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Episode 5: Follow the money: Liz Peace, former chief executive of the British Property Federation and now senior independent governor at the RICS, is this week's guest on the Home Truths podcast. Having focused on commercial property during her 13 years at the BPF until 2014, she has since taken up a series of high-profile roles including becoming the chair of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, overseeing the delivery of thousands of homes in west London. In today's podcast she talks about the many housing and planning reviews she has witnessed during her time in the property industry, and how successive governments have failed to tackle the fundamental problems in the housing market. Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill, the podcasts' co-hosts, ask Liz to explain her proposed financial model that would leverage private finance in order to build more homes that would be genuinely affordable. This was the fifth and final episode of the series, all our previous episodes are available to download. Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. Home Truths is a Building Talks series produced for Building and Housing Today.  Subscribe for news and analysis at www.building.co.uk & www.housingtoday.co.uk LinkedIn: Building Magazine & Housing Today X (formerly Twitter): @BuildingNews & @housing_today Email: newsdesk@assemblemediagroup.co.uk 

Episode 4: Bricks and mortar, hearts and minds: Darren Rodwell is leader of the council in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in east London. He is also standing as the Labour candidate to become MP for Barking in the 4 July general election – and is this week's guest on the Home Truths podcast. Born in Barking and brought up in Dagenham, Rodwell's declared aim has been to deliver 50,000 homes in his borough by 2037 through partnerships with developers. He is credited with achieving the largest number of social or affordable housing starts in any London borough. In today's interview, which is released just days after the date for the snap election was announced, Rodwell explains how the council has increased housing supply via Be First, its urban regeneration arm, and Reside, which provides rental homes at 50% to 80% of market rates. He also talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about how growing up on the Becontree Estate shaped his politics, how his model for working with the private sector helps to de-risk the construction of new homes and his nine-point proposal for housebuilding in Britain. Episodes of Home Truths will be available every Tuesday. Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. Home Truths is a Building Talks series produced for Building and Housing Today.  Subscribe for news and analysis at www.building.co.uk & www.housingtoday.co.uk LinkedIn: Building Magazine & Housing Today X (formerly Twitter): @BuildingNews & @housing_today Email: newsdesk@assemblemediagroup.co.uk 

Home Truths Episode 3, Gimme Shelter: Toby Lloyd, an independent housing policy consultant and former special adviser to No 10 Downing Street, is the guest on this week's Home Truths podcast series. Before working for the government, Lloyd was head of policy and then housing development at Shelter, the campaigning housing and homelessness charity. Lloyd was a housing and regeneration policy special adviser to Theresa May for over a year until July 2019, when she was forced to resign having lost parliamentary support for her Brexit deal. This interview, co-hosted by Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill, covers what Lloyd has learnt about effective campaigning before an election, his time close to the centre of power and why successive governments have so far failed to grapple with the complex structural problems that have led to the current housing crisis. Episodes of Home Truths will be available every Tuesday. Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. Home Truths is a Building Talks series produced for Building and Housing Today.  Subscribe for news and analysis at www.building.co.uk & www.housingtoday.co.uk LinkedIn: Building Magazine & Housing Today X (formerly Twitter): @BuildingNews & @housing_today Email: newsdesk@assemblemediagroup.co.uk 

Home Truths Episode 2: In violent agreement Jenny Daly, chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, appears in today's episode of Building Talk's latest series which is focused on the housing crisis and is co-hosted by Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill. Daly started her career as a planner, before joining Harrow Estates, a subsidiary of Redrow, where she had a number of roles before becoming managing director. She joined Taylor Wimpey in 2014 as UK director of planning, then land director, progressing to group operations director and finally chief executive in April 2022, taking over from Pete Redfern. In this interview, Daly talks about the impact of the economic cycle on private sector housebuilders' build-out rates of new homes. The conversation ranges from the impact of housing shortages on community tensions in her native Northern Ireland to the urgent need to improve construction skills and her desire to see a top-down, long-term vision and strategy for the planning system from the next government. Episodes of Home Truths will be available every Tuesday. Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. Home Truths is a Building Talks series is produced for Building and Housing Today.  Subscribe for news and analysis at www.building.co.uk & www.housingtoday.co.uk LinkedIn: Building Magazine & Housing Today X (formerly Twitter): @BuildingNews & @housing_today Email: newsdesk@assemblemediagroup.co.uk 

