How many professions within the built environment can claim justifiably to pick up the mantle when the UK economy and society are facing tough challenges? Architects? Surveyors? Finance officers?
The financial pressures councils are facing have left many with little choice but to push much-needed regeneration projects to the wayside. Political uncertainty brought on by the recent local government elections, and those held last summer, have slowed the progress of some regeneration projects and councils continue to struggle with…
The Labour Party has revealed its intention to merge the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) and Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) into a “new, powerful” body to “better support the delivery of major capital projects”, if it comes into power after the General Election.
The construction industry, one of the world’s largest sectors, is characterised by a diverse workforce, ranging from engineers and architects to main and specialist contractors. Despite this diversity, the industry has traditionally lagged in adopting workable Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) policies.
The Procurement Act will lower barriers for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to win government contracts but it does little to ensure that social value will be delivered, according to bodies that support organisations in procurement and delivery.
Balfour Beatty is using what it calls “digital fortresses” to protect its widespread range of work sites in response to the rise in thefts in recent years.
Design must be embedded throughout infrastructure project life cycles in a holistic way, according to new guidance from the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC’s) Design Group.
Network Rail Property has submitted an outline mastrerplan to regenerate a 12ha brownfield site in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park site in East London into an integrated rail freight logistics hub.
It is at the threshold between above and below ground infrastructure that exceptional design is achieved.
The UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) “could be left dangerously exposed” if managers don’t respond appropriately to the increasing threat of cyber attack due to tensions between the UK and Russia, China and Iran, officials have confirmed.
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