All Construction business: strategy, risk and regulations articles – Page 40
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News
Architects tell government radical changes needed to combustibles ban
Stirling Prize nominees call for structural timber to be excluded, while RIBA argues for more buildings to be covered
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Opinion
Learning from lockdown: If the future is office-less, how do you protect your firm’s culture?
The greatest challenge is not technical, it’s social, writes Martyn Evans
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Features
Learning from lockdown: Could post-pandemic Britain be a breath of fresh air?
Covid-19 has given new impetus to those fighting pollution. Winning the battle would have far-reaching benefits, writes Petra Marko
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‘We cannot responsibly design out human interaction’
Architects’ ingenuity will be essential in building a resilient future, government told
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PM outlines covid workplace guidance and tells firms to publish risk assessments
Document tells employers to make results public before asking staff to return to work
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Architects plan return to offices after PM’s speech
RCKa could see first people back at desks this week
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Features
The rush to furlough has had serious consequences for consultants
Senior PRP partner Brendan Kilpatrick urges Boris Johnson to review the job retention scheme
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Opinion
Learning from lockdown: Will everything really be different afterwards?
For all those predicting a brighter future or a post-pandemic doomsday, history shows that a return to normality is more likely, writes David Rudlin
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News
Nearly 95% of architects have no coronavirus recovery plan in place
Results of latest reader survey find 40% haven’t even started planning
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Councils could use lockdown to 'abuse' planning system, warn campaigners
Heritage and environment lobby says councils are taking decisions without involving the public
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Eric Parry warns: Working from home will hit productivity eventually
Architect’s accounts also reveal loss of 18 staff
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NAO to probe government’s spending on coronavirus hospitals
Watchdog also publishes report on spending plan for Parliament upgrade
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Signs of hope as brickmaker, contractor and building control all return to work
McAlpine latest contractor to reopen some sites in limited capacity
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Features
Covid-19 makes promoting equality in architecture more urgent than ever
This Stephen Lawrence Day, the mission of the trust set up in the aspiring architect’s memory has never been more important – or more under threat
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Opinion
Cash, clients, staff – and tough decisions
Mark Middleton has some practical advice for architects facing shrinking revenues
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Opinion
Learning from lockdown: What needs to change in housing?
Julia Park considers what architects and policymakers should learn from the coronavirus crisis about housing design
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Features
Everything you need to know about furloughing, unfurloughing and rotating staff
Employment lawyer Alex Watson outlines the dos and don’ts
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Features
Coronavirus: What next for architecture?
Britain embraced an architectural vision of a better world after the shock of WWII. Ike Ijeh asks if coronavirus might have the same effect
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News
Ministers warned firms risk collapse without quicker access to cash
Construction industry raised spectre of insolvency in daily coronanvirus briefing with government
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Opinion
What has the government announced about building safety?
Building Design’s regs columnist Andrew Mellor summarises the key changes