Home Truths Episode 1: The Swiss Army knife Peter Freeman, chair of Homes England, is the guest in today's first episode of Building Talk's latest series which is focused on the housing crisis and is co-hosted by Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill. Freeman, who has been in post over two years having been recently reappointed until 2025, is widely known in the industry as co-founder of Argent and instrumental in the redevelopment of Kings Cross. He is also chair of the Cambridge Delivery Group, announced by government in the spring budget to drive growth and provide more housing for Cambridge. In this wide-ranging interview, the podcast's co-hosts wanted to find out how big a contribution Homes England makes towards increasing the supply of new homes. In Freeman's own words “despite the name, we don't build any homes”, so what are the limits to the agency's impact and influence and how does Freeman believe it could do more in the future? Episodes of Home Truths will be available every Tuesday. Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. Home Truths is a Building Talks series produced for Building and Housing Today.  Subscribe for news and analysis at www.building.co.uk & www.housingtoday.co.uk LinkedIn: Building Magazine & Housing Today X (formerly Twitter): @BuildingNews & @housing_today Email: newsdesk@assemblemediagroup.co.uk 

The Home Truths series is being hosted by Peter Bill and Jackie Sadek - housing experts, authors and old friends.  With a general election round the corner, Peter and Jackie have joined up with Building Talks for a podcast series all about the housing crisis and how to fix it.  Over five weeks they will be sharing their views and inviting guests in high places who know all about the challenges of building more homes that communities and the wider economy need to thrive. Jackie is a government adviser-turned-housebuilder, while Peter is former housebuilder-turned-journalist. Peter is also a former Building Talks guest having appeared in our 180 anniversary special episode to talk about editing Building magazine in the 1990s. In Jackie and Peter's own words, they have been around the block a fair bit when it comes to housing – they've even written a book about it together called Broken Homes.  That doesn't mean they agree about all the problems or indeed some of the solutions – quite the opposite. So expect some lively debate, even some good-natured bickering between them. The first episode of Home Truths will be available to download on Tuesday 7th May. Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. Home Truths is a Building Talks series is produced for Building and Housing Today.  Subscribe for news and analysis at www.building.co.uk & www.housingtoday.co.uk LinkedIn: Building Magazine & Housing Today X (formerly Twitter): @BuildingNews & @housing_today Email: newsdesk@assemblemediagroup.co.uk 

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Building Talks podcast. As you may know, Building Magazine is 180 years old this year - having launched as “The Builder” back in 1843.  In this special one-off episode, we celebrate by going back to the not-too-distant past with four previous editors of Building Magazine. From the tail-end of Thatcherism, through the Blair years, and right up to Brexit - they were covering the major the stories affecting the construction industry.  We gathered Peter Bill, Adrian Barrick, Denise Chevin and Sarah Richardson in the studio to talk about their personal memories, the big projects, the larger-than- life characters, and the sagas that hit the front pages of Building magazine during their eras. To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk. Hosted by Building's editor Chloe McCulloch. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.

Our guest in episode 4 of Building Talks… Creating Communities is Anna Mansfield, a director at the research-based urban design consultancy Publica. Anna initially thought she wanted to be a fashion designer, but found her way into architecture, and from there into urban design and thinking about the city at a much larger scale.  Like many people now working in a sector that has community, engagement and place at its heart, Anna observes how much the urban design discussion has moved on over recent years. A key change that has occurred is the emphasis that is now put on celebrating and reinforcing the existing sense of place in every location where the built environment has an impact. To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk. Hosted by Building's Ben Flatman with Chloe McCulloch, Building's editorial director. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.

