More Focus – Page 21
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FeaturesCartel probe leaves demolition sector to recover reputation - and count the cost
The wider industry wants to know things have changed while those at centre of investigation sweat on what final bill will be. Dave Rogers reports
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FeaturesDiverse talent series: using the Construction Talent Retention Scheme in a tight jobs market
How an online platform is trying to help employers faced with record vacancy numbers and high recruitment costs
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Features‘I want women to believe a career in this industry is possible’
To mark International Women in Engineering Day, Building spoke to Amy Bunszel, executive vice president for AEC design solutions at Autodesk
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FeaturesExplainer: key recommendations in the RICS review
What Michael Bichard’s landmark governance report means for the institution
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FeaturesFive talking points at the BCO’s conference in Manchester
After a two-year hiatus, developers and occupiers gathered to discuss the future of the office - here are some highlights
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FeaturesThe fine art of creating a new campus for the RCA
In their scale and singularity, these flagship buildings designed by Herzog & de Meuron in Battersea strike just the right balance
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FeaturesPutting a brave face on it: overcladding homes to save energy
As bills spiral, attention has turned to retrofitting. While it can be disruptive and expensive, Energiesprong is quite the opposite
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FeaturesWho pays for materials price inflation?
Inflation means subcontractors are being pushed to carry the risk of materials price hikes – but some are pushing back
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FeaturesCost model: Cancer care centres
The challenge is to deliver cancer centres that provide highly effective, technologically advanced care and support as well as research and education
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FeaturesCooking up a Storm in Dubai
The world’s first rollercoaster integrated into a building’s structure gives thrill seekers the ride of their lives
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FeaturesProductivity: Perspectives on digitalisation with Alinea, AHMM and Lendlease
To identify the opportunities and obstacles in the digitalisation process, Alinea asked a range of specialists for their perspectives
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FeaturesAre we seeing the start of a housing development slowdown?
Three different sets of data suggest housebuilding activity is slowing. But many in the sector are bullish about growth. What’s going on?
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FeaturesInside Google’s global HQ: a temple to post-covid working culture
Google’s new campus in Silicon Valley opened last month. Tom Lowe spoke to Heatherwick’s Eliot Postma about how the concept was developed
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FeaturesSolving the industry’s green problem: inside Drees & Sommer’s new energy-plus HQ
German firm demonstrates its commitment to circular design in Stuttgart as it eyes UK expansion
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FeaturesBloom and 80 Charlotte Street: bellwethers for the future London office
Firms need to offer workplaces staff want to be in – collaborative, healthy spaces and smart technology. Here’s how two schemes pulled it off
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FeaturesThe Procurement Bill – the key impacts for construction
Long-awaited reforms to public procurement go to the House of Lords today. Here’s what you need to know
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FeaturesThe Elizabeth line: a welcome civic legacy designed to last 120 years
From the contextual to the finely detailed, its stations are an eclectic and ultimately uplifting addition to the capital’s transport network
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FeaturesCould a Gloucestershire training centre have found the answer to construction’s people problem?
A family firm in need of more workers to expand its business took matters into its own hands by opening a training centre for construction skills which soon expects to train 2,000 people a year
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FeaturesIn business with Frank Elkins: on guard at Travis Perkins
The boss of the UK’s biggest builders merchants tells Dave Rogers what soaring inflation and the squeeze on household budgets mean for his business
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FeaturesOld Trafford dilemma: how six other major stadium projects fared
As Manchester United considers whether to rebuild or refurbish, here is a guide to how six other major sports stadium projects fared