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Infrastructure update: Electricity transmission owners hold key to UK鈥檚 energy transition but face challenges
The transmission sector is a key link in the chain that will deliver a net zero future, write Mark Docherty and Simon Rawlinson
How worried should the industry be about Vistry?
Housebuilding industry poster-child Vistry has been charting an aggressive growth course despite a tricky market over the last two years.听Joey Gardiner asks why it has听now lost half its value after two profit warnings in two months
Labour鈥檚 tax-and-invest Budget fell flat with the OBR. But is there a brighter story for growth in the built environment?
We asked experts from across the construction sector what levers the government still has to pull to boost growth
My route into construction 鈥� Amaia Harries, design manager at Legendre UK
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this 听series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
鈥業鈥檒l retire when we double in size鈥欌�� Stantec鈥檚 new regional boss on his ambitions for the UK energy sector
As the government presses ahead with its plan to decarbonise the UK grid by 2030, the engineering firm aims to take advantage of the huge amount of infrastructure work up for grabs over the next 10 years. Managing director Brian Yates tells Tom Lowe there are exciting times ahead
Space House: 1960s icon gets another chance to shine
Centrepoint鈥檚 little sister was realised by the same architect and developer and built with similar pioneering techniques. Neglected for the past four decades, a recent refurbishment restores and celebrates the building鈥檚 groundbreaking architectural qualities
What Brookfield is doing to repurpose its 5 million sq ft office portfolio
Relatively new office buildings right across the world have fast become outdated as occupiers expect greater sustainability credentials. Tom Lowe speaks to one of London鈥檚 largest commercial landlords about how it is dealing with the challenge
鈥榃e鈥檝e won stuff we know we wouldn鈥檛 have won before鈥� talking growth with Kenneth Wood and Neil Fyles of Drees & Sommer UK
Two years after being bought by the German consulting giant, the team behind AA Projects is now on an acquisition spree of its own
鈥業t鈥檚 madness what the industry goes to work for鈥欌�� Sisk鈥檚 Paul Brown on margins, making the right decisions and working on Man City鈥檚 stadium
鈥楾he last two or three years in the UK have been the toughest I鈥檝e experienced,鈥� the Irish contractor鈥檚 Liverpool-born chief executive tells Dave Rogers
Why they won: A closer look at all the Architect of the Year Awards 2024 winning entries
The winners of the Architect of the Year Awards were announced at a ceremony last night. Here is more detail about all the winning entries
A crisis hiding in plain sight: is the UK鈥檚 built environment failing children and young people?
While housing supply and affordability dominate public debate, the prevalence of safe, accessible spaces for children and adolescents is a critical yet overlooked issue. Nora Redmond takes a closer look at whether the built environment is leaving young people underserved
Picking up Carillion鈥檚 pieces: how Balfour Beatty finally finished the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
West Birmingham鈥檚 new super hospital has just opened, six years later than planned following the failure of Carillion in 2018. Thomas Lane visits the new building to find out how the team overcame multiple problems, and to see what the finished project is like
Procurement update: data centre development challenges
Data centre clients are scaling up to deliver ever bigger programmes 鈥� so, what are the main client types and the specific procurement challenges in this sector?
From the archives: The Pompidou Centre, 1977
好色先生TV covers the opening of Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano鈥檚 revolutionary Paris art centre, the first major example of an 鈥榠nside-out鈥� building
Market forecast: Demand is set to rise as the economy stabilises
Demand is set to strengthen as economic stability stimulates a recovery in private sector investment, but contractor capacity is depleted and risk aversion elevated
My route into construction 鈥� Dan Lewis, construction director at Momentum
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this 听series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
Highlights from New York鈥檚 Climate Week
To coincide with the UN General Assembly last week, more than 2,000 climate advisers, business leaders and politicial figures gathered to find ways to accelerate the path to net zero. Here are some of the themes they discussed at the Climate Group鈥檚 conference
Not in my Brick Lane: Truman Brewery鈥檚 uphill struggle to win support for development plans
The last time the East End land owner tried to bring change to the iconic London thoroughfare, it was met by fierce resistance. With even more ambitious plans now lodged with the council, what are the odds of them winning the locals over?听Alex Funk went to find out
鈥楾he contracting model needs to change鈥� 鈥� Permasteelisa鈥檚 boss on why the industry can鈥檛 go on like this
Liam Cummins joined the cladding specialist in 2023 after years working for main contractors. He talks to Dave Rogers about unsustainable margins, working for some formidable CEOs and why London is still the place to do business
Key takeaways and talking points from the Labour party conference 2024
Labour members gathered in Liverpool this week for the party鈥檚 first conference in government for 15 years. Daniel Gayne and Tom Lowe report
A tale of two mergers: What do the completion of Barratt-Redrow and the collapse of Bellway-Crest Nicholson mean for Labour鈥檚 housebuilding plans?
