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OVERVIEW FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION Will Brexit shake DISTRIBUTED IN UK construction? PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH Opinion is divided on whether Brexit will undermine mega construction projects in the UK, with some experts warning of troubled times ahead

construction workforce, many peo- RACONTEUR JOHN OSBORNE ple are still worried. Andrew Goldman, group mar- PUBLISHING MANAGER DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER vast army of talented en- keting and technology director at Jack Pepperell Jessica McGreal gineers and other con- Rydon Group, a construction, devel-

PRODUCTION EDITOR DESIGN struction professionals opment, maintenance and manage- Benjamin Chiou Samuele Motta are working flat out to ment group, explains: “The UK con-

Grant Chapman Images J Mitchell/Getty Jeff struction sector shrank after the UK Acomplete massive projects in the MANAGING EDITOR Kellie Jerrard UK, including Crossrail and the voted to leave the EU, but has shown Peter Archer Thames Tideway Tunnel. Will some recovery subsequently.” Brexit affect investment in these Also, he is concerned about the construction projects, as well as supply of labour. “There are simply the cost and availability of materi- not enough British workers to meet als and labour? the demands of the construction CONTRIBUTORS “The infrastructure projects in industry and Brexit threatens to di- which we invest should experience minish EU resources further,” says limited fallout from Brexit,” accord- Mr Goldman. According to London DANNY BUCKLAND NICK EASEN ing to Giles Frost, chief executive at Assembly fi gures in February 2017, Award-winning health Award-winning freelance International Public Partnership, 25 per cent of construction workers journalist, he writes journalist and broadcaster, the FTSE 250 infrastructure fund in the capital were from the Europe- for national newspapers he produces for BBC which is a member of the Bazalgette an Union. and magazines, and blogs World News and writes Consortium investing in and deliv- The cost of materials is anoth- on health innovation on business, economics, and technology. science, technology, ering the Thames Tideway scheme. er worry. He says: “Sixty four per construction and travel. “In the 11 months since the referen- cent of the building materials dum, we haven’t seen any slowdown used in the UK are imported from in investors wanting to invest in UK the EU. The EU is also the largest JIM McCLELLAND JOHN OSBORNE Sustainable futurist, his Freelance industrial infrastructure projects.” market for the construction mate- specialisms include built journalist, he has Mr Frost, who is also chief execu- rials we export, purchasing 63 per environment, corporate written extensively on tive of Amber Infrastructure, adds: cent. Brexit will potentially lead to social responsibility and construction, engineering “Infrastructure investment is low heavy duties or limits on quanti- ecosystem services. and maintenance. risk and uncorrelated to the wid- ties of materials.” er equity markets. The day after In mid-May, the Brexit Infrastruc- the referendum, the share price of ture Group of the Institution of Civ- International Public Partnerships il Engineers sent an open letter to leaders of the political parties, out- increased while the broader FTSE Construction of the new £1.4-billion, went down because of the immedi- 1.7-mile bridge over the Firth of Forth, lining the risks faced by the infra- ate uncertainty. Brexit has had no South Queensferry structure sector ahead of the gener- negative impact on investment in al election and Brexit negotiations. infrastructure.” The UK is a world leader in con- Grahame Carter, managing di- It said the government must clar- However, fear and scepticism sur- struction and civil engineering, rector of Matchtech, a leading ify the UK’s future relationship round Brexit. “Uncertainty is never but labour costs are another ma- engineering recruitment agency, with the European Investment good for business,” he says. “Brexit jor concern. “UK construction is says: “To deliver projects similar Bank following departure from has caused unnecessary confusion becoming increasingly depend- to the scale of High Speed 2 and the EU. “The Brexit Infrastructure and navel gazing. It is an extra com- ent on skilled labour, as well as Thames Tideway, some coun- Group has offered a three-part plexity that nobody predicted, but unskilled labour, from overseas,” tries, including Dubai and Qatar, strategy to ensure Brexit does not thanks to the long-term nature of says Mr Frost. It is possible labour implement a visa system. Com- disrupt the delivery of the planned our horizons, infrastructure invest- costs will go up if the UK is less panies that win contracts are al- pipeline of major infrastructure ment is well positioned to weather able to access labour from over- located a set number of visas to projects, which underpins gov- this uncertainty.” seas, he says, also expressing con- guarantee enough talent to com- ernment’s current efforts to drive But a major concern is the cost of cern that immigration controls plete the project successfully.” up UK productivity. This planned hiring the tunnel boring machines might be introduced which could Although there is a considerable pipeline will require £500 billion used on major projects. David prevent or deter workers normal- amount of optimism about willing- of private investment over the next O’Reilly, vice president of KBR, for- ly resident outside the UK from ness to invest in large infrastructure ten years,” the group said. Although this publication is funded through advertising and merly Kellogg Brown & Root, says coming here. projects and confi dence in the UK’s But the Royal Institute of Char- sponsorship, all editorial is without bias and sponsored features plant costs could soar, but expects tered Surveyors (RICS) warns of dif- are clearly labelled. For an upcoming schedule, partnership inquiries or feedback, please call +44 (0)20 3877 3800 or e-mail fi nancing of the machinery to have fi cult times ahead. [email protected] been managed by buying euros at RICS says the UK construction Raconteur is a leading publisher of special-interest content forward rates, thereby minimising industry is “already facing skills and research. Its publications and articles cover a wide range the eff ect of detrimental fl uctua- shortages, jeopardising a predicted of topics, including business, ﬁ nance, sustainability, healthcare, tions in the exchange rate. £500-billion project pipeline” and lifestyle and technology. Raconteur special reports are published Mr O’Reilly, who is project direc- adds that “8 per cent of the UK’s exclusively in The Times and The Sunday Times as well as online tor of the Qatar Expressway Pro- construction workforce comes from at raconteur.net gramme, urges UK construction the EU”. The information contained in this publication has been obtained professionals to look beyond Eu- “Post-Brexit, should the UK lose from sources the Proprietors believe to be correct. However, no legal liability can be accepted for any errors. No part of this rope. “For UK businesses, the world access to the single market, 176,500 publication may be reproduced without the prior consent of the is your oyster. We have considerable 64% 63% 8% jobs could be under threat,” RICS Publisher. © Raconteur Media skills. These skills have no associa- of the building of the construction of the UK’s warns, adding that “30 per cent tion with Brexit. There is an appetite materials used materials exported construction of construction professionals sur- for UK professionals. That is why in the UK are from the UK go workforce come veyed revealed that hiring non-UK KBR has been trading successfully imported from to the EU from the EU workers was important to the suc- @raconteur /raconteur.net @raconteur_london the EU for the last 30 to 40 years,” he says. cess of their businesses”. /future-construction-2017 RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 03

PRODUCTION EDITOR DESIGN struction professionals opment, maintenance and manage- Benjamin Chiou Samuele Motta are working flat out to ment group, explains: “The UK con-

Grant Chapman Images J Mitchell/Getty Jeff struction sector shrank after the UK Acomplete massive projects in the MANAGING EDITOR Kellie Jerrard UK, including Crossrail and the voted to leave the EU, but has shown Peter Archer Thames Tideway Tunnel. Will some recovery subsequently.” Brexit affect investment in these Also, he is concerned about the construction projects, as well as supply of labour. “There are simply the cost and availability of materi- not enough British workers to meet als and labour? the demands of the construction CONTRIBUTORS “The infrastructure projects in industry and Brexit threatens to di- which we invest should experience minish EU resources further,” says limited fallout from Brexit,” accord- Mr Goldman. According to London DANNY BUCKLAND NICK EASEN ing to Giles Frost, chief executive at Assembly fi gures in February 2017, Award-winning health Award-winning freelance International Public Partnership, 25 per cent of construction workers journalist, he writes journalist and broadcaster, the FTSE 250 infrastructure fund in the capital were from the Europe- for national newspapers he produces for BBC which is a member of the Bazalgette an Union. and magazines, and blogs World News and writes Consortium investing in and deliv- The cost of materials is anoth- on health innovation on business, economics, and technology. science, technology, ering the Thames Tideway scheme. er worry. He says: “Sixty four per construction and travel. “In the 11 months since the referen- cent of the building materials dum, we haven’t seen any slowdown used in the UK are imported from in investors wanting to invest in UK the EU. The EU is also the largest JIM McCLELLAND JOHN OSBORNE Sustainable futurist, his Freelance industrial infrastructure projects.” market for the construction mate- specialisms include built journalist, he has Mr Frost, who is also chief execu- rials we export, purchasing 63 per environment, corporate written extensively on tive of Amber Infrastructure, adds: cent. Brexit will potentially lead to social responsibility and construction, engineering “Infrastructure investment is low heavy duties or limits on quanti- ecosystem services. and maintenance. risk and uncorrelated to the wid- ties of materials.” er equity markets. The day after In mid-May, the Brexit Infrastruc- the referendum, the share price of ture Group of the Institution of Civ- International Public Partnerships il Engineers sent an open letter to leaders of the political parties, out- increased while the broader FTSE Construction of the new £1.4-billion, went down because of the immedi- 1.7-mile bridge over the Firth of Forth, lining the risks faced by the infra- ate uncertainty. Brexit has had no South Queensferry structure sector ahead of the gener- negative impact on investment in al election and Brexit negotiations. infrastructure.” The UK is a world leader in con- Grahame Carter, managing di- It said the government must clar- However, fear and scepticism sur- struction and civil engineering, rector of Matchtech, a leading ify the UK’s future relationship round Brexit. “Uncertainty is never but labour costs are another ma- engineering recruitment agency, with the European Investment good for business,” he says. “Brexit jor concern. “UK construction is says: “To deliver projects similar Bank following departure from has caused unnecessary confusion becoming increasingly depend- to the scale of High Speed 2 and the EU. “The Brexit Infrastructure and navel gazing. It is an extra com- ent on skilled labour, as well as Thames Tideway, some coun- Group has offered a three-part plexity that nobody predicted, but unskilled labour, from overseas,” tries, including Dubai and Qatar, strategy to ensure Brexit does not thanks to the long-term nature of says Mr Frost. It is possible labour implement a visa system. Com- disrupt the delivery of the planned our horizons, infrastructure invest- costs will go up if the UK is less panies that win contracts are al- pipeline of major infrastructure ment is well positioned to weather able to access labour from over- located a set number of visas to projects, which underpins gov- this uncertainty.” seas, he says, also expressing con- guarantee enough talent to com- ernment’s current efforts to drive But a major concern is the cost of cern that immigration controls plete the project successfully.” up UK productivity. This planned hiring the tunnel boring machines might be introduced which could Although there is a considerable pipeline will require £500 billion used on major projects. David prevent or deter workers normal- amount of optimism about willing- of private investment over the next O’Reilly, vice president of KBR, for- ly resident outside the UK from ness to invest in large infrastructure ten years,” the group said. Although this publication is funded through advertising and merly Kellogg Brown & Root, says coming here. projects and confi dence in the UK’s But the Royal Institute of Char- sponsorship, all editorial is without bias and sponsored features plant costs could soar, but expects tered Surveyors (RICS) warns of dif- are clearly labelled. For an upcoming schedule, partnership inquiries or feedback, please call +44 (0)20 3877 3800 or e-mail fi nancing of the machinery to have fi cult times ahead. [email protected] been managed by buying euros at RICS says the UK construction Raconteur is a leading publisher of special-interest content forward rates, thereby minimising industry is “already facing skills and research. Its publications and articles cover a wide range the eff ect of detrimental fl uctua- shortages, jeopardising a predicted of topics, including business, ﬁ nance, sustainability, healthcare, tions in the exchange rate. £500-billion project pipeline” and lifestyle and technology. Raconteur special reports are published Mr O’Reilly, who is project direc- adds that “8 per cent of the UK’s exclusively in The Times and The Sunday Times as well as online tor of the Qatar Expressway Pro- construction workforce comes from at raconteur.net gramme, urges UK construction the EU”. The information contained in this publication has been obtained professionals to look beyond Eu- “Post-Brexit, should the UK lose from sources the Proprietors believe to be correct. However, no legal liability can be accepted for any errors. No part of this rope. “For UK businesses, the world access to the single market, 176,500 publication may be reproduced without the prior consent of the is your oyster. We have considerable 64% 63% 8% jobs could be under threat,” RICS Publisher. © Raconteur Media skills. These skills have no associa- of the building of the construction of the UK’s warns, adding that “30 per cent tion with Brexit. There is an appetite materials used materials exported construction of construction professionals sur- for UK professionals. That is why in the UK are from the UK go workforce come veyed revealed that hiring non-UK KBR has been trading successfully imported from to the EU from the EU workers was important to the suc- @raconteur /raconteur.net @raconteur_london the EU for the last 30 to 40 years,” he says. cess of their businesses”. /future-construction-2017 04 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13 / 06 / 2017 RACONTEUR.NET RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 05

