stokes at MESH Construction Consultancy
The firm’s director on setting up the business, keeping the stress levels down and why you should be prepared to share if you sit next to him at dinner
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NewsPlanning inspector uses new grey belt rules to overturn refusal of battery storage scheme
Faciltiy was rejected by Trafford council last year due to fears over its impact on surrounding countryside
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NewsFormer Keltbray managers guilty of taking more than £600,000 in bribes
Convictions follow trial at Southwark Crown Court
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NewsElizabeth Tower and UCL East schemes on near 80-strong shortlist for RIBA London Awards
RIBA reveals 78 schemes in running for award recognising capital’s best new buildings
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NewsIn pictures: Gensler draws up plan for football stadium with sunken pitch
Scheme in Egypt designed for Africa’s most successful club
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Features‘They were not the sort of people who could lead’: How the Gold Standard is shaking up public sector procurement
King’s College London law professor David Mosey and Constructing Excellence boss Alison Nicholl speak to Tom Lowe about how a landmark report into making public sector frameworks more efficient - and less misleading - is being implemented
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CommentAre the Building Safety Act’s own processes the biggest hurdle in the high-rise development race?
With some minor modifications, the act could be an effective tool for improving building safety while still encouraging the delivery of projects in a timely and cost-effective way, says Robin Holme at TFT
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NewsFormer Mace construction boss cuts ties with firm after rethink
Gareth Lewis spent nearly three decades at firm
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NewsAllies & Morrison’s Wimbledon expansion plans back in limbo as High Court orders judicial review
Judge says campaigners have raised ”arguable grounds” to challenge approval of £200m scheme
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NewsMcAlpine to appear at local council meeting in wake of hotel cladding problems
Woking’s leader confirms meeting will take place early next month
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NewsFewer than one in four high-rise resi projects have got gateway 3 final safety stage sign-off
Just seven schemes out of 40 applications received last year get green light from regulator
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NewsAllies & Morrison reveals first newbuild schemes on £1.7bn Manchester innovation hub
Consultation starts on latest phase of Bruntwood SciTech’s Sister development
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CommentLessons for the NHP from a digital-first hospital
A hospital due to open near Glasgow in 2031 provides a blueprint for the government’s revamped programme
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NewsMHCLG to take over fire risk brief from Home Office under post-Grenfell reforms
Starmer says move will provide more “coherent approach” to fire safety
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NewsArchitect brought in to design tower at £500m King’s Cross life sciences district
Morris & Co to work up plans for buildings up to 31 storeys tall on Camley Street scheme