Is the ground-breaking tie-up likely to help or hinder the government鈥檚 chances of hitting its sky-high 1.5 million housebuilding target?
Key takeaways from the 好色先生TV the Future Conference and Housing Today Live
Church House in Westminster yesterday played host to two back-to-back conferences on construction and housing attended by hundreds of professionals from the built environment. Here is a round-up of the key talking points from the event, run by 好色先生TV and Housing Today.
London towers 鈥� does it make more sense to build new or renew?
The twin currencies of carbon and cost have encouraged the adaptive reuse of towers, bringing the additional complexity of working within an existing building
Hinkley Point C: 好色先生TV Britain鈥檚 first nuclear reactor in 30 years
Like its Finnish and French twins, Hinkley Point C has suffered from cost overuns and delays. What are the team doing to claw back the losses and what does this mean for Sizewell C?
鈥楤id for everything, always haggle鈥�: The life and times of John F Hunt鈥檚 John Hall
The founder of the specialist contractor turned 75 over the summer. He tells Dave Rogers about nearly going under, having the gift of the gab and why he did well out of the Cardiff Millennium Stadium
Top 150 Consultants 2024: Are we about to see boom time for construction?
This year鈥檚 survey shows rapidly increasing optimism on better times ahead for the industry 鈥� but will challenges around skills and capacity, global events and macroeconomics hold it back? Carl Brown reports
Top 150 Consultants 2024: The main table
Full sortable data from 好色先生TV鈥檚 ranking of the top 150 consultants in the UK
Top 50 Project Managers 2024
Full sortable data from 好色先生TV鈥檚 ranking of the top 50 project managers in the UK
Top 50 Surveyors 2024
Full sortable data from 好色先生TV鈥檚 ranking of the top 50 surveyors in the UK
Top 50 Architects 2024
Full sortable data from 好色先生TV鈥檚 ranking of the top 50 architects in the UK
Top 50 Engineers 2024
Full sortable data from 好色先生TV鈥檚 ranking of the top 50 engineers in the UK
鈥榃e will deliver a generational shift鈥欌�� Why the Grenfell Inquiry report means another building safety shake-up
Keir Starmer wants his government鈥檚 response to the tragedy to mark a defining moment in the safety and quality of housing in the UK. Is the industry prepared for it?
Top 150 Consultants 2024: What AI and machine learning tools are you using?
This year, 好色先生TV asked firms for specific examples of AI and machine learning solutions that they have used, and what they learnt. Carl Brown reports
Top 150 Consultants 2024: Where do you stand on hybrid working?
Our survey shows nine in 10 consultants in construction now offer hybrid working, but what models are being adopted? Carl Brown finds out
鈥業f you鈥檙e not adding value, what鈥檚 the point?鈥�- Ridge & Partners鈥� Adrian O鈥橦ickey on the firm鈥檚 multidisciplinary approach
Ridge & Partners is one of the fastest-growing large firms in 好色先生TV鈥檚 Top 150 Consultants list out this Friday. Senior partner Adrian O鈥橦ickey explains more about the firm鈥檚 plans
Immigration: How the system can be reformed
In an in-depth report published by the 好色先生TV the Future Think Tank this week, we look at how Brexit has changed the way we recruit foreign workers 鈥� and the implications of that decision. Read the final part of our analysis today
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5 minutes with 鈥� Liz Ramsden at Knights
The senior associate in the firm鈥檚 residential property team on the challenges of the 好色先生TV Safety Act, her love of Vietnamese food and the importance of answering the phone
5 minutes with 鈥� Richard Burdett-Gardiner at Kier
The firm鈥檚 director of applied digital services (ADS) on the importance of embracing new tools and technology, the skills his grandfather taught him and the best days on which to own a boat
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