COMMERCIAL FEATURE MICRO-HOUSES New environmental regulations: Space invaders: arrival of the micro-home

Y:Cube units made west London and you can see the from threat to opportunity Pressure on space for the YMCA in Y:Cube, 36 modular, studio-like Mitcham, south and affordability is London; the apartments only 280 square feet development is (26m2) in size. Made for the YMCA, A raft of stringent new environmental regulations on energy use in buildings and industry could cause serious driving the design made up of 36 they cost around £30,000 to build, modular, studio-like off-site in a factory. Container City apartments 280sq di culties for some organisations. Others though are turning this challenge into an opportunity to improve their and construction in the Docklands is another mi- YMCA London South West South London YMCA ft in floor area and of micro-homes in constructed off-site cro-home development made of bottom line and reputation in a factory customised shipping containers; crowded, heavily more are planned. With top-notch design, the con- populated cities struction of small homes can be an efficient use of space. They can also provide short-term solutions rganisations are under for cities looking to utilise plots increasing pressure from LONDON ENERGY EFFICIENCY that have yet to be zoned properly. regulators and from their Percentage of display energy “That way the micro-home pur- customers to ensure that certifi cates rated E, F or G Enfi eld and 42% NICK EASEN chaser is not having to pay full val- Otheir buildings and operations use Haringey of London’s ue for the land and therefore can energy in the most sustainable way. Havering and carbon emissions enter the market at a lower cost,” Barnet and Redbridge come from According to a survey by the Carbon Camden ombine unaffordable explains Mr Symes. workplaces Trust, published in November, more housing with increased There’s also great flexibility when Brent and than half of consumers (56 per cent) North urbanisation and sin- it comes to the use unexpected spac- Harrow East said they would feel more positive gle-person occupancy, es. “We were approached by British about a company that has reduced Cas well as population growth glob- Rail to see if we were interested in the carbon footprint of its products. 25% ally, then you have a bottleneck. using land under the arches of ele- Ealing and City and East of London’s Next April another significant Hillingdon Constrained living spaces or mi- vated rail tracks. These spaces can West housing has the piece of environmental legislation Central worst energy cro-homes could be the answer. Ar- be up to ten metres high – great comes into force. The Minimum e ciency ratings chitects and construction compa- for micro-homes,” says Quinten de Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Greenwich and nies are now advocating so-called Gooijer, general manager at Amster- Lambeth and will apply to landlords or tenants Lewisham tiny houses under 500 square feet dam-based Tempohousing. Southwark of commercial buildings and com- (46m 2) as a way of solving the hous- Smaller units are also easier mercial apartments. Initially it will South West Merton and ing crisis, an issue that looks set to to prefabricate, saving time and Wandsworth 34% prevent new lettings and lease re- of the capital’s get worse. money on each build. “We work newals of energy-inefficient build- 265,000 More than half the world’s popu- ing the world’s least affordable under a controlled environment Bexley and ings, in other words those with F & G commercial lation live in urban areas; by 2030 city for real estate, second only to URBANISATION AROUND THE WORLD 1960 in a production hall with an effi- 15-22% Bromley buildings have an ratings. Such buildings are still very Croydon and it will rise to 60 per cent, then one Hong Kong, says research by UBS URBAN POPULATION AS A PERCENTAGE 2015 cient lay out of systems and, with energy e ciency common and they house organisa- 23-29% Sutton in every three people will live in Wealth Management. Other cities OF TOTAL POPULATION, 1960 AND 2015 no rain or snow, this increases the performance tions in all sectors around the coun- 30-36% cities with at least half a million at risk of housing bubbles include build quality significantly,” says rating of C or 0 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% try. From April 2023, regulations will 37-43% above inhabitants, according to the Vancouver, Stockholm, Munich Mr de Gooijer. become tougher still as MEES is ex- United Nations. By 2050 another and Sydney. In the United States the drive 44-50% Hong Kong tended to all existing leases. ACE 2016 2.5 billion will be added to the ur- “The fact is micro-housing built for tiny houses has turned into a “This is a wake-up call to all busi- ban masses. close to mass-transportation ser- movement born out of the finan- Japan ness leaders and facilities manag- places are currently responsible for life, rather than replace it, the building tively simple and straightforward,” says It doesn’t help that London has vices is an easy win towards live- cial crisis a decade ago, which at ers,” says Deane Flint, joint manag- around 42 per cent of the city’s carbon Failure to comply with the new managers made a case for remov- Mr Flint. “We’ve used technology and the unenviable reputation of be- able, sustainable and affordable the time drove Americans to seek Brazil ing director at Mitsubishi Electric. He emissions. The report also discovered standards could bring about serious ing gas from the site altogether and common sense to build a compelling cities,” says Alex Symes, architect more affordable, debt-free hous- points to fi ndings by the Association a similar state of a airs with Lon- adding a heat pump boiler to the business case, and we’ve saved money and founder of Big World Homes, ing. Since then it’s flourished, with for the Conservation of Energy (ACE), don’s housing stock where a quarter fi nancial repercussions and prevent air conditioning system so rejected and engaged sta in these issues as whose company is developing one New Zealand how-to websites, organisations which show that in London alone – 830,000 homes – have the worst landlords from letting property heat energy supplies hot water for a result. It’s something that any sensi- of the world’s first flat-pack homes and TV programmes. more than a third of commercial energy e ciency ratings of E, F or G. the kitchens. Photovoltaic cells on the ble business can achieve if its leaders in Australia. UK In Europe some now see mi- buildings have the worst Environ- “These fi gures show that the roof supply the building with electric- are willing to take action early to meet The real issue “The challenge is that govern- cro-homes and apartments as a mental Energy Performance Certif- impact on the commercial property develop and manage buildings, are ity and sell any excess back to the these new environmental regulations.” ments around the world are cau- United States move towards the sharing econo- icates (EPC) ratings in the UK, with market is likely to be highly signif- starting to regard MEES, F-Gas and grid. As a result, the building’s energy is putting incentives tious to change minimum home my, since many normal homes are 18,000 of these only qualifying for icant and they highlight the sheer other requirements not as a problem rating has now improved from E to B. For more information please visit into the regulations sizes and zoning, as developers can Norway just unaffordable. “The new gener- an EPC rating of F or G. Of the cap- scale of the challenge facing many or threat, but as an opportunity.” “What we’ve done has been rela- www.timeforr32.co.uk/time to ensure micro- take advantage of such planning ations tend to move from owner- ital’s 265,000 commercial buildings building owners and operators,” says According to the ACE report, shops amendments. The real issue is put- Germany ship of everything to a right-of-use only 34 per cent have a performance Mr Flint. “Failure to comply with the that reduce their energy costs by 20 housing is developed ting incentives into the regulations model,” explains Mr de Gooijer. rating of C or above. new standards could bring about per cent can benefi t from the equiva- in a sustainable to ensure micro-housing is devel- Nigeria “The housing industry will even- The ACE report reveals that although serious fi nancial repercussions and lent of a 5 per cent increase in sales. ENERGY LOOPS: and affordable oped in a sustainable and afforda- tually undergo that same transfor- commercial and industrial buildings prevent landlords from letting prop- Forward-thinking companies are ble fashion.” mation – it is about offering quali- NEW FACE OF SOLAR PANELS fashion Bangladesh constitute around a quarter of Lon- erty until they’ve taken action to taking a positive, proactive approach. The UK is no stranger to the ty living first of all and not about don’s building space, they consume meet all these new requirements.” They’re making the most of govern- The use of solar panels or heating schemes, in Barking, east tiny house concept. Head to the creating an investment for your GLOBAL AVERAGE almost half the energy, while work- The MEES regulations come on top ment-backed renewable technology, photovoltaic technology is now well London, and Manchester for example, borough of Mitcham in south- United Nations 2017 future pension.” of the F-Gas regulations, which came such as heat pumps through the Re- established. However, a new chapter where air source forms of heat pumps into force in January 2015 and relate newable Heat Incentive, which pays is being opened in this form of green are used to provide communal heating to the mixture of gases within an air for every kilowatt of renewable heat energy. Every day the sun heats up with individual billing. conditioning system and the possibil- that a system produces. water in rivers, canals and lakes. Now, The government has already ity of reducing their global warming As well as helping companies using existing heat pump technology, recognised this opportunity. In August potential. The aim of these initiatives around the world to fi nd new and ef- it’s possible to capture low-grade 2014, the Department of Energy and and a raft of other new regulations is fective ways in which to improve the heat from this water and to upgrade Climate Change introduced a water to ensure emissions from homes and energy rating of their buildings, Mit- this form of solar energy to provide source heat map of England to help commercial properties are completely subishi Electric has been doing the renewable heating for buildings. illustrate the opportunities available removed by 2050 so the UK can meet same with its own headquarters over This is already being used successfully for deploying heat pump technology in its stringent international targets. the last eight years. in developments such as Kingston the country’s river and open “These new and increasingly oner- It has installed an air condition- Heights in Surrey, where 137 apartments water sources. ous requirements will obviously pres- ing system that allows it to cool and get their renewable heating from the ent serious challenges for many or- heat di erent parts of the HQ at the River Thames, 200 metres away. Further information on ganisations,” says Mr Flint. “However, same time as heat rejected from the The use of this technology is also energy loops can be found at DEAN FLINT we’ve noticed that a growing number server room is used to warm other becoming more common in community thehub.mitsubishielectric.co.uk JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR of shrewd business leaders and for- parts of the building. When the gas MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ward-thinking professionals, who boiler began to reach the end of its 04 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13 / 06 / 2017 RACONTEUR.NET RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 05

COMMERCIAL FEATURE MICRO-HOUSES New environmental regulations: Space invaders: arrival of the micro-home

