All Construction business: strategy, risk and regulations articles – Page 25
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Features
For the planning reforms to work architects will need to be involved from the start
Design tensions go to the heart of the new Planning Bill, says Hilary Satchwell
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News
Architecture reacts to Queen’s Speech
Major planning overhaul at centre of government’s agenda for the year
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High-rise developments face fire safety regulation change from August
Move follows Judith Hackitt’s proposals made in wake of Grenfell blaze
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Planning bill to be centrepiece of today’s Queen’s Speech
Planning deregulatation said to be key Conservative electoral strategy
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Features
It is time to talk again about protecting the function of architects
Making the golden thread a legal part of an architect’s role would have so many benefits. It’s about protection not protectionism, argues Jerry Tate
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Opinion
We need to talk about the future of the profession
Climate crisis, the Grenfell tragedy and the biggest professional shake-up for 60 years, not to mention a global pandemic and Brexit. Never has it been more critical to shape the way forward. Building Design invites you to join an urgent conversation
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News
ACM blaze hits SOM flats in east London
Developer Ballymore was one of 14 firms ‘named and shamed’ by government for failing to remove cladding from its buildings
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Industry had ‘head in the sand’ over combustible cladding dangers, Grenfell Inquiry told
Facade expert said a ‘reasonably competent’ cladding contractor should have known risks of ACM
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Opinion
Buildings are getting taller – so is the problem they pose
The UK is on a high-rise trajectory and Julia Park is worried that politicians, planners and developers are failing to address the consequences
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News
Urban Splash in talks to buy troubled Brick By Brick
Manchester developer could enter London market with buyout of Croydon housing company
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Former RIBA president launches new practice with daughters
Jack Pringle launches Studio Pringle after leaving Perkins Will
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Judge rules virtual planning meetings must halt next week
Legal challenge by planners designed to avoid hiatus in decision-making fails
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Government Fire Safety Bill victory ’will see leaseholders ruined’
Campaigners express horror over bill passing financial responsibility for £10bn of repairs on to leaseholders
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News
Revealed: Green Homes Grant set for autumn reboot
Green construction board chair says business secretary indicated ‘equivalent’ scheme to be launched later this year
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Features
Interview: Designing Britain’s biggest infrastructure project
By any standards and on any scale, it’s a huge job – and one with plenty of critics. HS2’s design director Kay Hughes tells Elizabeth Hopkirk she is relishing the unprecedented challenge
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Opinion
What you need to know about the new draft fire risk appraisal specification
Building Design’s regs columnist Andrew Mellor looks at what PAS 9980 says about assessing fire risk, external wall construction and cladding on blocks of flats
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News
Women architects hit hardest by pandemic, research finds
Females more likely to be furloughed and made redundant, as well as carrying disproportionate domestic burden
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Architects on notice for huge £1bn NHS consultancy framework
Architects on current framework include Feilden Clegg Bradley, Hawkins Brown and HOK
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Dixon Jones founders pay £98,000 redundancy bill from own pockets
Pair took out loan when practice folded to ensure staff were not left in lurch
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Assael clears planning for £144m scheme above Nine Elms tube station
Three-tower development replaces former proposal by Grimshaw