All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 14
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CommentThe government must do more to boost UK infrastructure
The chancellor missed an opportunity for meaningful demand-side stimuli in the Budget. With an election looming, the government must be more ambitious if it is to win the confidence of business leaders, says KPMG’s Holly Davis
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FeaturesHow the Building Safety Act can empower warranty’s role as a de-risking partner
The Building Safety Act’s gateway system offers developers a chance to minimise expensive, time-consuming redesigns by consulting with warranty providers during the design stage of complex projects. The gateway system will require that building plans are submitted to the Building Safety Regulator at early stages, and the regulator will then ...
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NewsCampaigners set to launch High Court challenge against £700m ITV Studios plans
Save Our South Bank announce intention to start judicial review against Michael Gove’s decision to approve scheme last month
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NewsWillmott Dixon names new chief finance officer
James Mackenzie takes over from Graham Dundas, now the firm’s chief executive
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CommentWhy definitions are proving a challenge in the context of building safety
What constitutes a high-risk building? Investors and insurers are looking beyond the inconsistencies within the Building Safety Act to ensure greater fire safety protections, says Steven Rodd, partner at Workman LLP
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Comment‘We’ve had enough. Sort yourselves out or we’ll stop working for you.’ A specialist tells main contractors what to do next
There is a rot at the core of how construction is procured and it begins with clients and main contractors. Something has to change, says Mike Wharton
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NewsWales extends building control registration deadline amid fears of crisis
But uncertainty remains over deadline in England
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NewsKevin Bundy reunites with former Battersea Power Station colleagues at new developer
Scheme’s former director joins developer Murray Twohig
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NewsCity formally approves plan to build 1.2 million sq m of office space by 2040
City Plan 2040 document will now be sent out for public consultation before heading to the government for final approval
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CommentThis Budget was a missed opportunity to close the skills gap
Given the limited impact of Jeremy Hunt’s headline announcements he should really have focused on solving other pressing matters, says Si Harris of Randstad UK
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CommentThis was not the Budget to fix broken Britain
Radical thinking and major surgery are urgently needed, but the chancellor offered little in yesterday’s statement to get the industry excited, writes Richard Steer
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CommentM&S High Court decision won’t tip the scales away from a retrofit-first future
The low-carbon case for retrofit has become so strong that economic arguments for new-build may no longer secure support, suggests Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis.
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NewsDownturn in housing market sees Travis Perkins profit drop
Revenue also down at building merchant
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CommentTo retain or rebuild? M&S case shows the industry needs rules
The High Court ruling overturning Michael Gove’s decision to deny M&S permission to redevelop its Oxford Street store shows that a framework setting out the conditions for redevelopment is urgently needed
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CommentMeet the productivity evangelists and their tribes
There are many ways to solve the productivity challenge and they need not be mutually exclusive, says RLB partner Paul Beeston
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NewsWinners named on £700m new build framework
Scheme will run for four years and cover social housing in Midlands and North
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NewsBuilding Safety Act slowing down economic recovery, Arcadis warns
Consultant says 2024 will be bottom of current cycle
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NewsHigh Court overturns Gove’s decision to reject M&S’s Oxford Street plans
Shock move follows last month’s appeal by retailer against last year’s landmark ruling