Y:Cube units made west London and you can see the from threat to opportunity Pressure on space for the YMCA in Y:Cube, 36 modular, studio-like Mitcham, south and affordability is London; the apartments only 280 square feet development is (26m2) in size. Made for the YMCA, A raft of stringent new environmental regulations on energy use in buildings and industry could cause serious driving the design made up of 36 they cost around £30,000 to build, modular, studio-like off-site in a factory. Container City apartments 280sq di culties for some organisations. Others though are turning this challenge into an opportunity to improve their and construction in the Docklands is another mi- YMCA London South West South London YMCA ft in floor area and of micro-homes in constructed off-site cro-home development made of bottom line and reputation in a factory customised shipping containers; crowded, heavily more are planned. With top-notch design, the con- populated cities struction of small homes can be an efficient use of space. They can also provide short-term solutions rganisations are under for cities looking to utilise plots increasing pressure from LONDON ENERGY EFFICIENCY that have yet to be zoned properly. regulators and from their Percentage of display energy “That way the micro-home pur- customers to ensure that certifi cates rated E, F or G Enfi eld and 42% NICK EASEN chaser is not having to pay full val- Otheir buildings and operations use Haringey of London’s ue for the land and therefore can energy in the most sustainable way. Havering and carbon emissions enter the market at a lower cost,” Barnet and Redbridge come from According to a survey by the Carbon Camden ombine unaffordable explains Mr Symes. workplaces Trust, published in November, more housing with increased There’s also great flexibility when Brent and than half of consumers (56 per cent) North urbanisation and sin- it comes to the use unexpected spac- Harrow East said they would feel more positive gle-person occupancy, es. “We were approached by British about a company that has reduced Cas well as population growth glob- Rail to see if we were interested in the carbon footprint of its products. 25% ally, then you have a bottleneck. using land under the arches of ele- Ealing and City and East of London’s Next April another significant Hillingdon Constrained living spaces or mi- vated rail tracks. These spaces can West housing has the piece of environmental legislation Central worst energy cro-homes could be the answer. Ar- be up to ten metres high – great comes into force. The Minimum e ciency ratings chitects and construction compa- for micro-homes,” says Quinten de Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Greenwich and nies are now advocating so-called Gooijer, general manager at Amster- Lambeth and will apply to landlords or tenants Lewisham tiny houses under 500 square feet dam-based Tempohousing. Southwark of commercial buildings and com- (46m 2) as a way of solving the hous- Smaller units are also easier mercial apartments. Initially it will South West Merton and ing crisis, an issue that looks set to to prefabricate, saving time and Wandsworth 34% prevent new lettings and lease re- of the capital’s get worse. money on each build. “We work newals of energy-inefficient build- 265,000 More than half the world’s popu- ing the world’s least affordable under a controlled environment Bexley and ings, in other words those with F & G commercial lation live in urban areas; by 2030 city for real estate, second only to URBANISATION AROUND THE WORLD 1960 in a production hall with an effi- 15-22% Bromley buildings have an ratings. Such buildings are still very Croydon and it will rise to 60 per cent, then one Hong Kong, says research by UBS URBAN POPULATION AS A PERCENTAGE 2015 cient lay out of systems and, with energy e ciency common and they house organisa- 23-29% Sutton in every three people will live in Wealth Management. Other cities OF TOTAL POPULATION, 1960 AND 2015 no rain or snow, this increases the performance tions in all sectors around the coun- 30-36% cities with at least half a million at risk of housing bubbles include build quality significantly,” says rating of C or 0 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% try. From April 2023, regulations will 37-43% above inhabitants, according to the Vancouver, Stockholm, Munich Mr de Gooijer. become tougher still as MEES is ex- United Nations. By 2050 another and Sydney. In the United States the drive 44-50% Hong Kong tended to all existing leases. ACE 2016 2.5 billion will be added to the ur- “The fact is micro-housing built for tiny houses has turned into a “This is a wake-up call to all busi- ban masses. close to mass-transportation ser- movement born out of the finan- Japan ness leaders and facilities manag- places are currently responsible for life, rather than replace it, the building tively simple and straightforward,” says It doesn’t help that London has vices is an easy win towards live- cial crisis a decade ago, which at ers,” says Deane Flint, joint manag- around 42 per cent of the city’s carbon Failure to comply with the new managers made a case for remov- Mr Flint. “We’ve used technology and the unenviable reputation of be- able, sustainable and affordable the time drove Americans to seek Brazil ing director at Mitsubishi Electric. He emissions. The report also discovered standards could bring about serious ing gas from the site altogether and common sense to build a compelling cities,” says Alex Symes, architect more affordable, debt-free hous- points to fi ndings by the Association a similar state of a airs with Lon- adding a heat pump boiler to the business case, and we’ve saved money and founder of Big World Homes, ing. Since then it’s flourished, with for the Conservation of Energy (ACE), don’s housing stock where a quarter fi nancial repercussions and prevent air conditioning system so rejected and engaged sta in these issues as whose company is developing one New Zealand how-to websites, organisations which show that in London alone – 830,000 homes – have the worst landlords from letting property heat energy supplies hot water for a result. It’s something that any sensi- of the world’s first flat-pack homes and TV programmes. more than a third of commercial energy e ciency ratings of E, F or G. the kitchens. Photovoltaic cells on the ble business can achieve if its leaders in Australia. UK In Europe some now see mi- buildings have the worst Environ- “These fi gures show that the roof supply the building with electric- are willing to take action early to meet The real issue “The challenge is that govern- cro-homes and apartments as a mental Energy Performance Certif- impact on the commercial property develop and manage buildings, are ity and sell any excess back to the these new environmental regulations.” ments around the world are cau- United States move towards the sharing econo- icates (EPC) ratings in the UK, with market is likely to be highly signif- starting to regard MEES, F-Gas and grid. As a result, the building’s energy is putting incentives tious to change minimum home my, since many normal homes are 18,000 of these only qualifying for icant and they highlight the sheer other requirements not as a problem rating has now improved from E to B. For more information please visit into the regulations sizes and zoning, as developers can Norway just unaffordable. “The new gener- an EPC rating of F or G. Of the cap- scale of the challenge facing many or threat, but as an opportunity.” “What we’ve done has been rela- www.timeforr32.co.uk/time to ensure micro- take advantage of such planning ations tend to move from owner- ital’s 265,000 commercial buildings building owners and operators,” says According to the ACE report, shops amendments. The real issue is put- Germany ship of everything to a right-of-use only 34 per cent have a performance Mr Flint. “Failure to comply with the that reduce their energy costs by 20 housing is developed ting incentives into the regulations model,” explains Mr de Gooijer. rating of C or above. new standards could bring about per cent can benefi t from the equiva- in a sustainable to ensure micro-housing is devel- Nigeria “The housing industry will even- The ACE report reveals that although serious fi nancial repercussions and lent of a 5 per cent increase in sales. ENERGY LOOPS: and affordable oped in a sustainable and afforda- tually undergo that same transfor- commercial and industrial buildings prevent landlords from letting prop- Forward-thinking companies are ble fashion.” mation – it is about offering quali- NEW FACE OF SOLAR PANELS fashion Bangladesh constitute around a quarter of Lon- erty until they’ve taken action to taking a positive, proactive approach. The UK is no stranger to the ty living first of all and not about don’s building space, they consume meet all these new requirements.” They’re making the most of govern- The use of solar panels or heating schemes, in Barking, east tiny house concept. Head to the creating an investment for your GLOBAL AVERAGE almost half the energy, while work- The MEES regulations come on top ment-backed renewable technology, photovoltaic technology is now well London, and Manchester for example, borough of Mitcham in south- United Nations 2017 future pension.” of the F-Gas regulations, which came such as heat pumps through the Re- established. However, a new chapter where air source forms of heat pumps into force in January 2015 and relate newable Heat Incentive, which pays is being opened in this form of green are used to provide communal heating to the mixture of gases within an air for every kilowatt of renewable heat energy. Every day the sun heats up with individual billing. conditioning system and the possibil- that a system produces. water in rivers, canals and lakes. Now, The government has already ity of reducing their global warming As well as helping companies using existing heat pump technology, recognised this opportunity. In August potential. The aim of these initiatives around the world to fi nd new and ef- it’s possible to capture low-grade 2014, the Department of Energy and and a raft of other new regulations is fective ways in which to improve the heat from this water and to upgrade Climate Change introduced a water to ensure emissions from homes and energy rating of their buildings, Mit- this form of solar energy to provide source heat map of England to help commercial properties are completely subishi Electric has been doing the renewable heating for buildings. illustrate the opportunities available removed by 2050 so the UK can meet same with its own headquarters over This is already being used successfully for deploying heat pump technology in its stringent international targets. the last eight years. in developments such as Kingston the country’s river and open “These new and increasingly oner- It has installed an air condition- Heights in Surrey, where 137 apartments water sources. ous requirements will obviously pres- ing system that allows it to cool and get their renewable heating from the ent serious challenges for many or- heat di erent parts of the HQ at the River Thames, 200 metres away. Further information on ganisations,” says Mr Flint. “However, same time as heat rejected from the The use of this technology is also energy loops can be found at DEAN FLINT we’ve noticed that a growing number server room is used to warm other becoming more common in community thehub.mitsubishielectric.co.uk JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR of shrewd business leaders and for- parts of the building. When the gas MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ward-thinking professionals, who boiler began to reach the end of its 06 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13 / 06 / 2017 RACONTEUR.NET RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 07

COMMERCIAL FEATURE TECHNOLOGY Are you one of the British construction Overcoming the digital companies sitting on construction challenge hundreds of millions An industry in unclaimed R&D

As projects become more complex, with ever-tighter Images Daily/VCG/Getty Economic Jian/Chengdu Zhang tax credits? budgets and shorter timescales, building information ripe for tech modelling (BIM) is at the heart of a complete rethink of the

construction process disruption w-dog/invennt Despite some reticence, the construction industry is on the cusp of a technology

