All Construction issues articles – Page 4

  • Apprentice Alamy
    Features

    How will T-levels affect construction training?

    2017-03-07T14:39:00Z

    Industry gives a mixed reaction to the government’s latest technical training initiative

  • Apprentices
    Features

    The apprentice

    As the government’s new apprenticeship levy kicks big questions remain over how it will work

  • Philip Hammond
    Features

    Budget preview: Inside the box

    2017-03-02T06:00:00Z

    Philip Hammond is not known for showmanship or drama - perhaps that’s for the best, given the wider political and economic upheaval. But the last-ever spring Budget is even more of a mystery than usual

  • Pollution
    Features

    Fighting for air: Pollution from on-site machinery

    2017-02-23T06:00:00Z

    Sadiq Khan is on a crusade to improve London’s air quality and now has construction firmly in his sights. Joey Gardiner reports on the high levels of pollution coming from building sites, the danger they pose to workers, and the pressure being put on the industry to clean up its ...

  • Houses being built
    Features

    A quiet revolution?

    2017-02-16T06:00:00Z

    For some, last week’s housing white paper wasn’t worth the white paper it was printed on, but for others it presents a radical shift in policy away from home ownership and towards a much wider range of housing needs

  • Megaphone
    Features

    Brexit: What we really really want

    2017-02-10T06:00:00Z

    When ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø launched its ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø A Better Brexit campaign at the start of the year, we promised a reader survey to find out what the industry wanted the government to take into its negotiations with the EU

  • A crane
    Features

    Strategic advances?

    2017-02-09T06:00:00Z

    The government’s modern industrial strategy has been welcomed by business groups but are there opportunities for construction to benefit?

  • Cars in flood
    Features

    Hell or high water

    2017-02-03T06:00:00Z

    The North-west may have been spared flooding so far this winter, but the occurence and severity of the region’s floods is steadily increasing

  • Prison
    Features

    New prisons: Not much in the swag bag

    2017-02-02T06:00:00Z

    Converting old prisons into housing to fund new prisons in less expensive locations isn’t going according to script

  • Woman
    Features

    Redressing the balance: Women engineers

    2017-01-27T06:00:00Z

    With just 9% of UK engineers women, the sector clearly has a long way to go to achieving a diverse workforce

  • New homes being built at a garden village
    Features

    It takes a village

    2017-01-11T06:00:00Z

    The government’s recent commitment to back new garden villages sounds lovely

  • Hinkley
    Features

    2017: The mists of time to come…

    2017-01-03T15:32:00Z

    It’s been a long time since the industry has faced such uncertainty

  • New York
    Features

    How is New York dealing with Trump?

    2016-12-09T06:00:00Z

    New Yorkers are still in shock at the idea of a Trump presidency

  • Tour of a building site
    Features

    Autumn Statement: Hit and miss

    2016-11-30T15:14:00Z

    Last week’s Autumn Statement trumpeted an extra £1.4bn for 40,000 affordable homes, but is the government set to miss its own target?

  • Donald Trump
    Features

    Waiting on the White House

    2016-11-23T12:38:00Z

    Could having a property developer as US president be good for UK construction?

  • AHR BIM
    Features

    BIM survey 2016: Multi-dimensional issues

    2016-11-11T06:00:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s annual BIM survey shows a lack of qualified staff, perceived higher costs and handicaps for SMEs, makes a fully digital built environment a far cry

  • BIM Initiative 2016 - BIMSpace
    Features

    Taking off into BiMSpace

    2016-11-10T07:30:00Z

    Balfour Beatty has been co-ordinating the National Automotive Innovation Centre project from its digital modelling powerhouse hut, developed by Cullinan Studio. We took a look into BiMspace, winner of BIM Initiative of the Year

  • Philip Hammond
    Features

    Autumn Statement: Mister Money Bags?

    2016-11-08T14:40:00Z

    The new chancellor indicated that it might be time to abandon his predecessor’s budget surplus plan

  • Construction workers
    Features

    Waiting for a EU turn

    2016-11-02T06:00:00Z

    The new government professes grand ambitions to boost housebuilding and infrastructure

  • Child reaching for plane
    Features

    So near and yet so far…

    2016-10-28T06:00:00Z

    Setting up the National Infrastructure Commission was seen as a sign of the government’s commitment to getting rail, power and other major schemes built