Is Integrated Project Insurance the key to conflict-free construction projects?

conflict-free construction projects
Is Integrated Project Insurance the key to conflict-free construction projects?
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Louise Lado-Byrnes of IPInitiatives explains how her team is pioneering a new approach to the management of risk in construction projects. The Government’s Construction Playbook and the Building Safety Act, created following the Grenfell Tower disaster, are bringing major changes to the construction industry. There is increasing consensus that we...
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The Building Safety Act
The Building Safety Act: what do you need to know?
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After months of debate and amendments, the Building Safety Bill finally received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. It is intended to “create lasting generational change” to the way residential buildings are constructed and maintained in the UK following the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster, while protecting the rights of leaseholders....
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How Cullinan Studio
How Cullinan Studio use timber design to enrich their clients’ environments
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Carol Costello, architect and practice leader at Cullinan Studio, explains why they love working with timber and how they use the natural world to enrich people’s lives through the buildings they design. Cullinan Studio is an architectural practice committed to restoring the connection between people and nature. Founded by RIBA...
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Donaldson Group
How is the Donaldson Group turning itself into a timber housing one-stop shop?
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The Donaldson Group has expanded and grown over 162 years and now has the ability to build and fit out an entire house. Designing Timber found out what’s behind the company’s success. The last two years have been transformational for the Donaldson Group. In 2020, the sixth generation of Donaldson...
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timber forest
A positive market outlook – despite reduced growth
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The market outlook for the timber industry remains strong despite concerns over rising inflation and reduced growth. Nick Boulton, head of technical and trade at Timber Development UK, explains. The timber industry experienced an interesting start to 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Timber Development UK’s latest market...
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Black and white building
The structural secrets behind London’s tallest timber office building
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The Black & White Building is London’s tallest engineered-timber office building. It contains no concrete above the ground floor slab. Its frame uses timber to provide all the strength and adaptability of steel. Standing 17.8m tall, the 6-storey Black & White Building is an ingenious example of timber construction. It...
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JDS Group
Working across the timber supply chain
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The Donaldson Group has expanded and grown over 162 years and now has the ability to build and fit out an entire house. Timber Design magazine found out what’s behind the company’s success. The last two years have been transformational for the Donaldson Group. In 2020, the sixth generation of...
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build with wood
Building a better world through wood
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For more than a century, our built environment has been dominated by high carbon, energy hungry materials such as cement and steel. These materials were integral to a new wave of innovation, allowing a new generation of superstructures to rise to heights once limited to the likes of the Great...
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