he pressure on project, com- revolution which will reshape its future mercial and design managers, among others, to deliver A drone towing a cable over the Dadu evermore complex projects River in the construction of a 1.1km bridge Ton time and budget continues to in Ya’an, Sichuan Province, China grow. Even with the availability of enterprise resource planning (ERP) It doesn’t help that the industry ers,” says Paul Westbury, group tech- clients are still hesitant about pro- to access financial control informa- NICK EASEN is highly segregated between disci- nical director at Laing O’Rourke. cesses automated by computers, as tion more quickly, the challenge to plines making the adoption of uni- The main benefi t is time compres- many large building projects in- all professionals in the construction nnate conservatism are words that fi ed workfl ows diffi cult. Many pro- sion. New tech allows engineers, ar- volve operating heavy machinery,” industry is increasing. are used to describe the construc- jects are also bespoke rather than The evidence chitects and surveyors to make better explains Mr Chapman. “In many cases it’s like trying to run tion industry. While the retail and iterations of previous designs. This from other decisions quickly, optimising design, Some believe it’s time the industry a business using Excel spreadsheets automotive sectors are the proverbi- means the technological applica- automating engineering or reducing developed a “technology roadmap” with macros all connected to a server Ial hares when it comes to implement- tions are more complicated. There’s industries where the risk involved in off -site and on-site where there’s a mutual understand- in an office. No one can change a ing technology, those who plan our also been a lack of investment in technology has construction. Project life cycles can ing of the key challenges which need sheet because they’re locked in a built environment are the tortoises. tools and training. taken hold is that be shortened, boosting productivity. to be overcome and the supporting rigid environment that amalgamates “We’re a low-margin industry, “Design is heavily rooted in past soon it will be “It also off ers us the single big- technologies that will enable this to the figures at the end of the month,” which has led to a lack of investment experience and the latest technolo- gest opportunity to mitigate the happen. The Infrastructure Indus- says Graeme Forbes, chief executive in research and development over gies are viewed as risky and priced too big a draw risk against a skills shortage across try Innovation Platform (i3P) is one of Clearbox, a technology company recent decades, especially when accordingly,” explains Mathew Ri- to ignore the industry, whether accessing a answer to this. that provides solutions with a simple compared to other industries,” ex- ley, managing director of Ramboll broader skillset in design or reduc- This aims to utilise smart design integrated single source of informa- plains Sam Stacey, director of inno- UK. “Construction earns its money ing the dependency for on-site la- and manufacturing, new materials, tion across an asset’s life cycle, from vation, industrialisation and busi- on a series of individual, mostly un- bour,” says Mr Riley. smart infrastructure underpinned conception to operation. ness improvement at Skanska UK. related, projects with no incentive to 3D printing, augmented reality, sur- Drones are now used to perform by artifi cial intelligence, virtual and Sharing information effectively is key However, there’s now a groundswell invest in new ways of working.” vey drones, big data and the internet surveys, scans and inspections, sav- augmented reality, autonomous vehi- to successful project management, of professionals who realise technol- It doesn’t help that clients don’t of things, as well as wearable tech- ing on the cost of employing a well- cles and drones, as well as protecting he points out. “Our clients come to us ogy can disrupt this sector, boosting want to be guinea pigs, testing out nologies, gaming and digital work- trained engineer on-site. It also re- people through wearable technology. because in some respects we’re the fl at-lined productivity and changing new technology, especially if the fl ows are now being deployed. duces the need for safety equipment “Many organisations have exper- front-end to the ERP back-end for the way the industry works for ever. project has a multi-million-pound “Adoption is the key to overcoming and risk assessments since drones imented with some of these tech- construction,” says Mr Forbes. “We’re “With a complex project, you have technology based on BIM processes “It’s the change in mindset that’s price tag, yet there are companies barriers in the construction indus- can work in dangerous areas. nologies, but to achieve widespread taking a world dominated by infor- a variety of these tools all involved in allowed the team to ensure that each always proven to be the biggest chal- shaking things up. “The amount of try and will require broad-thinking Health and safety is a big concern adoption it requires a commitment to mation contained in model files and the same job. The tools are often dif- piece of steel used had gone through lenge,” says Tim Chapman, director at disruptive technologies emerging clients who actively encourage a for the industry, driving technol- collaborative innovation,” Nick Sump- adapting it so that these files can be ficult to integrate, generally complex the various stages of survey, approv- Arup. “There are still many practition- for smarter construction in ‘pursuit better way of working for the overall ogy adoption and reticence at the tion, industry innovation lead for i3P at Research and Development is not read by a common platform. We’re and designed to create information. al, refurbishment and inspection cor- ers who want to protect the established of a better way’ is astonishing,” says benefi t of their project and end-us- same time. “We’re finding that Thames Tideway Tunnel, concludes. helping companies on their big data This makes them difficult to use- be rectly, without having to access the ways of doing things, but the evidence Jon Harris, director of digital tech- just about people in white coats management journey, and their ability cause the information they contain various different files to check any from other industries where technolo- nology at Mace. looking into a microscope- it’s to harness real-time knowledge about is compartmentalised in different cross-references. The client had a gy has taken hold is that soon it will be Real-time collaboration, building CASE STUDY necessary for the delivery of complex their projects and their business.” files and yet different people need detailed record of the work done and too big a draw to ignore.” information modelling in the cloud, access, be they the project manager, alongside that nearly £900,000 was ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE construction projects the commercial manager or the en- shaved off the £6-million cost, even It will transform the way we Machine-learning will also gineering team, and often for a quite though its technology was only put EMERGING TECHNOLOGY USAGE 65% build; eventually it will be used allow design tools to provide Don’t risk waiting to see what changes The construction simple need,” says Mr Forbes. into practice by the time the third arch to design bridges and tunnels, rapid feedback on how to Percentage of global construction professionals a new Government will make to tax industry is undergoing a To overcome this, Clearbox’s tech- out of five was being repaired. 61% for example, as well as other maximise the value of each and major project owners who use the following credits. Call now and let’s see if we fundamental step change nology can slice data in different ways “The construction industry is under- technologies standard features. Soon we will building site in terms of the and make it relevant for different au- going a fundamental step change be able to drag and drop a rail best confi gurations. can add up to 3% to your bottom line - in how it operates diences in a user-friendly format that in how it operates,” says Mr Forbes. bridge on to a computer model “AI will allow greater at no risk to you goes beyond the capability of the “We’re moving into a world of truly of, say, the High Speed 2 rail link knowledge-sharing, visual tools currently widely used. digitally enabled processes and we’re 42% for BIM software to calculate all making sure there is a He describes ERP as “typically “Take the construction of a tunnel, playing catch-up with most other the parameters. central brain that learns www.invennt.com the financial plumbing of a busi- for instance,” says Mr Forbes. “I might sectors. Our industry needs to fully The software is slowly from experience,” says 0203 286 9830 ness” and explains: “We feed the look at every aspect of it, but then embrace this technology; there’s a lot becoming more sophisticated, Mr Chapman. Machine- tim.fi [email protected] front-of-house activity to normal- I discover that the drivers, in other to gain including providing a more en- 30% 30% so it won’t be long before learning should also free up ise or regularise the information to words the end-customer, are forced gaging environment for young recruits. this will happen. “AI still professionals to spend more better enable back-of-house ERP to put their foot on the brakes half “Companies must have the desire needs to evolve. BIM is still time doing creative thinking. and make it easier to integrate for way along it because their visibility of and feel the need to deliver to pro- 17% in its early days. When you “There is now demand downstream tasks.” an interchange isn’t great. That could duce this major evolution,” he says. Artifi cial intelligence (AI) will look at average BIM data, for supply to be cheaper One of the major challenges for lead to lifelong tailbacks. However, I “You need a road map for your whole shake up construction taking on this becomes clear. AI works as the global need to the construction industry, according can now take the visual technology journey to know the sort of place you mundane tasks that are labour with a very complex dataset. construct new infrastructure to Clearbox, whose clients include and integrate it with other technology, want to head to, but you can take intensive, especially design. “AI Construction cannot yet increases. Applying AI Kier Group as well as overseas com- such as gaming-based tools, to simu- small steps to get to your destination in building information modelling inform AI, but it will in the will lead to reduced panies such as Witteveen+Bos, is late people driving through my tunnel – most importantly you need to start (BIM) will bring a paradigm future,” says Malcolm Stagg, prices, better safety, and that the most commonly used BIM to check it works in practice in the way the journey.” Smart Radio- Robotics Drones to Building Remote shift to our industry,” says Tim director of digital engineering more accurate and rapid sensors frequency automated monitor information monitoring tools are appropriate for authoring that all parties would have expected.” to track identifi cation technology construction modelling on sites Chapman, director at Arup. at Skanska UK. assembly,” he explains. one particular element of a con- With the refurbishment of London’s For more information please visit people to track status equipment/ struction project. Chelsea River Bridge, Clearbox’s www.clearboxbim.com materials KPMG 2016 06 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13 / 06 / 2017 RACONTEUR.NET RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 07

COMMERCIAL FEATURE TECHNOLOGY Are you one of the British construction Overcoming the digital companies sitting on construction challenge hundreds of millions An industry in unclaimed R&D

