More Focus – Page 51
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FeaturesElectric dreams: how construction is improving its use of clean technology
With the future of our planet at stake, construction urgently needs to prove its capacity for innovation through clean technology
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FeaturesInspirations: architecture admired by the next generation
Architecture that delights the upcoming generation of construction professionals: four of our guest editors pick buildings that either inspired them to waork in construction or have impressed on them the importance of design quality early in their careers
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FeaturesBuild-to-rent: a sleepover at a Wembley scheme
Quintain’s 5,000-home build-to-rent development in Wembley seeks to create a sense of community living through wine tastings, tutored events and supper clubs – a place where residents can return from work to a concierge-serviced, hassle-free oasis. How does it score? Hamish Champ slept the night there to find out
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FeaturesOutreach: what the industry should do to attract school leavers
The skills shortage continues to worsen, and while the government is taking action now with the apprenticeship levy, it’s not enough. Debika Ray reports on what the industry is doing to inspire young minds and win new recruits
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FeaturesReverse mentoring - how to give the next generation a voice
What do young people really think? What will make them join a company, and stay? Reverse mentoring might be the answer
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FeaturesBuilding's Next Generation takeover: what’s the story?
Read on for a fresh perspective on some familiar issues as Building’s advisory panel of recent graduates guest edits this week’s magazine
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FeaturesWe want change! What young people in construction really think
Building’s first survey of the perceptions of young people working and studying in construction reveals its future leaders to be made up of optimists who are happy in their work. But dig deeper and they also voice many criticisms of an industry that too often seems to overlook fresh talent. ...
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FeaturesWish you were here? How to get into construction in Australia
Australia offers a strong infrastructure pipeline and a host of opportunities, which explains the growing number of UK players heading there
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FeaturesBoulevard Theatre: turning tricks in Soho
How Charcoalblue and Soda Studio fit a theatre into a tiny space so it could be financially viable
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FeaturesCosting steelwork April 2019: Market and cost models update
This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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FeaturesConstruction's gender pay gap: the numbers
How does the construction sector compare with the rest of the UK?
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FeaturesCost model: Mental health facilities
With mental ill health rising and models of care evolving, we need new facilities that fulfil modern mental healthcare requirements
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence: Q4 2018
Output is slowing as the uncertainty around Brexit continues, especially in the commercial sector, but private and public housing are holding up well
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FeaturesTracker: February 2019
Tenders and employment prospects both fell for the first time in almost two years, but activity is still rising, if more slowly
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FeaturesThe face of diversity: construction’s hidden problem
Diversity and inclusion is the subject of our latest industry survey, conducted by Hays. Debika Ray looks at what the results say about the industry, and finds out what employers can do to improve the situation
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FeaturesRoundtable: Striving for quality in construction
Standards in construction clearly need to be raised – so how can the industry go about improving quality, and how exactly do we define it? Hamish Champ reports on a roundtable by the STA
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FeaturesOver the line: How 21 Moorfields was built above a station
Site constraints and client demands meant the columns supporting a new over-rail scheme would have to bear unusually heavy loads
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FeaturesSpurs stadium: the £1bn building opening in London's fifth poorest ward
The stadium dominates the local skyline and dwarfs neighbouring homes Will Ing, reporter, Building Opposite a row of empty shops, jerk chicken joints, laundrettes and bookmakers, one of the most expensive buildings ever built on this island is about to open in ...
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FeaturesInterserve prepack administration - unpacked
What does Interserve’s prepack administration actually mean – for suppliers, customers, employees and lenders?
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FeaturesBrexit chaos: What's the impact on construction?
B-Day may have been dodged first time round but how can the industry best cope with the uncertainty?