All Construction business: strategy, risk and regulations articles – Page 38
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NewsSunak doubles help for self-employed ahead of second lockdown
Announcement follows demands from RIBA president for more help
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NewsGrenfell digest: What KCTMO and expert witnesses told us this week
Client says bending procurement rules ‘not uncommon’ as fire safety consultant savaged for failings in reports
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NewsFire consultant gave ‘entirely inadequate’ advice, Grenfell Inquiry told
Expert says Exova’s suggestion refurb would have no adverse impact was ‘very serious evidence of professional negligence’
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NewsGrenfell boss denies pre-appointment talks with contractor were ‘improper’
KCTMO director accepts contact with bidder put procurement exercise at risk of challenge but says it was not illegal
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NewsKarakusevic Carson heads team picked for £58m refurb of Grenfell estate
Penoyre Prasad and ECD Architects also working on co-design project
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NewsGrenfell client ‘frustrated’ by main contractor’s slow progress
TMO project manager also felt ’let down’ by consultant Artelia over CDM regulations
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FeaturesGet ready for an agile future
Investing in staff training will help create business resilience, writes Graphisoft UK managing director Adrian Girling
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry digest: What we learned from project client KCTMO this week
Tenant Management Organisation had former architects on its staff and believed no more design expertise was needed
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NewsGrenfell client ‘ignored legal advice’ on secret negotiations with contractor
TMO head of capital investment admits ‘offline’ pre-appointment summit undermined his transparency claims
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NewsGrenfell client insists cost didn’t drive choice not to hire design advisor
Former architect David Gibson ‘saw no need’ for CDA but admits he did not understand cladding system proposed for tower
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NewsHackitt warns industry to change now to survive new safety regulator
Failing to plan now ‘morally indefensible’, says chair of board setting up new building safety regulator
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OpinionCan a single person be competent to sign off a complex building?
And will insurers cover architects for the principal designer role, asks Andrew Mellor as he unpicks the rapidly changing rules
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OpinionA fresher’s guide to starting an architecture degree
Architecture students had it tough even before covid struck. Eleanor Jolliffe has some advice for first-years
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NewsFinal report on competency in built environment published
The interim report was published in August 2019
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Information - BDWebinar | Risk & Regulations: A focus on competencies
On demand: What progress has been made with regard to competencies within the built environment
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OpinionThe wrong answers to the wrong questions
The planning system needs wholesale reform but this white paper is not how to do it, writes Julia Park
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NewsFacade design manager expected ACM to melt, not burn, Grenfell Inquiry told
Cladding firm specialist says combustibility of Reynobond PE 55 panels was ‘not something he ever thought about’
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NewsMPs blast government for inaction as flats remain covered in dangerous cladding
Public Accounts Committee says housing ministry must get a grip on delays in removing flammable material
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FeaturesThe right to build up is a useful weapon in our arsenal
The upward permitted development right can help tackle the housing crisis, argues Gary Hoban