construction process disruption w-dog/invennt Despite some reticence, the construction industry is on the cusp of a technology

he pressure on project, com- revolution which will reshape its future mercial and design managers, among others, to deliver A drone towing a cable over the Dadu evermore complex projects River in the construction of a 1.1km bridge Ton time and budget continues to in Ya’an, Sichuan Province, China grow. Even with the availability of enterprise resource planning (ERP) It doesn’t help that the industry ers,” says Paul Westbury, group tech- clients are still hesitant about pro- to access financial control informa- NICK EASEN is highly segregated between disci- nical director at Laing O’Rourke. cesses automated by computers, as tion more quickly, the challenge to plines making the adoption of uni- The main benefi t is time compres- many large building projects in- all professionals in the construction nnate conservatism are words that fi ed workfl ows diffi cult. Many pro- sion. New tech allows engineers, ar- volve operating heavy machinery,” industry is increasing. are used to describe the construc- jects are also bespoke rather than The evidence chitects and surveyors to make better explains Mr Chapman. “In many cases it’s like trying to run tion industry. While the retail and iterations of previous designs. This from other decisions quickly, optimising design, Some believe it’s time the industry a business using Excel spreadsheets automotive sectors are the proverbi- means the technological applica- automating engineering or reducing developed a “technology roadmap” with macros all connected to a server Ial hares when it comes to implement- tions are more complicated. There’s industries where the risk involved in off -site and on-site where there’s a mutual understand- in an office. No one can change a ing technology, those who plan our also been a lack of investment in technology has construction. Project life cycles can ing of the key challenges which need sheet because they’re locked in a built environment are the tortoises. tools and training. taken hold is that be shortened, boosting productivity. to be overcome and the supporting rigid environment that amalgamates “We’re a low-margin industry, “Design is heavily rooted in past soon it will be “It also off ers us the single big- technologies that will enable this to the figures at the end of the month,” which has led to a lack of investment experience and the latest technolo- gest opportunity to mitigate the happen. The Infrastructure Indus- says Graeme Forbes, chief executive in research and development over gies are viewed as risky and priced too big a draw risk against a skills shortage across try Innovation Platform (i3P) is one of Clearbox, a technology company recent decades, especially when accordingly,” explains Mathew Ri- to ignore the industry, whether accessing a answer to this. that provides solutions with a simple compared to other industries,” ex- ley, managing director of Ramboll broader skillset in design or reduc- This aims to utilise smart design integrated single source of informa- plains Sam Stacey, director of inno- UK. “Construction earns its money ing the dependency for on-site la- and manufacturing, new materials, tion across an asset’s life cycle, from vation, industrialisation and busi- on a series of individual, mostly un- bour,” says Mr Riley. smart infrastructure underpinned conception to operation. ness improvement at Skanska UK. related, projects with no incentive to 3D printing, augmented reality, sur- Drones are now used to perform by artifi cial intelligence, virtual and Sharing information effectively is key However, there’s now a groundswell invest in new ways of working.” vey drones, big data and the internet surveys, scans and inspections, sav- augmented reality, autonomous vehi- to successful project management, of professionals who realise technol- It doesn’t help that clients don’t of things, as well as wearable tech- ing on the cost of employing a well- cles and drones, as well as protecting he points out. “Our clients come to us ogy can disrupt this sector, boosting want to be guinea pigs, testing out nologies, gaming and digital work- trained engineer on-site. It also re- people through wearable technology. because in some respects we’re the fl at-lined productivity and changing new technology, especially if the fl ows are now being deployed. duces the need for safety equipment “Many organisations have exper- front-end to the ERP back-end for the way the industry works for ever. project has a multi-million-pound “Adoption is the key to overcoming and risk assessments since drones imented with some of these tech- construction,” says Mr Forbes. “We’re “With a complex project, you have technology based on BIM processes “It’s the change in mindset that’s price tag, yet there are companies barriers in the construction indus- can work in dangerous areas. nologies, but to achieve widespread taking a world dominated by infor- a variety of these tools all involved in allowed the team to ensure that each always proven to be the biggest chal- shaking things up. “The amount of try and will require broad-thinking Health and safety is a big concern adoption it requires a commitment to mation contained in model files and the same job. The tools are often dif- piece of steel used had gone through lenge,” says Tim Chapman, director at disruptive technologies emerging clients who actively encourage a for the industry, driving technol- collaborative innovation,” Nick Sump- adapting it so that these files can be ficult to integrate, generally complex the various stages of survey, approv- Arup. “There are still many practition- for smarter construction in ‘pursuit better way of working for the overall ogy adoption and reticence at the tion, industry innovation lead for i3P at Research and Development is not read by a common platform. We’re and designed to create information. al, refurbishment and inspection cor- ers who want to protect the established of a better way’ is astonishing,” says benefi t of their project and end-us- same time. “We’re finding that Thames Tideway Tunnel, concludes. helping companies on their big data This makes them difficult to use- be rectly, without having to access the ways of doing things, but the evidence Jon Harris, director of digital tech- just about people in white coats management journey, and their ability cause the information they contain various different files to check any from other industries where technolo- nology at Mace. looking into a microscope- it’s to harness real-time knowledge about is compartmentalised in different cross-references. The client had a gy has taken hold is that soon it will be Real-time collaboration, building CASE STUDY necessary for the delivery of complex their projects and their business.” files and yet different people need detailed record of the work done and too big a draw to ignore.” information modelling in the cloud, access, be they the project manager, alongside that nearly £900,000 was ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE construction projects the commercial manager or the en- shaved off the £6-million cost, even It will transform the way we Machine-learning will also gineering team, and often for a quite though its technology was only put EMERGING TECHNOLOGY USAGE 65% build; eventually it will be used allow design tools to provide Don’t risk waiting to see what changes The construction simple need,” says Mr Forbes. into practice by the time the third arch to design bridges and tunnels, rapid feedback on how to Percentage of global construction professionals a new Government will make to tax industry is undergoing a To overcome this, Clearbox’s tech- out of five was being repaired. 61% for example, as well as other maximise the value of each and major project owners who use the following credits. Call now and let’s see if we fundamental step change nology can slice data in different ways “The construction industry is under- technologies standard features. Soon we will building site in terms of the and make it relevant for different au- going a fundamental step change be able to drag and drop a rail best confi gurations. can add up to 3% to your bottom line - in how it operates diences in a user-friendly format that in how it operates,” says Mr Forbes. bridge on to a computer model “AI will allow greater at no risk to you goes beyond the capability of the “We’re moving into a world of truly of, say, the High Speed 2 rail link knowledge-sharing, visual tools currently widely used. digitally enabled processes and we’re 42% for BIM software to calculate all making sure there is a He describes ERP as “typically “Take the construction of a tunnel, playing catch-up with most other the parameters. central brain that learns www.invennt.com the financial plumbing of a busi- for instance,” says Mr Forbes. “I might sectors. Our industry needs to fully The software is slowly from experience,” says 0203 286 9830 ness” and explains: “We feed the look at every aspect of it, but then embrace this technology; there’s a lot becoming more sophisticated, Mr Chapman. Machine- tim.fi [email protected] front-of-house activity to normal- I discover that the drivers, in other to gain including providing a more en- 30% 30% so it won’t be long before learning should also free up ise or regularise the information to words the end-customer, are forced gaging environment for young recruits. this will happen. “AI still professionals to spend more better enable back-of-house ERP to put their foot on the brakes half “Companies must have the desire needs to evolve. BIM is still time doing creative thinking. and make it easier to integrate for way along it because their visibility of and feel the need to deliver to pro- 17% in its early days. When you “There is now demand downstream tasks.” an interchange isn’t great. That could duce this major evolution,” he says. Artifi cial intelligence (AI) will look at average BIM data, for supply to be cheaper One of the major challenges for lead to lifelong tailbacks. However, I “You need a road map for your whole shake up construction taking on this becomes clear. AI works as the global need to the construction industry, according can now take the visual technology journey to know the sort of place you mundane tasks that are labour with a very complex dataset. construct new infrastructure to Clearbox, whose clients include and integrate it with other technology, want to head to, but you can take intensive, especially design. “AI Construction cannot yet increases. Applying AI Kier Group as well as overseas com- such as gaming-based tools, to simu- small steps to get to your destination in building information modelling inform AI, but it will in the will lead to reduced panies such as Witteveen+Bos, is late people driving through my tunnel – most importantly you need to start (BIM) will bring a paradigm future,” says Malcolm Stagg, prices, better safety, and that the most commonly used BIM to check it works in practice in the way the journey.” Smart Radio- Robotics Drones to Building Remote shift to our industry,” says Tim director of digital engineering more accurate and rapid sensors frequency automated monitor information monitoring tools are appropriate for authoring that all parties would have expected.” to track identifi cation technology construction modelling on sites Chapman, director at Arup. at Skanska UK. assembly,” he explains. one particular element of a con- With the refurbishment of London’s For more information please visit people to track status equipment/ struction project. Chelsea River Bridge, Clearbox’s www.clearboxbim.com materials KPMG 2016 08 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13 / 06 / 2017 RACONTEUR.NET RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 09 0 0

