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Are apprenticeships a real investment in skills or just cheap labour?

Spend any time in the construction sector and you’ll hear the same two conversations running in parallel. The first is about the skills shortage with ageing trades, retirements outpacing recruitment,...

Should governments subsidise modular construction to solve the housing crisis?

There’s something deeply uncomfortable about the way we talk about the housing crisis in Britain. We describe it as “chronic”, “systemic”, “complex”. We commission reviews. We announce targets. We...

Do BREEAM and LEED really make buildings better?

Walk into the reception of any new office block and you’ll usually see it, framed proudly behind the desk - a certificate, stating BREEAM Excellent or LEED Gold - sometimes Platinum, if the developer...

Seven years on and is cladding reform delivering real safety?

Nearly seven years on, Grenfell is no longer front-page news and is no longer the subject of nightly bulletins or urgent parliamentary soundbites. But it remains the defining event of modern building...

Drones in Construction: Are UAVs the Future of Site Inspections?

Technology integration is necessary for construction companies to survive in this evolving industry. Unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs, such as drones, are poised to be the next big thing in site...

The unseen carbon cost of late design changes

There is a particular moment in almost every project when someone says, “It’s only a small change.” A wall shifts half a metre. A grid tightens. A plant room grows. A façade is reconfigured to...

When compliance becomes the enemy of good design

There is a particular comfort in compliance. It comes in the form of certificates, checklists and sign-offs. It reassures clients, satisfies insurers and protects professionals from liability. In an...

The construction industry’s addiction to new acronyms

There are two certainties in construction. One is that every project will take longer than the programme suggests. The other is that, somewhere between concept and completion, someone will introduce...

Designing buildings for how people actually break them

Most buildings don’t fail in the neat, diagrammatic ways suggested by drawings and calculations. They don’t politely age according to specifications or wait for loads to be applied exactly as...