Opinion – Page 52
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CommentTurn on, tune in - and stay safe - connecting into the digital world is critical
As the post-digital generation comes of age, embracing technology’s potential to transform the workplace will help construction win the talent battle
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CommentOur challenge is not to innovate or die. It is invest or decline
We believe there’s no money to pay for infrastructure – the problem is more who controls the budgets
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CommentThe moment of truth: we need to be honest with ourselves about construction's recruitment problem
Construction’s recruitment crisis is often attributed to an image problem, but perhaps it’s the reality we need to change
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Comment5 minutes with… Tim Bowder-Ridger, senior partner, Conran and Partners
Tim Bowder-Ridger tells Building about horses, Seiko watches and his love for Norman Foster
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CommentGrenfell - the slow road to change
Two years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, there is still anger at the lack of progress from the industry and goverment to change
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Show me the money
Kier’s outgoing finance director displays uncanny vision in his purchasing restraint and Sisk’s chief exec offers a fair excuse for at least one late payment
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CommentIf offsite construction is to work for us, we need to get the logistics right
Without this, we will never entirely realise the full potential for maximum productivity
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Comment2070 vision: why we need a long-term view on regional infrastructure
Regional inequalities have long been exacerbated by poor decision making on infrastructure projects. Now it’s time for that to change
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CommentIs it the further education sector’s turn to be in the spotlight?
It has long been recognised as the Cinderella of the education sector but this is put into stark relief by a recent report
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CommentThe Larkhill housing scheme is a lesson in collaboration
Two rival firms working together to deliver homes for the British Army can teach the industry a thing or two
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CommentLegal: When is fraud relevant?
Fraud can be raised as a defence in adjudication case or to avoid an enforcement, but it must be strictly relevant
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CommentLondon's flats need to live for the future
Decaying buildings littering any skyline are obviously unacceptable; we also shouldn’t cling onto the past
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CommentTop 5 take-aways from BCO at Copenhagen
Some of the highlights from last week’s conference in the Danish capital
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CommentTime to end our complacency about climate change
Construction needs fresh thinking from every participant in a building’s lifecycle
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CommentConstruction Innovation Hub: if only we'd had it sooner
The industry has been talking about reform for decades, but we may finally now be at a turning point
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Strait is the gate
A cities of the future event prompts a dodgy way to travel and a council aiming for decor neutrality ends up rather off-colour
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CommentMaking Hackitt happen
Creating a competence framework to respond to the Hackitt report has brought about the biggest-ever alliance of construction organisations
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CommentEuropean elections: Watch out for splinters
Construction looks set to lose out from the political fragmentation surrounding Brexit – we need fast action to prevent the worst possible consequences