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0 0 0 Total Haringey 26 48 30% 38% Barnet Under construction Waltham Forest WAY IS UP buildings over buildings over 20 of homes currently hectare footprint 20 storeys were storeys started under construction of buildings over 17 completed in 2016, construction in 2016, in London are in tall 20 storeys in the Tall buildings remain a critical part of London’s development, compared with an equal to almost buildings over 20 pipeline, equivalent 31 average of six one a week storeys to more than 53 creating crucial offi ce and residential space in a city a year over the football pitches where space is in high demand. Some 26 structures 13 past decade 5 4 3 20 storeys or more were completed in the capital during 1 2016, more than four times the annual average over 0 2 the past decade. With a further 455 towers in the 25 Camden Islington Hackney 11 pipeline, the city skyline will look dramatically 7 Brent diff erent over the coming decades. This infographic 1 0 0 looks at completions over the years and where 33 68 newest skyscrapers will pop up Barking Havering 10 Newham and Dagenham 16 4 37 0 0 9 Tower Hamlets

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COMMERCIAL FEATURE MENTAL HEALTH OPINION COLUMN

GLOBAL DIGITAL CHANGE IN CONSTRUCTION PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS WHO AGREED WITH THE FOLLOWING ‘To attract the right Skills deficit Building up wellbeing Cyber security 37% talent, oﬀ ering ﬂ exibility

Business 32% intelligence in construction and work-life balance

Investment areas in the next three years Enterprise resource Macho culture of mainly men working on building will be essential’ planning 46%

Big data sites has been among barriers to improving alarming and analytics 41% MICHAEL BUEHLER rates of mental illness among construction workers Head of infrastructure and urban development Internet of things 38% World Economic Forum

Investment focus areas in 2017

Real-time data Transferring good intentions from Recruiting and man- information modelling, analytics 44% DANNY BUCKLAND a classroom to the intestines of a aging talent in the wireless sensing, big Remote site is a mammoth task as Mr John- coming years will data and analytics, monitoring 38% he gleaming steel, glass and son explains: “There is a transient “It won’t change overnight. It is be challenging for 3D printing, and Building masonry, the clean lines, workforce with people often travel- about educating employees and line the construction autonomous equip- information 37% modelling the manipulation of space ling long distances to jobs with a lot managers to change attitudes so peo- sector, according to ment, which re- and showcase design fea- of pressure being away from home, ple do not feel guilt at having to take a World Economic quires radically dif- Digital Change Survey 2017. Research conducted globally by Raconteur on behalf of IFS Ttures are the visible characteristics along with deadlines and worry about time off work due to mental illness, Forum report. The ferent skillsets, and of construction. their next job, and these ingredients and for managers to be open and rec- prospective scarcity puts the industry in But behind many successful builds aff ect mental stability. But they sim- ognise it as a true from of malaise.” of skilled labour driven competition with tech- view, but the reality is by embracing lies a hidden toll that never makes the ply don’t talk about their problems; it Unite, the biggest union represent- by demographic shifts and nology companies for data BIM and other new technologies, and 34% glossy prospectus; the plight of the attracts stigma in a macho industry.” ing construction workers, is part of the increasing sophistication of scientists and IT experts. UK construction must, by changing the way they run their of respondents say workers who shape the buildings we Mr Johnson, who is group head of the HCLG and campaigns for greater technology, which demands new and By embracing innovation and new business, their future survival is far aversion to change live and work in. health and safety at Land Securities, understanding of building-site pres- broader skillsets at all levels, coupled technologies, construction compa- more assured through saving money is the number one Bleak statistics put the UK’s 2.1 mil- the UK’s largest listed commercial sures where workers move from job with the traditionally high volatility of nies cannot only make themselves and the additional potential catalyst barrier lion construction workers in the base- real estate company with a £14.5-bil- to job frequently. workforce demand and composition, ready for the future, but can also meet and can, compete on of efficiency-led growth. ment of mental health wellbeing with lion portfolio, believes getting the According to Unite: “Some of these will be major tests. the talent challenge. Increased auto- BIM is massively important to the the trade experiencing staggering lev- right tone to reach workers is vital. He initiatives are at an early stage so we Recent survey results confi rm mation, off -site prefabrication, new digital journey of the construction in- 30% els of depression and suicide. even arranged for a professional co- are not seeing a change at cabin or these fears. According to the US Na- collaboration tools and suchlike ad- dustry, but adoption needs to speed say security threats The industry has been shocked by a median to deliver mental health mes- canteen level yet. As a union we are tional Association of Homebuilders, vances will help to enhance produc- a world stage up if we are to achieve our competitive are the number- series of studies that lay out the scale sages in a stand-up routine as part of developing initiatives to tackle men- 82 per cent of construction compa- tivity and wages as well as reduce the potential on a global basis. one barrier of the problem. Offi ce of National Sta- an innovative approach. tal health issues, but one of the chal- nies consider their main concern time spent on-site, two key wishes of We also need to be more global in tistics fi gures released in March this lenges is to overcome the macho cul- to be the shortage of construction respondents in the World Economic our thinking. Out of the top 100 global year highlight that the risk of suicide ture which remains prevalent. workers. Sure enough, fi gures show Forum industry survey. Construction is one of the UK’s most important industries, construction companies, twenty six among low-skilled male labourers, “It is also important to recognise that the average age of the workforce Some innovations that are now stand- are based in China, sixteen in the 24% particularly those in construction, is that some workers are only on sites is rising faster than ever. ard in the automotive industry – exo- the sector is growing and its standards are recognised the United States, seven in Spain and the say skills 3.7 times higher than the male nation- The industry had for a few days and it is diffi cult to get The UK Chartered Institute of Build- skeletons, human-robot collaboration UK has just one. At one large Spanish shortages are a al average. The fi gures, for workers been focusing on messages across to them, and when ing reports that the set of workers over and ergonomic work processes – could world over. But there is a danger of the industry becoming construction firm I visited recently, 80 major barrier aged 20 to 64, showed 1,419 suicides you are working in a fragmented 60 is increasing faster, and the set un- benefi t construction work too, making safety because of complacent with its success. Kenny Ingram, global industry per cent of its business was coming in construction and building trades manner, the camaraderie of the con- der 30 is decreasing faster, than any it less physically demanding and better from outside Spain. No UK construc- Digital Change Survey 2017. Research conducted from 2011 to 2015. the immediacy of struction site can be a myth.” other. In a construction industry sur- suited to an ageing workforce. director for construction at world-leading enterprise software tion company comes close in terms globally by Raconteur on behalf of IFS Other research details that work-re- injuries as opposed A 2016 survey of site workers by vey conducted for the World Econom- The sector is well positioned to cre- of overseas business. We are insu- lated stress, anxiety and depression to the latency UCATT (Union of Construction, Al- ic Forum, 77 per cent of respondents ate a more appealing image, one of a solution provider IFS, explains why lar, we are risk averse and we should If you are a construction company cost the industry 400,000 work-days lied Trades and Technicians), now agreed that the industry is not doing dynamic and purpose-driven indus- be learning from global thinkers like today, you need to think about this a year and accounted for around 20 of occupational merged with Unite, recorded that 64 enough to attract and retain talent. try. In our survey, industry profes- Spain, and waking up to the reality of because tomorrow you might be a per cent of all cases of ill health in ill health per cent of respondents suff ered or Construction companies are often sionals proudly cited their benefi cial what might happen when companies manufacturing company or an asset construction over the last fi ve years. had suff ered from stress, yet 72 per characterised by a conservative corpo- impact on society, their contribution from other countries start moving into maintenance service provider. This “We were getting national statis- cent did not mention it at work. A dis- rate culture and mindset. They are fre- to national development, and their lagship projects such as Lon- technology, for example. Construc- BIM-based model, you can visualise the UK market. “contracting for outcomes” initiative, tics that two people a week in con- turbing 65 per cent had experienced quently hampered by organisational engagement with some of the serious don’s Crossrail represent the tion is lagging behind other industries your asset and know what it will look Global competition presents many backed by the government, moves struction had taken their lives. It was “We struggle to attract people to our mental health issues. inertia. To support their overall busi- modern challenges such as urbanisa- UK construction industry at its in adopting technology, maybe be- like before you start building it. BIM not challenges for UK construction, how- the sector towards an entire life-cy- totally unacceptable and, frankly, industry because the impression is But Mr Johnson believes the societal ness goals, the companies themselves tion and climate change. best. When we look at what’s cause the industry is still dominated only allows for improved efficiency of ever a bigger threat, or potential cle management approach. Building shaming on the industry,” says Clive it’s dirty and dangerous, so we need swing towards understanding mental need to drive organisational change. Construction stakeholders should Fhappening in the industry, everyone is by financial and commercial man- design, construction and operation of opportunity, could lie much closer to and managing hospitals measured by Johnson, who helped create the to change the image by making work- health, accelerated by the Duke and This is an iterative process, which collaborate more in communicating talking about Crossrail. It is a fantastic agement, not yet engaged enough an asset, it also enables longer-term home and not necessarily from within patient wellbeing, university campus Health in Construction Leadership places safer, happier and healthier. Duchess of Cambridge and Prince requires careful alignment of a com- this impact and should relay their project, 26 miles of tunnelling beneath with technology-led opportunities to performance and cost benefits to be the sector. We are seeing a growth in construction based on students’ Group (HCLG), which brings together There is also a productivity element, Harry’s Heads Together campaign, is pany’s culture and goals, its organisa- fascinating stories more broadly London, showcasing the UK construc- enhance their function. Many com- considered, designed in and meas- the building of modular homes as one success measures are two potential the main construction companies, so investing in this is a win-win for energising change. tional design, and incentive schemes. by means of social media. Compa- tion industry and the BIM (building in- panies still run their entire business on ured across the asset’s whole life cycle. mechanism to address the housing outcomes of the new way of thinking unions and safety organisations to the industry.” “The commitment from big compa- Traditionally, workforce manage- nies should start early, and go out to formation modelling) process. Microsoft Excel. They know they are As a specialist in project and asset crisis. One new entrant to this market some are already adopting, having tackle health issues. The RISE Group has run a series nies is fantastic, and we are going to ment in construction was equivalent schools and universities to shape the However, we are not the only ones behind the times, but feel comforta- life cycle, this is a key area for IFS be- is Legal and General Homes, essen- learnt, in part, from the global aviation “The industry had been focusing of seminars for its own staff and hold them to it and challenge them to living a boom-to-bust cycle as hir- image of the industry actively. To be doing this. Turkey, for example, has ble using Excel spreadsheets. cause more than half of what the tially a finance company. They are sector whose measures in construc- on safety because of the immediacy sub-contractors, and is training regularly,” he says. “We can reduce ing and fi ring followed the general successful in attracting the right tal- built an underwater tunnel 47 miles Another cultural influence is the construction industry actually does setting out to build modular houses tion of an aircraft are now often based of injuries as opposed to the latency workers as mental health fi rst aiders. absenteeism and make sure workers trend of the economy. Winning the ent, off ering fl exibility and a suffi cient long, China has the Three Gorges Dam industry’s reliance on quantity sur- is about asset management and it in a factory and deliver them to the on the number of flying hours in service of occupational ill health. We had not “There is mental health stigma across have a longer, happier retirement and war for talent, however, requires a work-life balance will be essential. and the United Arab Emirates has a veyor methodologies. This is a very encompasses every single industry site, fully fitted out. This convergence and not at the point the new asset is done enough.” society, and this may be exacerbated this is a moral obligation as well as a fundamentally diff erent and longer- The various actions will require 745-mile-long national railway network. UK-centric phenomenon seen in few sector. BIM is effectively a data asset of construction and manufacturing delivered to the airline. Under the HCLG banner, chief exec- in construction because there are professional one. Construction has to term approach. The fi rst step in- a fi rm commitment from industry The UK has done a lot of work to countries beyond the UK and Brit- through every stage of its life; when industries is speeding up processes, At IFS we have the technology sys- utives of 150 top companies resolved more men working in it and men are change – and it is.” volves strategic workforce planning, stakeholders and often a considerable build standards for BIM, led by gov- ish colonies. This has to impact our the asset is handed over to the owner improving quality, and reducing costs tems, platforms and expertise that last year to tackle occupational health, less likely to talk about these things,” thinking strategically about the fi nancial investment too. As always, ernment, to make the construction export potential. There is huge re- or operator, it is handed over as a dig- and time. Inevitably more industry are already helping construction including mental health, and fi ve com- says Nathalie Duncan-Sletten, senior company’s future demand in terms any investment should be based on a industry more efficient and compet- sistance to change, but are these ital set of data. sectors are likely to get involved in companies through the convergence panies – Wilmott Dixon, Balfour Beatty, consultant at the construction and of quantity and quality of skills, and clear strategy and should be prepared itive globally. The rest of the world is methodologies still the best ones? While the mandated use of BIM for what has the potential to be the UK or servitisation journey to becoming a Careys, Heathrow and Tideway – are project management the likely availability of those skills carefully to pay off in the future. Fail- looking at the UK and taking those Why don’t we have a standard way government-funded projects such as construction sectors “Uber moment”. hybrid organisation. This is the future now trialling a version of the Australian specialists, whose to plan recruitment, retention and ing to make a generous investment in standards, but will they buy more con- of working across the globe, as hap- Crossrail certainly acts as a catalyst, it Another important trend in con- of construction and UK companies Mates in Mind programme that tackles work includes the re- training systematically. talent would defi nitely be short-sight- struction from us? In many ways the UK pens in the oil and gas sectors? We is still seen by many as a compliance struction is the adoption of servitisa- have a great opportunity to embrace stigma on building sites. Each opera- furbishment of the The concerns are not just about the ed. In the words of the renowned man- construction industry is very insular. It should at least be looking at this. issue, with contractors more con- tion. Clients – the asset owners – don’t that future now. tive coming on to a site has a 45-minute Royal Opera House quantity but also the quality of the fu- agement consultant Peter Drucker: needs to think more globally and, fun- Digital technology can be an ena- cerned about what they need to do to just want construction firms to build session on mental health wellbeing, and establishing Am- ture skilled workforce. The construc- “Developing talent is business’s most damentally, look at how it operates. bler of global growth, efficiency and get their BIM badge than its benefits the asset, they want them to provide For more information please while supervisors get 3.5 hours’ coach- azon’s new UK head- tion industry is undergoing a rapid important task – the sine qua non [es- Culture has a significant impact cost reduction, and BIM is the platform for the long-term future of their busi- the services required to maintain their visit ifsworld.com/times or call ing and line managers attend a two-day quarters in Shored- digital transformation, through dis- sential condition] of competition in a on where the industry is today. Take for the digital revolution. If you have a ness. This may sound like a Utopian assets over their entire life cycle. 01494 428900 mental health fi rst aid course. itch, London. ruptive technologies such as building knowledge economy.” 10 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13 / 06 / 2017 RACONTEUR.NET RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 11