Our guest in episode 3 of Building Talks… Creating Communities is David Rudlin, urban design director at BDP. David is one of the UK's leading urban designers and planning experts. He began his career as a town planner and is a big supporter of the idea of the planner as someone who helps provide a clear strategic direction, and sets high standards for placemaking. The belief that British cities have much to learn from looking at successful international case studies has also been an important part of David's approach, and one of the ideas that led him to spend several years working for Urbed, an innovative urban design and research company. To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk. Hosted by Building's Ben Flatman with Chloe McCulloch, Building's editorial director. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.

Our guest in episode 2 of Building Talks… Creating Communities is Selina Mason, director of masterplanning and strategic design at Lendlease.  Selina has been at the heart of debates around urban design and how we build better cities for the last two decades. Few people have the wide-ranging experiencing of public and private sector that she draws on to inform her approach to practice. In her current role she is overseeing the development of the massive Smithfield masterplan in central Birmingham, but in her previous jobs, she has been director of architecture and design review at CABE, and was closely involved in the design of both the 2012 Olympics, and the delivery of the games' legacy. She is a huge advocate for a greater focus on people-focused urbanism, and in this podcast interview, she highlights the need for engagement and consultation. To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk. Hosted by Building's Ben Flatman with Chloe McCulloch, Building's editorial director. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.

Welcome to Building Talks …Creating Communities.  New developments can face massive local opposition, attacked for poor design, a lack of public services, and low quality civic space.  These are the challenges we'll be tackling in season 2 of the Building Talks podcast. By talking to built environment professionals over four weeks we will explore their personal stories, influences and motivations. We will ask them: why is there so much interest in the placemaking agenda? And how can we make the places we work and live in better? In episode 1 Building's architectural editor Ben Flatman interviews Jo Wright, managing director of Perkins & Will. Jo has years of experience integrating complex multidisciplinary teams and working on largescale urban projects.  She discusses the influence that working in Berlin before the wall came down had on her career, and the need to build for the long term.  To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk. Hosted by Building's Ben Flatman with Chloe McCulloch, Building's editorial director. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.

Episode 6 of our Building Talks Net Zero podcast is a bumper edition as it's the last in the current series. We talk to the engineering firm Webb Yates about key construction materials: Anna Beckett and Tom Webster explain the potential to reuse or recycle materials such as concrete and steel.  We also hear from Edmund Fowles and Fergus Feilden, the founding partners of Feilden Fowles, a young practice that has attracted attention for its sustainable approach to architecture, and which has its office co-located with a city farm in the centre of London. Simon Wyatt, partner at Cundall, provides our jargon buster session, this time taking on the hot topic of heat pumps. Are they the best option we currently have to decarbonise heating in our buildings? To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk.  For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk. Hosted by Building's editor Chloe McCulloch with Elizabeth Hopkirk, assistant editor at Building Design. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.

Episode 5 of our Building Talks Net Zero podcast series features an interview with Ben Houchen, Tees Valley mayor, on his ambitions to make the region a hub for the government's so-called “green industrial revolution”. Houchen is a strong advocate for hydrogen production and carbon capture and storage technology, and in this episode he criticises recent Whitehall policy that delayed any decision on whether to develop hydrogen as a fuel source until 2026. We hear why he is so critical of the strategic decision to back heat pumps and why he calls for a “technology agnostic” approach to net zero research and development. We also hear from Maria Smith, who is director of sustainability and physics at Buro Happold and has been involved in the Built Environment Declares recent survey of the sectors attitudes to radical net zero policies. Simon Wyatt, partner at Cundall, provides our regular jargon buster session, this time explaining the term carbon sequestration, the process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide which is most commonly associated with trees growing and then turning those trees into timber. But how do we get the maximum benefit and how should carbon accounting work? To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. We'd love to know how you are working towards net zero on your project. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk. Hosted by Building's editor Chloe McCulloch with Elizabeth Hopkirk, assistant editor at Building Design. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. 

