All Construction business: strategy, risk and regulations articles – Page 7
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OpinionDesigning for dementia: how architecture can facilitate better care
When it comes to dementia, we need to design with careful consideration of each individual’s needs, writes James Potter
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NewsBerkeley to focus on low-rise schemes if single staircase ban in towers goes ahead
Developer says fire safety rules will put high rise schemes awaiting planning “back to square one”
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OpinionThe Coach: If we want real diversity, then we need to start investing in it
To avoid tokenism in the workplace we need to embrace a more profound understanding of what inclusivity means, writes Louise Rodgers
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NewsDemystifying the specification requirements of building safety reform
Join us on Wednesday 22 March for a discussion on the new requirements for duty and competence, the role of the principal designer and levels of specification, as well as what the changes mean in terms of insurance and liability
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NewsGove threatens to put 11 developers who have not signed cladding contract ‘out of business’
Housing secretary repeats pledge to stop developers trading as deadline passes
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Information - BDRisk & Regulations Summit: Tackling the challenges of the Golden Thread
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OpinionThe only way this industry is going to change is if people at the top give a sh*t
Delivering on the sustainability agenda is hard and requires those at the top to believe in what they’re doing, writes Martyn Evans
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NewsOutcome of Sheppard Robson cladding battle could trigger similar suits, say lawyers
Contractor suing supply chain for £47m over alleged defects in Woolwich Tesco scheme
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OpinionArchitecture’s culture of cut-throat competition is bad for everyone
Undercutting on fees and a culture of giving away work for free is not sustainable, writes Satish Jassal
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OpinionWe might not be at risk from earthquakes, but structural failure should still be high on our agenda
The tragic scenes from Syria and Turkey remind us that structural failure can be a greater risk than fire, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionThe Coach: The stories we tell ourselves
The narratives we create about ourselves can motivate us, but also sometimes hold us back, writes Louise Rodgers
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Information - BDWebinar: What does the 2023 economic outlook mean for construction?
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OpinionDon’t compromise on integrity - we need to nurture trust in these trying times
If we compromise on our trustworthiness, we risk losing respect and business, writes Martyn Evans
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OpinionDoes the changing regulatory environment provide an opportunity to look again at fee scales?
The way in which the architectural profession is regulated is changing. Is this the time to reopen the debate on fee scales, asks Matthew Lloyd
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OpinionRome reminds us that cities store memories. But who decides what is remembered and what gets forgotten?
The Italian capital is often desribed as a palimpsest. What can we learn from its layers of remembering and forgetting, asks Eleanor Jolliffe
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FeaturesCan demolition ever be better than retention?
A 1920s facade’s poor condition left the project team wondering whether it would have been less carbon intensive to knock it down and start again
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OpinionThe M&S inquiry must be decided on hard evidence, not well-meaning conjecture
Those opposing the Marble Arch replacement scheme are doing so on the basis of a misleading prospectus, writes Fred Pilbrow
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OpinionWA100 2023: For architects in 2023, size matters
Our annual survey of the top 100 global practices shows it’s the largest architects who have the best hope of staying ahead of a shifting market
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NewsPerkins & Will raids Arup for new London managing director
Jo Wright to lead practice’s London studio after eight years as Arup’s architecture director for the UK, Middle East and Africa