COMMERCIAL FEATURE MENTAL HEALTH OPINION COLUMN

Business 32% intelligence in construction and work-life balance

Investment areas in the next three years Enterprise resource Macho culture of mainly men working on building will be essential’ planning 46%

Investment focus areas in 2017

Real-time data Transferring good intentions from Recruiting and man- information modelling, analytics 44% DANNY BUCKLAND a classroom to the intestines of a aging talent in the wireless sensing, big Remote site is a mammoth task as Mr John- coming years will data and analytics, monitoring 38% he gleaming steel, glass and son explains: “There is a transient “It won’t change overnight. It is be challenging for 3D printing, and Building masonry, the clean lines, workforce with people often travel- about educating employees and line the construction autonomous equip- information 37% modelling the manipulation of space ling long distances to jobs with a lot managers to change attitudes so peo- sector, according to ment, which re- and showcase design fea- of pressure being away from home, ple do not feel guilt at having to take a World Economic quires radically dif- Digital Change Survey 2017. Research conducted globally by Raconteur on behalf of IFS Ttures are the visible characteristics along with deadlines and worry about time off work due to mental illness, Forum report. The ferent skillsets, and of construction. their next job, and these ingredients and for managers to be open and rec- prospective scarcity puts the industry in But behind many successful builds aff ect mental stability. But they sim- ognise it as a true from of malaise.” of skilled labour driven competition with tech- view, but the reality is by embracing lies a hidden toll that never makes the ply don’t talk about their problems; it Unite, the biggest union represent- by demographic shifts and nology companies for data BIM and other new technologies, and 34% glossy prospectus; the plight of the attracts stigma in a macho industry.” ing construction workers, is part of the increasing sophistication of scientists and IT experts. UK construction must, by changing the way they run their of respondents say workers who shape the buildings we Mr Johnson, who is group head of the HCLG and campaigns for greater technology, which demands new and By embracing innovation and new business, their future survival is far aversion to change live and work in. health and safety at Land Securities, understanding of building-site pres- broader skillsets at all levels, coupled technologies, construction compa- more assured through saving money is the number one Bleak statistics put the UK’s 2.1 mil- the UK’s largest listed commercial sures where workers move from job with the traditionally high volatility of nies cannot only make themselves and the additional potential catalyst barrier lion construction workers in the base- real estate company with a £14.5-bil- to job frequently. workforce demand and composition, ready for the future, but can also meet and can, compete on of efficiency-led growth. ment of mental health wellbeing with lion portfolio, believes getting the According to Unite: “Some of these will be major tests. the talent challenge. Increased auto- BIM is massively important to the the trade experiencing staggering lev- right tone to reach workers is vital. He initiatives are at an early stage so we Recent survey results confi rm mation, off -site prefabrication, new digital journey of the construction in- 30% els of depression and suicide. even arranged for a professional co- are not seeing a change at cabin or these fears. According to the US Na- collaboration tools and suchlike ad- dustry, but adoption needs to speed say security threats The industry has been shocked by a median to deliver mental health mes- canteen level yet. As a union we are tional Association of Homebuilders, vances will help to enhance produc- a world stage up if we are to achieve our competitive are the number- series of studies that lay out the scale sages in a stand-up routine as part of developing initiatives to tackle men- 82 per cent of construction compa- tivity and wages as well as reduce the potential on a global basis. one barrier of the problem. Offi ce of National Sta- an innovative approach. tal health issues, but one of the chal- nies consider their main concern time spent on-site, two key wishes of We also need to be more global in tistics fi gures released in March this lenges is to overcome the macho cul- to be the shortage of construction respondents in the World Economic our thinking. Out of the top 100 global year highlight that the risk of suicide ture which remains prevalent. workers. Sure enough, fi gures show Forum industry survey. Construction is one of the UK’s most important industries, construction companies, twenty six among low-skilled male labourers, “It is also important to recognise that the average age of the workforce Some innovations that are now stand- are based in China, sixteen in the 24% particularly those in construction, is that some workers are only on sites is rising faster than ever. ard in the automotive industry – exo- the sector is growing and its standards are recognised the United States, seven in Spain and the say skills 3.7 times higher than the male nation- The industry had for a few days and it is diffi cult to get The UK Chartered Institute of Build- skeletons, human-robot collaboration UK has just one. At one large Spanish shortages are a al average. The fi gures, for workers been focusing on messages across to them, and when ing reports that the set of workers over and ergonomic work processes – could world over. But there is a danger of the industry becoming construction firm I visited recently, 80 major barrier aged 20 to 64, showed 1,419 suicides you are working in a fragmented 60 is increasing faster, and the set un- benefi t construction work too, making safety because of complacent with its success. Kenny Ingram, global industry per cent of its business was coming in construction and building trades manner, the camaraderie of the con- der 30 is decreasing faster, than any it less physically demanding and better from outside Spain. No UK construc- Digital Change Survey 2017. Research conducted from 2011 to 2015. the immediacy of struction site can be a myth.” other. In a construction industry sur- suited to an ageing workforce. director for construction at world-leading enterprise software tion company comes close in terms globally by Raconteur on behalf of IFS Other research details that work-re- injuries as opposed A 2016 survey of site workers by vey conducted for the World Econom- The sector is well positioned to cre- of overseas business. We are insu- lated stress, anxiety and depression to the latency UCATT (Union of Construction, Al- ic Forum, 77 per cent of respondents ate a more appealing image, one of a solution provider IFS, explains why lar, we are risk averse and we should If you are a construction company cost the industry 400,000 work-days lied Trades and Technicians), now agreed that the industry is not doing dynamic and purpose-driven indus- be learning from global thinkers like today, you need to think about this a year and accounted for around 20 of occupational merged with Unite, recorded that 64 enough to attract and retain talent. try. In our survey, industry profes- Spain, and waking up to the reality of because tomorrow you might be a per cent of all cases of ill health in ill health per cent of respondents suff ered or Construction companies are often sionals proudly cited their benefi cial what might happen when companies manufacturing company or an asset construction over the last fi ve years. had suff ered from stress, yet 72 per characterised by a conservative corpo- impact on society, their contribution from other countries start moving into maintenance service provider. This “We were getting national statis- cent did not mention it at work. A dis- rate culture and mindset. They are fre- to national development, and their lagship projects such as Lon- technology, for example. Construc- BIM-based model, you can visualise the UK market. “contracting for outcomes” initiative, tics that two people a week in con- turbing 65 per cent had experienced quently hampered by organisational engagement with some of the serious don’s Crossrail represent the tion is lagging behind other industries your asset and know what it will look Global competition presents many backed by the government, moves struction had taken their lives. It was “We struggle to attract people to our mental health issues. inertia. To support their overall busi- modern challenges such as urbanisa- UK construction industry at its in adopting technology, maybe be- like before you start building it. BIM not challenges for UK construction, how- the sector towards an entire life-cy- totally unacceptable and, frankly, industry because the impression is But Mr Johnson believes the societal ness goals, the companies themselves tion and climate change. best. When we look at what’s cause the industry is still dominated only allows for improved efficiency of ever a bigger threat, or potential cle management approach. Building shaming on the industry,” says Clive it’s dirty and dangerous, so we need swing towards understanding mental need to drive organisational change. Construction stakeholders should Fhappening in the industry, everyone is by financial and commercial man- design, construction and operation of opportunity, could lie much closer to and managing hospitals measured by Johnson, who helped create the to change the image by making work- health, accelerated by the Duke and This is an iterative process, which collaborate more in communicating talking about Crossrail. It is a fantastic agement, not yet engaged enough an asset, it also enables longer-term home and not necessarily from within patient wellbeing, university campus Health in Construction Leadership places safer, happier and healthier. Duchess of Cambridge and Prince requires careful alignment of a com- this impact and should relay their project, 26 miles of tunnelling beneath with technology-led opportunities to performance and cost benefits to be the sector. We are seeing a growth in construction based on students’ Group (HCLG), which brings together There is also a productivity element, Harry’s Heads Together campaign, is pany’s culture and goals, its organisa- fascinating stories more broadly London, showcasing the UK construc- enhance their function. Many com- considered, designed in and meas- the building of modular homes as one success measures are two potential the main construction companies, so investing in this is a win-win for energising change. tional design, and incentive schemes. by means of social media. Compa- tion industry and the BIM (building in- panies still run their entire business on ured across the asset’s whole life cycle. mechanism to address the housing outcomes of the new way of thinking unions and safety organisations to the industry.” “The commitment from big compa- Traditionally, workforce manage- nies should start early, and go out to formation modelling) process. Microsoft Excel. They know they are As a specialist in project and asset crisis. One new entrant to this market some are already adopting, having tackle health issues. The RISE Group has run a series nies is fantastic, and we are going to ment in construction was equivalent schools and universities to shape the However, we are not the only ones behind the times, but feel comforta- life cycle, this is a key area for IFS be- is Legal and General Homes, essen- learnt, in part, from the global aviation “The industry had been focusing of seminars for its own staff and hold them to it and challenge them to living a boom-to-bust cycle as hir- image of the industry actively. To be doing this. Turkey, for example, has ble using Excel spreadsheets. cause more than half of what the tially a finance company. They are sector whose measures in construc- on safety because of the immediacy sub-contractors, and is training regularly,” he says. “We can reduce ing and fi ring followed the general successful in attracting the right tal- built an underwater tunnel 47 miles Another cultural influence is the construction industry actually does setting out to build modular houses tion of an aircraft are now often based of injuries as opposed to the latency workers as mental health fi rst aiders. absenteeism and make sure workers trend of the economy. Winning the ent, off ering fl exibility and a suffi cient long, China has the Three Gorges Dam industry’s reliance on quantity sur- is about asset management and it in a factory and deliver them to the on the number of flying hours in service of occupational ill health. We had not “There is mental health stigma across have a longer, happier retirement and war for talent, however, requires a work-life balance will be essential. and the United Arab Emirates has a veyor methodologies. This is a very encompasses every single industry site, fully fitted out. This convergence and not at the point the new asset is done enough.” society, and this may be exacerbated this is a moral obligation as well as a fundamentally diff erent and longer- The various actions will require 745-mile-long national railway network. UK-centric phenomenon seen in few sector. BIM is effectively a data asset of construction and manufacturing delivered to the airline. Under the HCLG banner, chief exec- in construction because there are professional one. Construction has to term approach. The fi rst step in- a fi rm commitment from industry The UK has done a lot of work to countries beyond the UK and Brit- through every stage of its life; when industries is speeding up processes, At IFS we have the technology sys- utives of 150 top companies resolved more men working in it and men are change – and it is.” volves strategic workforce planning, stakeholders and often a considerable build standards for BIM, led by gov- ish colonies. This has to impact our the asset is handed over to the owner improving quality, and reducing costs tems, platforms and expertise that last year to tackle occupational health, less likely to talk about these things,” thinking strategically about the fi nancial investment too. As always, ernment, to make the construction export potential. There is huge re- or operator, it is handed over as a dig- and time. Inevitably more industry are already helping construction including mental health, and fi ve com- says Nathalie Duncan-Sletten, senior company’s future demand in terms any investment should be based on a industry more efficient and compet- sistance to change, but are these ital set of data. sectors are likely to get involved in companies through the convergence panies – Wilmott Dixon, Balfour Beatty, consultant at the construction and of quantity and quality of skills, and clear strategy and should be prepared itive globally. The rest of the world is methodologies still the best ones? While the mandated use of BIM for what has the potential to be the UK or servitisation journey to becoming a Careys, Heathrow and Tideway – are project management the likely availability of those skills carefully to pay off in the future. Fail- looking at the UK and taking those Why don’t we have a standard way government-funded projects such as construction sectors “Uber moment”. hybrid organisation. This is the future now trialling a version of the Australian specialists, whose to plan recruitment, retention and ing to make a generous investment in standards, but will they buy more con- of working across the globe, as hap- Crossrail certainly acts as a catalyst, it Another important trend in con- of construction and UK companies Mates in Mind programme that tackles work includes the re- training systematically. talent would defi nitely be short-sight- struction from us? In many ways the UK pens in the oil and gas sectors? We is still seen by many as a compliance struction is the adoption of servitisa- have a great opportunity to embrace stigma on building sites. Each opera- furbishment of the The concerns are not just about the ed. In the words of the renowned man- construction industry is very insular. It should at least be looking at this. issue, with contractors more con- tion. Clients – the asset owners – don’t that future now. tive coming on to a site has a 45-minute Royal Opera House quantity but also the quality of the fu- agement consultant Peter Drucker: needs to think more globally and, fun- Digital technology can be an ena- cerned about what they need to do to just want construction firms to build session on mental health wellbeing, and establishing Am- ture skilled workforce. The construc- “Developing talent is business’s most damentally, look at how it operates. bler of global growth, efficiency and get their BIM badge than its benefits the asset, they want them to provide For more information please while supervisors get 3.5 hours’ coach- azon’s new UK head- tion industry is undergoing a rapid important task – the sine qua non [es- Culture has a significant impact cost reduction, and BIM is the platform for the long-term future of their busi- the services required to maintain their visit ifsworld.com/times or call ing and line managers attend a two-day quarters in Shored- digital transformation, through dis- sential condition] of competition in a on where the industry is today. Take for the digital revolution. If you have a ness. This may sound like a Utopian assets over their entire life cycle. 01494 428900 mental health fi rst aid course. itch, London. ruptive technologies such as building knowledge economy.” 12 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13 / 06 / 2017 RACONTEUR.NET RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13

SUSTAINABILITY COMMERCIALCOMMERCIAL FEATURE FEATURE Change is in the air with city pollution Technology is rebuilding

The construction the foundations of sector stands accused as a construction... VCG/Getty Images VCG/Getty polluter, but has an opportunity to clean In response to population growth and urbanisation, building up its act and infrastructure projects are becoming more complex and worldwide spending on construction is forecast to almost double by 2030