The fourth episode of our Building Talks Net Pero podcast series has a selection of interviews recorded in Glasgow during the COP26 climate conference. This week Building's reporter Tom Lowe speaks to construction attendees in the ‘Green Zone' of COP26 for the Cities, Regions & Built Environment Day, including Gregor Craig, Skanska UK chief executive, and Hannah Vickers, Mace's chief of staff.   We also hear from Alastair Mant, director of business transformation at the UKGBC, Steve Fernandez, director at Arup and 26-year-old Sarah Linnell, sustainability engineer at Cundall, who co-chaired at Construction Leadership Council event at COP26 after winning a competition to hear younger voices in the industry.    Our regular jargon buster session with Simon Wyatt, partner at Cundall, this time focuses how the industry assesses embodied and whole life carbon. He explains what can be missing in our assessments and why the Greenhouse Gas Protocol is useful. To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. We'd love to know how you are working towards net zero on your project. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk. Hosted by Building's editor Chloe McCulloch with Elizabeth Hopkirk, assistant editor at Building Design. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. 

The third episode of our Building Talks Net Zero podcast series is released today to coincide with the final week of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. This week's keynote interview is with Tom Bennett, an eco-activist architect who combines his professional specialism in sustainable design at London practice Studio Bark with taking part in protest movements. He has caught media attention for being arrested during the wave of Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests back in 2019, and we managed to interview him just before he was travelling up to Glasgow to take part in what has been dubbed the ‘Global Day of Action' at COP26. Simon Wyatt, partner at Cundall, returns for another net zero jargon buster session, this time focusing on NABERS UK. He explains the origins of this energy rating system for the commercial offices sector, how it has been introduced to the UK and how its robust processes will be a challenge for designers, contractors and developers alike. To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. We'd love to know how you are working towards net zero on your projects, so write in and we'll read out your comments in the next episode. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk. Hosted by Building's editor Chloe McCulloch with Elizabeth Hopkirk, assistant editor at Building Design. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. 

We're back with our second episode of the Building Talks... Net Zero podcast series looking at how the built environment can help us hit the UK's net zero carbon targets. At the start of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, we talk to two of the founding members of the London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI), a volunteer group of professionals who have produced a phenomenal amount of net zero guidance in a short space of time. Clara Bagenal George at Elementa and Julie Godefroy at CIBSE give a very personal perspective on what motivates them and how they try to drive change. And Cundall's Simon Wyatt, our regular net zero jargon buster, returns to talk about the financial jargon used when considering business risk and climate mitigation strategies.  To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. And if you have an example of net zero jargon or greenwashing do send them to us. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk, where you will find recent analysis of the Heat and Building Strategy and the LETI Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide (www.leti.london). Hosted by Building's editor Chloe McCulloch with Elizabeth Hopkirk, assistant editor at Building Design. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. 

The Building Talks... Net Zero podcast is a brand-new series looking at how the built environment can help us hit the UK's net zero carbon targets. Just days from the start of the COP26 climate change conference, the government has published its long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy and its Net Zero Strategy, which we analyse with expert Simon Wyatt, a partner at Cundall. We also talk to new RIBA president Simon Allford about why he is optimistic that the construction industry can have a hugely positive impact on the carbon agenda. Simon Wyatt is also our regular net zero jargon buster, so do send in confusing terms that he can unpick for us, or tell us about some greenwashing you've seen in the industry. To get in touch with the show go to: Twitter: @BuildingNews, Email: newsdesk@building.co.uk. Hosted by Building's editor Chloe McCulloch with Elizabeth Hopkirk, assistant editor at Building Design. Audio production by Tariq Aziz. For more news and analysis go to www.building.co.uk.

