More Focus – Page 76
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FeaturesSun spots: Some of Britain’s best summer spaces - part two
In the second of our two-part summer series, Ike Ijeh discusses some more of the best UK roof gardens and public spaces to make you think twice about that beach holiday
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FeaturesSun spots: Some of Britain’s best summer spaces - part one
In the first of a two-part series, here are some of the best UK roof gardens and public spaces to make you think twice about that beach holiday.
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Treading water
The industry is still looking strong, with growth and confidence holding up, but some weaker areas are beginning to show even as supply constraints continue
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FeaturesNPPF: Ready to mix it up?
Last month’s revised planning framework shows the government is bent on speeding up build-out rates, but will it fully address the housing crisis?
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FeaturesReady, set, go! The race to Birmingham 2022
Birmingham is hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games and it hasn’t got long to prepare. Building reports on the race to build new sports facilities, spruce up the city’s infrastructure and ensure the games have a positive long-term legacy for the Midlands
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FeaturesSteadying the ship
It’s a nerve-racking time for contractors – and nobody knows this better than Greg Craig, who has fond memories of his stint at Carillion and hopes its collapse will serve as a cautionary tale. But at the helm of Skanska UK, he detects calmer waters ahead.
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FeaturesTracker: June 2018
Overall activity remains strong, but those working on non-residential and civil engineering projects are starting to experience a fall in work in hand.
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FeaturesProjects: Back for good
The stereotype of back-to-back housing as cramped and poorly lit is overturned by AHMM’s Signal Townhouses, where thoughtful design has maximised natural light and outdoor space
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FeaturesConstruction Sector Deal: big on aspiration, but can it deliver?
The government has published its long-promised construction sector deal – a document that the industry is hailing with cautious optimism, albeit with worries that it’s light on details. What might stand in the way of this strategy for change having a real impact on the industry?
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FeaturesNPPF: Industry reaction
Now the final National Planning Policy Framework has been unveiled, how do construction professionals rate it?
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FeaturesNuclear energy: Gone with the wind
The National Infrastructure Commission’s landmark report this month seemed to sound the death knell for nuclear energy new-build, calling for a large-scale shift to renewables by 2050 – and for only one more nuclear power station approval by 2025. But are we really likely to get 90% of Britain’s electricity ...
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FeaturesFire safety at 22 Bishopsgate: A race to the bottom
At 22 Bishopsgate, Lipton Rogers has developed the UK’s first lift evacuation strategy
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FeaturesConstruction methods: modular
Modular construction is touted as the future of the building industry, but while the sector is rapidly growing in some areas, there are still obstacles to overcome. Alex Hyams of Alinea with Ed McCann of Expedition Engineering and Hugh Ferguson assess the pros and cons of volumetric modular offsite construction ...
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FeaturesHive mind: Inside LG’s new campus
Spread over a million square metres in Seoul, the HOK-designed complex of laboratories, offices, atriums, parks and social spaces will host 25,000 researchers and engineers
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FeaturesAsian innovation
From on-site robots to bamboo construction, communal living and smart cities, here are some of the region’s most technologically impressive construction experiments
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FeaturesCosting steelwork: Cost models update
Costing Steelwork is a series from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork. This quarter provides a market update, focuses on long-span and column-free design and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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FeaturesSouth-east Asia - getting warmer
With booming economies and rapid population growth, South-east Asia is on the UK government’s radar – but are British construction companies too late to the party?
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FeaturesLead times: April-June 2018
More packages experienced an increase in lead times than in the previous quarter, while a growing number of companies are struggling to find skilled labour as workloads increase
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FeaturesEastern promise
Jim Dunton looks at whether Japan’s successful ‘car factory’ approach could help British housebuilders meet the government’s 300,000-units-a-year target in the future
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FeaturesCutting-edge BIM
Automation, 3D modelling and generative design processes are no longer a pipe dream – they are transforming how flagship developments are constructed. Jamie Harris looks at two pioneering projects using technology to create results that couldn’t have been achieved without BIM