All Construction 2025 articles – Page 9
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CommentThe flaw in Miliband's plan
The Labour leader’s ideas on land-banking aren’t the answer to delivering homes in a recession
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NewsBalfour Beatty and Kier set up new payment schemes
Contractors have become the latest to set up supply chain finance schemes designed to help the cash flow of their subbies
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NewsSpecialists' body delivers verdict on Carillion's 'early payment' scheme
Detailed analysis of controversial Carillion payment plan claims subbies risk being left with 120 day payment terms
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CommentBIM: The state of play
What difference has BIM made to the industry so far, and how will it continue to shape the way we work?
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NewsSkills shortage holding back offsite construction
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills says skills gaps and shortgages preventing development of modern construction methods
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CommentLabour would put housing and construction centre stage
A Labour government would put housing and construction at the heart of economic recovery, write shadow ministers Jack Dromey and Iain Wright
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CommentThe growing case for cautious optimism
Construction needs a recovery in the general economy to take strong hold before the economic drugs injected into the system start to wear off
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CommentThe right skills for the 2025 challenge
The Industrial Strategy signifies a brighter future for construction if we can get our act in gear now
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NewsCrackdown on 'tax cheat' builders in London
HMRC launches taskforce as Labour pledges to tackle bogus self employment
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CommentConstruction's oldest foe
James Wates says issues like blacklisting are threatening the industry’s reputation and can turn young people away from construction
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CommentBIM is just the beginning
The introduction of BIM is just the start of a new era for construction
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CommentStop reporting, start doing
The time lapse between reports into the state of construction is quickening faster than Usain Bolt stretching his legs down the last 50 metres
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CommentThe tipping point in recovery
We need to watch out for rising supply chain prices turning projects into loss-makers
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CommentInvest for recovery
The recovery still looks fragile but it is more likely to take root if we have faith that it will do so and act accordingly by investing the necessary resources
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FeaturesPolitics and infrastructure
As the party conference season kicks off, Building looks at what the political parties are saying on the key areas for construction
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CommentFive years on
We need to learn from the last half-decade of pain and have a long-term infrastructure pipeline to help prevent a return to boom and bust
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FeaturesThe wasted recession
Recovery may now be on the cards, but did we learn enough from the recession?
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CommentBIM standards are useless if they're not implemented
Clients are getting disillusioned about BIM because firms are misunderstanding or ignoring the requirements
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NewsArmitt calls for ODA-style body for nuclear industry
Former Olympic Delivery Authority boss says similar delivery body should be set up to drive through the construction of nuclear power plants
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CommentConstruction 2025 sets out a bold direction of travel
With the economy looking up, we need a longer-term perspective for the industry