Trailer episode: This is our introduction to our latest podcast series - Building Talks: Net Zero. Hear from the team on what to expect in the upcoming episodes - which will be in your feed from 25 October

Building’s podcast returns for its fourth series. This three-part special will take listeners behind the hype of buzzwords and jargon In this episode: WSP's Matthew Marson on smart technologies and smart buildings, and how clever manipulation of data can transform your building without spending a fortune. As well as the new series, you can listen back to all previous episodes at http://building.co.uk/podcasts or on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like our podcast, please leave a rating and review on iTunes, or email building@building.co.uk (mailto:building@building.co.uk)

Building’s podcast returns for its fourth series. This three-part special will take listeners behind the hype of buzzwords and jargon In this episode: Igloo Regeneration's Chris Brown on social value. Where did the phrase come from, what are social value initiatives, and how is it procured and valued? As well as the new series, you can listen back to all previous episodes at http://building.co.uk/podcasts or on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like our podcast, please leave a rating and review on iTunes, or email building@building.co.uk (mailto:building@building.co.uk)

Building’s podcast returns for its fourth series. This three-part special will take listeners behind the hype of buzzwords and jargon In this episode: JLL’s Elaine Rossall on Gensler and the British Council for Offices’ report into the revolution in flexible and collaborative workspaces – and its impact on those who design and plan offices. The Rise of the Flexible Workplace in the Corporate Sector is available to BCO members As well as the new series, you can listen back to all previous episodes at https://www.building.co.uk/podcasts or on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like our podcast, please leave a rating and review on iTunes, or email building@building.co.uk (mailto:building@building.co.uk)

Digital transformation is the big challenge facing the construction industry – for too long it has been held back by traditional ways of operating and yet now it seems the circumstances have never been better for the mass take-up of new technologies. So, who are the people driving this revolutionary change? "There’s a misconception that BIM and digital are a nice to have or a surplus cost." "Most innovation is driven by economics … it’s about which technologies are accessible at an economic price point that makes them attractive to be implementable in the construction sector." "I have seen a robot that climbs and constructed lift shafts autonomously. It’s terrifying and brilliant at the same time." Read more from our Digital Champions at https://www.building.co.uk/digitalchampions This Building podcast is brought to you by Fenwick Elliott, the construction and energy law specialists. To find out more, go to www.fenwickelliott.com (http://www.fenwickelliott.com/) As ever, please do let us know your thoughts and feedback on these podcasts by leaving a review on iTunes or by emailing building@building.co.uk (mailto:building@building.co.uk) - don’t forget, you can listen back to our archive of podcast episodes from this series and before by going to http://building.co.uk/podcasts or by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts.  We'll be back with a new series of Building podcasts in the autumn.

This Building podcast is brought to you by Fenwick Elliott, the construction and energy law specialists. To find out more, go to www.fenwickelliott.com (http://www.fenwickelliott.com/) Julie Hirigoyen is chief executive at the UK Green Building Council. She believes the time to act on climate change for construction is now. Dave Bebb, a partner in Fenwick Elliott, explains Letters of Intent in construction projects, how disputes can arise, and how contractors and clients can avoid and resolve them. As ever, please do let us know your thoughts and feedback on these podcasts by leaving a review on iTunes or by emailing building@building.co.uk (mailto:building@building.co.uk) - don’t forget, you can listen back to our archive of podcast episodes from this series and before by going to http://building.co.uk/podcasts or by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks once again for listening, I’ve been Jamie Harris - until next time.

