All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles
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FeaturesReinvention 2026: can built environment education keep up with a changing industry?
Is it time to rethink built environment training? How might a more accessible, collaborative and work-based model look?
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CommentTo govern is to choose - and the right choice must be to build
The government might have limited fiscal firepower to deal with the Gulf crisis, but it can still execute existing plans. UK construction could increasingly rely on the administration’s ability to make up its mind, says Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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CommentNow Reform UK are serious contenders, should the built environment despair or rejoice?
A government led by Nigel Farage would probably move faster on planning than its predecessors, but he may well find reality is harder to control than rhetoric, writes Richard Steer
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SponsoredThe skills challenge isn’t about attraction but absorption
Many of those who train to join the AEC industry in professional and technical roles fail to find jobs. The Construction Skills Mission Board, supported by the Built Environment Futures Assembly, is spearheading efforts to improve this. By Andrew Mylius
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FeaturesHow the Iran war is impacting construction and development
Joey Gardiner studies the numbers and asks how much damage has already been done to UK construction – and, talk of truces and ceasefires notwithstanding – how bad things could still get?
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CommentOn overnice distinctions in expert witness qualifications
Tony Bingham unpicks the lessons of a recent ruling on the niceties around the qualifications required of specific expert witnesses
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CommentStrategic land controls go public
Carolyn Milligan and Gabrielle Coppack explain the new registration regime for contractual land rights
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CommentAI-assisted adjudication nears
UK construction disputes may be particularly well suited to AI facilitation
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CommentWhy adjudicators need freedom from disciplinary threat
Tony Bingham explains how fear of institutional sanctions can lead to justice being compromised, and tells a cautionary tale
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CommentWhat Wren’s exit tells us about the professional indemnity insurance market
The mutual insurer’s decision to wind down reflects a system stretched by cladding claims, extended liabilities and shifting regulation. Denise Chevin argues we need to find a way to share risk more fairly
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CommentA crucial role for building safety – if the government gets it right
Applications have closed for the government’s first chief construction and scientific adviser, but can anyone realistically fulfil what the job spec asks?
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CommentThe diversification myth: Why following the money may be your biggest risk
For some construction firms, the current crisis in the Middle East is exposing the dangers of chasing growth without a clearly defined strategy, Victoria Firth writes
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NewsBarbara Lane appointed as first independent chair of BSR advisory committee
Grenfell Inquiry expert witness to lead Building Advisory Committee alongside deputy chair Hywel Davies
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SponsoredA day in the life of a T Level student: how early industry exposure is shaping the next generation of construction talent
Eighteen-year-old Kallam Gill is part of a growing cohort of young people entering construction earlier and with a clearer sense of direction than many before them.
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CommentPFI: the perils of project expiry
Lack of contractual clarity on PFI performance obligations can prompt excessive retrospective scrutiny at the point of handover
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CommentViews on the chief construction and scientific adviser role – and why it might be too much for one person
Ahead of Monday’s deadline for applications, three experts - Paul Morrell, Simon Tolson and Andrew Mellor - consider who could fit the job’s criteria
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CommentRetentions: how will a ban work at the coalface?
We finally have a decision on the fate of retentions – they are going to be banned
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NewsReform UK’s new housing spokesperson sacked after ‘everyone dies in the end’ comment on Grenfell fire
Former Homes England chair Simon Dudley said blaze was a ‘tragedy’ but more people die while driving
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CommentPreparing for the upturn: how an industrialised mindset can stabilise construction’s supply chain
UK construction is highly exposed to the crisis in the Middle East but, assuming the much-anticipated growth will eventually come, the question is whether our industry is ready to make the most of it, Paul Ruddick writes
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NewsMHCLG announces £70m to train building inspectors and consultation on speeding up minor works on high-risk buildings
Department also launches consultation on enhancing competence among fire risk assessors