Pete Hammond, senior estimator, looks at balancing short-term growth with a long-term infrastructure strategy. We’ve written before on the absolute need to build a more sustainable future. Most recently, we’ve drawn attention on the need to preserve old buildings rather than demolishing them. Rather than seeing old buildings as worthless, instead recognising their asset value […]
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From the USA to a Greek tragedy
Jane Embury, director, looks at the impact of fires this month on both sides of the Atlantic. Fire can be friend or foe. It heats our homes and cooks our food but, uncontrolled, it can be an enemy like no other. It’s a stark lesson being learned in three west-coast States of the USA. More […]
Fireman, there’s a fly in my…
Jane Embury, director, follows up her article on domestic stupidity…with a cautionary tale of bad luck. With more of us at home, the risk is that we do more stupid things more often. Northern Ireland, for example, has seen a rise of 50% in household fires. Between March and April, that added up to 500 […]
Wrightstyle cautiously welcomes PM’s pledge
Wrightstyle has cautiously welcomed the government’s pledge to “build, build, build.” But the company, while welcoming many of the prime minister’s plans, sees “a fundamental gap between rhetoric and real commitment.” The prime minister has promised to build hundreds of thousands of new homes across the UK as well as invest in major infrastructure projects. […]
Deliberate and malicious
Chris Peters, chief design manager, looks at the impact of arson in the UK I wrote recently about arson in schools, and how it’s an issue that is more common than many people suppose. Indeed, in England alone, there are about 700 school fires a year. Most attacks are carried out by children and the great majority of […]