This Building podcast is brought to you by Fenwick Elliott, the construction and energy law specialists. To find out more, go to http://www.fenwickelliott.com Jordan Marshall and Will Ing discuss the continued contractor struggles as Costain issues a profit warning (https://www.building.co.uk/news/costain-says-it-wants-more-consulting-work/5100409.article) , Kier gets embroiled in a payment times issue (https://www.building.co.uk/news/cabinet-office-pours-cold-water-on-kier-payment-times-probe/5100331.article) , the world’s oldest contractor goes bust (https://www.building.co.uk/news/britains-oldest-builder-goes-under/5100418.article) , and we investigate what went wrong at the Shaylor Group (https://www.building.co.uk/focus/shaylor-group-what-went-wrong/5100413.article) . Elizabeth Hopkirk talks to John McAslan (https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/mcaslan-opens-us-studio-to-target-transport-uni-and-cultural-work/5100381.article) about the challenges his practice faced in converting heritage houses into a state-of-the-art museum in Doha, Qatar. Architecture critic Ike Ijeh pores through the RIBA National Award winners (https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/riba-national-awards-celebrate-innovative-housing-and-creative-re-use/5100254.article) and ponders which of the nominated projects are contenders for this year’s Stirling prize shortlist, to be announced later this month. As ever, please do let us know your thoughts and feedback on these podcasts by leaving a review on iTunes or by emailing building@building.co.uk (mailto:building@building.co.uk) - don’t forget, you can listen back to our archive of podcast episodes from this series and before by going to http://building.co.uk/podcasts or by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks once again for listening, I’ve been Jamie Harris - until next time.

On today's episode, we go digital. Atkins' Neil Thompson tells us what construction can learn from how the music and gaming industries transformed throughout the digital revolution. We also speak to Bryden Wood's Jaimie Johnston on the pioneering ways in which automation is revolutionising how we design and construct buildings. You can catch up on Building's Digital Transformation special at www.building.co.uk/digital-transformation As always, we'd love to hear your feedback on our podcasts - what you'd like to hear about and who you'd like to hear from - please do rate us and leave a review on iTunes!

On today’s episode we head to Chernobyl where a £1.5bn steel arch is being constructed over the nuclear reactor damaged during the catastrophic disaster in 1986. And what's next for the Hackitt consultation? We listen in to some of last week's Building Live Club event. www.building-live.co.uk (https://www.building-live.co.uk/digital-futures) As always, we'd love to hear your feedback on our podcasts - what you'd like to hear about and who you'd like to hear from - please do rate us and leave a review on iTunes!

The City of London’s former planning chief Peter Rees, believes Londoners should be worrying about the rising forest of new-build apartment blocks, which he predicts will be derelict within a century. Building's group technical editor Thomas Lane on what the Hackitt review consultation has in store for construction - how does the sector take it forward? www.building-live.co.uk/hackittreview This is the last episode in the current series - we'll be back with a new series in June. As always, we'd love to hear your feedback on our podcasts - what you'd like to hear about and who you'd like to hear from - please do rate us and leave a review on iTunes!

As always, we'd love to hear your feedback on our podcasts - what you'd like to hear about and who you'd like to hear from - please do rate us and leave a review on iTunes!

In this week's episode, the Building news team discusses the latest with Kier as another director steps down; Ike Ijeh on a pioneering new hospital which factors patient outcomes into design decisions; and Elizabeth Hopkirk on Parliament's temporary home during the Palace of Westminster's restoration. As always, we'd love to hear your feedback on our podcasts - what you'd like to hear about and who you'd like to hear from - please do rate us and leave a review on iTunes!

Building podcasts are back with a new series. Crossrail: As the fall-out on the project's delay continues, we’re beginning to get to the bottom of some of early decisions that have led to where we are now, and a new report out today has revealed the extent of the problems Climate change: Architect Jack Pringle follows up his column in this week’s magazine by talking over what needs to change to make construction a climate hero Charles O’Neil: The construction expert thinks the industry’s core issue with problem projects is competency. So he’s decided to do something about it Leave us a review on iTunes and don't miss for future Building podcasts by subscribing.

We hear a lot from construction’s great and good, But what about the people who are just starting out? This week, Building magazine has invited its own advisory panel of recent graduates from across the industry to guest edit this issue: to explain what matters to them and what they think the industry needs to hear. In this episode: two Building reporters visit a build-to-rent scheme; our graduate panellists they converse with senior colleagues as part of a reverse mentoring programme; and Building’s editorial team talks through the process behind handing over the reins of the publication. You can read all of the features mentioned in this episode at http://building.co.uk/nextgentakeover, where you’ll find more from our guest-edited edition of Building. We’re also back with a new series of Building podcasts next Friday - don’t miss an episode by subscribing on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts - you’ll find previous episodes there too, as well as at http://building.co.uk/podcasts. 

