All News Analysis articles – Page 7

  • 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

  • Features

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's Brexit survey results in full

    2017-02-10T06:00:00Z

    View the full results from over 2,000 readers who took part in our survey to find out the Brexit deal construction needs

  • 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

  • ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø A Better Brexit
    Features

    Brexit: Make yourself heard

    2017-01-19T06:00:00Z

    As Theresa May makes clear that she favours full separation from the EU and we approach the March deadline to trigger Article 50, ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø launches a survey to find out what readers want from the Brexit deal, both for your business and the wider industry

  • 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?

  • 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

  • House
    Features

    Housebuilders' salary survey 2016: Business as usual

    2016-10-21T06:00:00Z

    The Brexit vote has ushered in a time of widespread uncertainty, but activity in the housebuilding sector has so far held up well. Joey Gardiner looks at what we can learn from this year’s salary survey and and asks how long trading can remain strong

  • Construction site
    Features

    Farmer Review: Why construction is a sick patient

    2016-10-17T11:56:00Z

    Mark Farmer adopts the analogy of an ailing patient, with symptoms ranging from low productivity to a bad public image

  • Off site construction
    Features

    Farmer Review: The 10 recommendations

    2016-10-17T11:48:00Z

    Today’s ‘Modernise or die’ report aims to kick-start reform with this 10-point action plan

  • Lifebelt
    Features

    Farmer Review: Not waving but drowning

    2016-10-17T11:47:00Z

    Mark Farmer’s government-commissioned report into the construction industry makes for shocking reading. Speaking to ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø the author explains his view of the dire state of the industry

  • May
    Features

    The lady is for turning

    2016-10-13T06:00:00Z

    For now at least, Theresa May bestrides the political scene, dismantling David Cameron’s legacy and introducing policy changes in housing and infrastructure

  • Affordable housing
    Features

    State of play: London

    2016-10-06T06:00:00Z

    Sadiq Khan has proved himself a pragmatist - a quality he’ll need to address the capital’s major built environment challenges