All articles by Chlo毛 McCulloch 鈥� Page 8
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CommentSir Stuart Lipton: A spring in his step
Rather than settling down to a well-earned retirement at the age of 76, the developer of what will be the City鈥檚 tallest tower is turning his attention to something rather more low-rise: housing
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NewsDavis Langdon offshoot poaches Aecom big hitter
Aecom corporate solutions director Russell Weir moves to smaller QS rival Exigere聽 聽
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CommentBrexit: Any certainty in sight?
Even firms that are scenario-planning for Brexit admit that predicting what will happen is a massive guess, so no wonder commercial architect Lee Polisano told 黑洞社区 he spends a lot of time worrying about it all
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Comment黑洞社区 Good Employer Guide 2018
We have taken a fresh approach in this year鈥檚 Good Employer Guide, deliberately focusing on specific workplace initiatives designed to improve staff鈥檚 daily lives and, by extension, business performance
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CommentBudget 2018: Hammond called time on PFI and Help to Buy, so what next?
PFI may be on the way out, but聽Hammond was careful not to condemn all public-private partnerships. What will replace it?聽
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CommentGrenfell and the Hackitt report: whisper it, but progress is being made
Against the odds it seems that progress has been made behind the scenes 鈥� with, rumour has it, the help of about 100 civil servants 鈥� to implement Hackitt鈥檚 review
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CommentHousebuilders' salaries are healthy - but is the market as rosy as it looks?
Despite soaring salaries in the housebuilding sector, there鈥檚 an air of nervousness that the government will burst the bubble by scrapping its Help to Buy scheme
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CommentThe human toll of poor payment practices
Business failures often seem abstract and remote.聽How does it actually feel to go through the process of winding up your own business?
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CommentThe Tories put housing in the spotlight
The PM surprised conference with a welcome boost to council house building, but elsewhere private housebuilders got a bit of a kicking
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CommentSurvival of the fittest: consultants in rude health - for now
Our Top 150 league shows consultants have enjoyed a strong year 鈥� but how long will the good times last?
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CommentLeader: Tomorrow鈥檚 world
Young people now entering the industry hold the keys to its future 鈥� let鈥檚 listen to them
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CommentWe apologise for the late-running Crossrail service 鈥�
Crossrail鈥檚 was supposed to be a good news story for construction - so what went wrong?
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CommentLeader: Education, education, education?
As new academic year starts, for the schools construction sector there is worry about the amount of work coming onto their books
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CommentConstruction needs a deal
As things stand 鈥� more than two years after the Leave vote 鈥� we still have no idea what it actually means for any sector of the economy, least of all construction.聽
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NewsMears shifts focus to housing development
Social housing specialist鈥檚 strategy prompted by maintenance work slowing, with fastest growth in management and development sectors
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CommentLeader: Taking a step back to go forwards
While it鈥檚 a grim picture for contracting, individual firms are starting to fight back. But the uncertainty of Brexit still looms large over the industry
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CommentLeader: Playing fair
It鈥檚 not just main contractors who have been at fault over late payments. Practices along the entire chain, right from the client, should be more transparent
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CommentLeader: Living on the margins
The big story in this year鈥檚聽Top 150聽league tables is contractors鈥櫬爌itifully low聽margins compared with聽housebuilders鈥� surging profits
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CommentRiding the storm
Yet another government reshuffle and another housing minister is in place, but does any of this Westminster chaos matter to construction鈥檚 core issues?
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CommentThe new you
We鈥檝e been looking at some of the themes that are driving change within the construction industry