Carillion’s collapse in 2018 left two major hospital schemes in limbo. Work is restarting, but they’re years behind schedule.  Plans for a 305m observation tower shaped like a Tulip in London is sparking controversy. Why is everyone so heated up?  Construction generates an estimated 50,000 tonnes of plastic packaging waste each year. We ask the Considerate Constructors' Scheme's Edward Hardy what we can do about it. This is the last in this mini-series of podcasts. Let us know what you liked about these podcasts by emailing building@building.co.uk (mailto:building@building.co.uk) with the subject line Podcast, or leave us a review on iTunes. We’re also eager to hear your thoughts on podcast length and frequency, as well as what you’d like to hear on future episodes, whether that’s more discussion on a particular topic, interviews with industry figures, or discussion in a different format. Don’t forget you can listen back to any of our previous episodes on our website at building.co.uk/podcasts (http://buildingg.co.uk/podcasts) or via your preferred podcast app, where you can hear analysis and discussion on a range of topics from Brexit to Crossrail, Interserve and more.

Today, more than 100 chief executives from across the construction sector are meeting, as the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) hosts a summit to discuss Brexit contingency plans. The summit is looking at the impact on the overall market, UK border implications, projects currently on site - it’s a crucial time for the industry.  Ahead of the summit, Building spoke to three leading industry experts: Mark Reynolds, CEO at Mace; Noble Francis, economics director at the CPA; and Richard Steer, Chairman of Gleeds, for their views on Brexit's impact on construction.

This year’s Building Live conference brought together some of the most influential figures across the sector to talk about the future of the construction industry. From the housing crisis to the Hackitt review, and from the way technology and the changing environment influences the way we build projects to the delicate nature of the contractor market, there was plenty to get stuck into in an absorbing day’s discussion. This Building Podcast takes you through some of the conversations from Building Live. Music was by Broke for Free, used under the Creative Commons licence. Twitter: @BuildingNews Facebook: www.facebook.com/Buildingmagazine www.building.co.uk Feedback on this podcast? What would you like to hear from a Building podcast in 2019? Email building@building.co.uk with the subject line "Podcasts"

What do Millennials really want? The skills crisis continues to grip the construction industry as we’ve never seen it before. With more professionals within the industry retiring and a dearth of skilled workers choosing to join the sector, it has never been more important for firms to figure out how to attract - and more importantly, retain young professionals. Alinea’s Iain Parker was joined at this year’s Building Live conference by two member’s of Building’s recently-formed graduate panel - Emily Scoones, a structural computational design engineer at Ramboll, and Victoria Caines, a senior cost consultant at Mace. Listen to some of that session here, as we try and find out what makes the next generation tick in the workplace. Music was by Broke for Free, used under the Creative Commons licence. Twitter: @BuildingNews Facebook: www.facebook.com/Buildingmagazine www.building.co.uk Feedback on this podcast? What would you like to hear from a Building podcast in 2019? Email building@building.co.uk with the subject line "Podcasts"

How will construction, and the professionals working within the sector, adapt to an uncertain and rapidly changing world? Last month saw speakers and delegates alike at this year’s Building Live conference discuss and contemplate some of the biggest issues, including how the industry will need to adapt to the government’s response to the Hackitt review; how construction needs to become more efficient to deliver better quality; and how technology is changing how we design and construct buildings. The podcasts will cover issues such as contractor margins, the future for large firms in the industry, the housing crisis and how factors such as health and wellbeing are forming a larger part of a building’s design. You’ll also hear from individuals who are fairly new to the industry, as they share what the next generation want from their working environment, as well as how to retain them as the pool of skilled workers dwindles.