JIM McCLELLAND

rom cyclists battling smog in Beijing, to car-free days on he global construction indus- the Champs-Élysées in Par- try is faced with an intimi- is, air pollution has become dating challenge. How can Fa high-profile, global problem. The it deliver a built environment bad news for the construction in- Tthat meets the aspirations of a grow- dustry is that it has historically been ing, urbanising population, but do it in a big part of that problem. such a way that is economically viable, Adverse health effects of exposure socially inclusive and environmentally to air pollution range from respira- sustainable? tory impacts and asthma, to heart At the same time, technology is rap- disease and diabetes, plus foetal and idly changing. While there is a rich her- postnatal implications. 01 itage of technological change in con- In the UK, the issue makes head- struction, the pace is picking up so fast lines every month. Only five days that it will completely transform the in- 01 into 2017, the country had already with replacement costs high and Construction Labour Model, it is per- Heavy smog dustry in a short period of time. Indus- breached its annual air pollution progress slow, education and train- haps what the industry can do off- shrouding try leaders need rapidly to understand limits for the entire year. Just a few ing in more efficient use of existing site, rather than on-site, that offers construction sites and accommodate new technologies, weeks later, London mayor Sadiq assets offers easier, quicker wins, ac- greatest hope. in Beijing such as infinite computing in the cloud, Khan declared the toughest emis- cording to Mr Law. Swapping the potential inefficien- machine-learning, big data, robotics, 02 sion standard anywhere in the world Recent emissions scandals involv- cies and unpredictable weather asso- Pedestrians on the drones, 3D printing, virtual reality and will be introduced this October. ing major vehicle manufacturers have ciated with traditional on-site work- Champs-Élysées the internet of things (IoT). Even more recently, legal activist also served to put construction firms ing for the controlled environment in Paris as the Faced with such a rapid pace of Cloud computing has given even world-famous group ClientEarth announced it will on notice, says Shaun McCarthy, of the factory floor promises clear change on these two fronts, the indus- the smallest contractors access to shopping street By adapting the be taking the government to court for chair of the Supply Chain Sustaina- opportunity for impact minimisa- try cannot keep pace by simply making computer processing power that was THOMAS SAMSON/Stringer/Getty Images SAMSON/Stringer/Getty THOMAS went car-free for new technologies, we a third time over air pollution, hav- bility School. “‘Dieselgate’ captured tion. Whether companies are looking a day last May to modest tweaks to the way it does things. unthinkable just a few years ago and ing sued successfully twice before. the world’s attention and contractors to cut resource consumption or re- tackle pollution in Dominic Thasarathar, industry until recently was out of reach for all will not only make the the French capital For construction, there has already need to understand that death and ill duce risk of pollution there are gains thought leader, construction, energy but the biggest companies. industry better, but been a tightening of restrictions health due to plant and vehicle emis- in prospect on energy, water, waste, 02 and natural resources at Autodesk, Connecting building information mod- around emissions, says Charlie Law, sions are as much their responsibility carbon emissions and air quality. describes the pace of change and elling (BIM) with the power of the cloud deliver a better built managing director of Sustainable as accidents on-site. This is not an op- Additional potential benefits re- the opportunities it brings for the con- – what Autodesk calls Connected BIM environment Construction Solutions and editor tional extra,” he warns. late to wellbeing, health and safety, A prime focus for environmental throughout June, from free events struction industry as “breathtaking”. – is allowing project teams to improve of the CIRIA (Construction Industry quality, cost and time. footprinting of business activities to e-learning. He says: “What is so exciting is the collaboration on projects and, via mo- Research and Information Associ- Starting with a single room, prefab- is, of course, carbon. Built environ- It is time for construction to start convergence of all these new technol- bile communications and computing, ter, but deliver a better built environ- ation) Environmental good practice rication and modern methods of con- ment numbers are big, but ambition seeing carbon emissions not as ogies that is like nothing we have seen remove the traditional barriers between ment,” says Mr Thasarathar. on-site pocket book. struction can deliver multiple environ- needs to be bigger, says global in- some mere measure of cost-saving before. When you put them all together, the site and the office. Information is go- Some of the technology is verging He says: “The regulatory frame- Away from site, mental benefits, says James Stephens, dustry director for construction at energy efficiency, but as a direct it is going to transform totally the way ing to flow far more efficiently through- on science fiction and is in its infan - work with regard to air pollution has the bulk of managing director of bathroom pod IFS, Kenny Ingram. form of environmental pollution, we design and build, and the way we out project supply chains and across the cy, such as using 3D printing to build been relatively minor up until re- manufacturer Offsite Solutions. “Buildings contribute to 40 per in their own right. operate buildings, infrastructure and life cycle of built assets. bridges, but some, such as the con- cently, with only the Environmental environmental He says: “With use of off-site for cent of world carbon emissions Ultimately, when it comes to cities. The timing couldn’t be more per- Whereas the traditional design pro- nection of cloud computing with BIM Protection Act 1990 imposing con- impact occurs bathroom construction, the number and the UK has targeted a 50 per whether construction can cross the tinent given the task the industry faces cess has often been an exercise in for cloud-connected project delivery trols on dust emissions from con- down long and of activities and trades on-site is rad- cent reduction in greenhouse gas bridge from environmental prob- over the next decade and a half.” compromise, limited by time, money, teams, is fast becoming part of every- struction sites. However, introduc- complex industry ically reduced – from around 15 differ- emissions by 2025 – a stepping lem to sustainable solution, we al- computing power and expertise, these day commercial life. tion of the London Non-Road Mobile ent operations to just one pod suppli- stone to cutting 80 per cent by ready know the answer, says Martin constraints will be lifted by technology, Autodesk makes software used to Machinery Regulations in 2015 has supply chains er. This significantly reduces vehicle 2050,” he says. Brown, Living Building Challenge 6% using algorithms, which enable gen- produce things, from smartphones and really started to address the issue of movements and associated emissions, While the imperative might be (LBC) UK ambassador and author of global GDP is erative design to allow designers to cars to skyscrapers and animated film NOx and PM10 [nitrogen oxides and plus achieves programme savings.” clear, so too is the urgent need for of FutuREstorative. represented by explore almost limitless options, and characters. Mr Thasarathar says: “There particulate matter] emissions.” Away from site, the bulk of en- construction to up its game, says “Not only is it conceivable that construction machine-learning to guide better de- is definitely a change going on and, NOx are the gases associated with On-site there is no substitute for vironmental impact occurs down Mr McCarthy. “Industry awareness buildings can be restorative, we cisions. It will bring about a shift from because we span several industries, severe pollution effects such as effective policy implementation, long and complex industry supply and understanding has historical- now have evidence they can indeed today’s best-practical approach to we can see a new industrial revolution smog and acid rain. PM10 is partic- says Daniel Sweeney, environmen- chains. Construction is coming ly proved very poor, with many do more good, not just less harm, one of “best possible tomorrow”. taking place and cross-pollination as ulate matter with a diameter of up to tal manager at John F Hunt Dem- under increasing pressure to avoid players simply ignorant of the to the environment and human 180M Productivity in construction has industries learn from each other.” 10 micrometres (microns), easily in- olition. “A well-planned environ- charges of effectively exploiting issues,” he says. “We need a step- health,” he says. construction lagged behind developments in other Exactly how quickly the foundations haled deep into the lungs. Only ten mental management policy allows communities and suppliers by exchange in our approach to carbon, With the LBC flagship Bullitt Cen- workers woldwide industries, but technology will enable of construction will change is unclear, years ago, US Environmental Pro- for impacts to be identified and ap- porting pollution. in both what we build and how we tre in Seattle restorative in energy, huge improvements in how projects but the one certainty is that it will tection Agency research into diesel propriate control measures put in In this regard, it is significant that build it, before disruptive players water and health, the problem now are selected, funded and delivered. change. Industry professionals need to emissions found construction replace to minimise risk,” he says. “It the recent “world first” for complet- enter the market and wreak com- is not the buildings or the process, Digital technology will become part invest time to understand the new era sponsible for as much as 32 per cent will aid in achieving environmental ing the opening assessment against mercial havoc.” but the industry, Mr Brown says. 10 of the DNA of buildings and infrastruc- of connection and how they can har- of all mobile-source NOx and 37 per objectives, plus sets out a clear chain the new international standard In a bid to boost sector education He concludes: “We have all the years until full-scale ture, through sensors and systems linked ness the opportunities it will bring. cent of PM. of control and response, allowing for sustainable procurement, ISO and engagement, the Supply Chain tools, thinking and capability for a digitalisation of by the IoT, allowing better use of BIM to Cleaner engine technologies and for good communication between 20400, went to leading internation- Sustainability School is currently restorative future. The biggest bar- the construction make buildings more responsive to the For more information please visit emissions restrictions on newer all stakeholders.” al infrastructure group and giant of working together with the Carbon rier to true implementation is our- industry will lead to needs of their owners and occupants. www.autodesk.co.uk/campaigns/ vehicles will inevitably bring incre- In the wake of the “modernise or the British construction industry Trust and UK Green Building Coun- selves, with our entrenched culture huge annual global “By adapting the new technologies, eoc-video-study or follow cost-savings mental improvements. However, die” 2016 Farmer Review of the UK Balfour Beatty. cil on a Carbon Month of activities and mindset.” we will not only make the industry bet- @autodesk_UK PHI GROUP GETEC A KELLER COMPANY A KELLER COMPANY 12 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13 / 06 / 2017 RACONTEUR.NET RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13

SUSTAINABILITY COMMERCIALCOMMERCIAL FEATURE FEATURE Change is in the air with city pollution Technology is rebuilding

JIM McCLELLAND

rom cyclists battling smog in Beijing, to car-free days on he global construction indus- the Champs-Élysées in Par- try is faced with an intimi- is, air pollution has become dating challenge. How can Fa high-profile, global problem. The it deliver a built environment bad news for the construction in- Tthat meets the aspirations of a grow- dustry is that it has historically been ing, urbanising population, but do it in a big part of that problem. such a way that is economically viable, Adverse health effects of exposure socially inclusive and environmentally to air pollution range from respira- sustainable? tory impacts and asthma, to heart At the same time, technology is rap- disease and diabetes, plus foetal and idly changing. While there is a rich her- postnatal implications. 01 itage of technological change in con- In the UK, the issue makes head- struction, the pace is picking up so fast lines every month. Only five days that it will completely transform the in- 01 into 2017, the country had already with replacement costs high and Construction Labour Model, it is per- Heavy smog dustry in a short period of time. Indus- breached its annual air pollution progress slow, education and train- haps what the industry can do off- shrouding try leaders need rapidly to understand limits for the entire year. Just a few ing in more efficient use of existing site, rather than on-site, that offers construction sites and accommodate new technologies, weeks later, London mayor Sadiq assets offers easier, quicker wins, ac- greatest hope. in Beijing such as infinite computing in the cloud, Khan declared the toughest emis- cording to Mr Law. Swapping the potential inefficien- machine-learning, big data, robotics, 02 sion standard anywhere in the world Recent emissions scandals involv- cies and unpredictable weather asso- Pedestrians on the drones, 3D printing, virtual reality and will be introduced this October. ing major vehicle manufacturers have ciated with traditional on-site work- Champs-Élysées the internet of things (IoT). Even more recently, legal activist also served to put construction firms ing for the controlled environment in Paris as the Faced with such a rapid pace of Cloud computing has given even world-famous group ClientEarth announced it will on notice, says Shaun McCarthy, of the factory floor promises clear change on these two fronts, the indus- the smallest contractors access to shopping street By adapting the be taking the government to court for chair of the Supply Chain Sustaina- opportunity for impact minimisa- try cannot keep pace by simply making computer processing power that was THOMAS SAMSON/Stringer/Getty Images SAMSON/Stringer/Getty THOMAS went car-free for new technologies, we a third time over air pollution, hav- bility School. “‘Dieselgate’ captured tion. Whether companies are looking a day last May to modest tweaks to the way it does things. unthinkable just a few years ago and ing sued successfully twice before. the world’s attention and contractors to cut resource consumption or re- tackle pollution in Dominic Thasarathar, industry until recently was out of reach for all will not only make the the French capital For construction, there has already need to understand that death and ill duce risk of pollution there are gains thought leader, construction, energy but the biggest companies. industry better, but been a tightening of restrictions health due to plant and vehicle emis- in prospect on energy, water, waste, 02 and natural resources at Autodesk, Connecting building information mod- around emissions, says Charlie Law, sions are as much their responsibility carbon emissions and air quality. describes the pace of change and elling (BIM) with the power of the cloud deliver a better built managing director of Sustainable as accidents on-site. This is not an op- Additional potential benefits re- the opportunities it brings for the con- – what Autodesk calls Connected BIM environment Construction Solutions and editor tional extra,” he warns. late to wellbeing, health and safety, A prime focus for environmental throughout June, from free events struction industry as “breathtaking”. – is allowing project teams to improve of the CIRIA (Construction Industry quality, cost and time. footprinting of business activities to e-learning. He says: “What is so exciting is the collaboration on projects and, via mo- Research and Information Associ- Starting with a single room, prefab- is, of course, carbon. Built environ- It is time for construction to start convergence of all these new technol- bile communications and computing, ter, but deliver a better built environ- ation) Environmental good practice rication and modern methods of con- ment numbers are big, but ambition seeing carbon emissions not as ogies that is like nothing we have seen remove the traditional barriers between ment,” says Mr Thasarathar. on-site pocket book. struction can deliver multiple environ- needs to be bigger, says global in- some mere measure of cost-saving before. When you put them all together, the site and the office. Information is go- Some of the technology is verging He says: “The regulatory frame- Away from site, mental benefits, says James Stephens, dustry director for construction at energy efficiency, but as a direct it is going to transform totally the way ing to flow far more efficiently through- on science fiction and is in its infan - work with regard to air pollution has the bulk of managing director of bathroom pod IFS, Kenny Ingram. form of environmental pollution, we design and build, and the way we out project supply chains and across the cy, such as using 3D printing to build been relatively minor up until re- manufacturer Offsite Solutions. “Buildings contribute to 40 per in their own right. operate buildings, infrastructure and life cycle of built assets. bridges, but some, such as the con- cently, with only the Environmental environmental He says: “With use of off-site for cent of world carbon emissions Ultimately, when it comes to cities. The timing couldn’t be more per- Whereas the traditional design pro- nection of cloud computing with BIM Protection Act 1990 imposing con- impact occurs bathroom construction, the number and the UK has targeted a 50 per whether construction can cross the tinent given the task the industry faces cess has often been an exercise in for cloud-connected project delivery trols on dust emissions from con- down long and of activities and trades on-site is rad- cent reduction in greenhouse gas bridge from environmental prob- over the next decade and a half.” compromise, limited by time, money, teams, is fast becoming part of every- struction sites. However, introduc- complex industry ically reduced – from around 15 differ- emissions by 2025 – a stepping lem to sustainable solution, we al- computing power and expertise, these day commercial life. tion of the London Non-Road Mobile ent operations to just one pod suppli- stone to cutting 80 per cent by ready know the answer, says Martin constraints will be lifted by technology, Autodesk makes software used to Machinery Regulations in 2015 has supply chains er. This significantly reduces vehicle 2050,” he says. Brown, Living Building Challenge 6% using algorithms, which enable gen- produce things, from smartphones and really started to address the issue of movements and associated emissions, While the imperative might be (LBC) UK ambassador and author of global GDP is erative design to allow designers to cars to skyscrapers and animated film NOx and PM10 [nitrogen oxides and plus achieves programme savings.” clear, so too is the urgent need for of FutuREstorative. represented by explore almost limitless options, and characters. Mr Thasarathar says: “There particulate matter] emissions.” Away from site, the bulk of en- construction to up its game, says “Not only is it conceivable that construction machine-learning to guide better de- is definitely a change going on and, NOx are the gases associated with On-site there is no substitute for vironmental impact occurs down Mr McCarthy. “Industry awareness buildings can be restorative, we cisions. It will bring about a shift from because we span several industries, severe pollution effects such as effective policy implementation, long and complex industry supply and understanding has historical- now have evidence they can indeed today’s best-practical approach to we can see a new industrial revolution smog and acid rain. PM10 is partic- says Daniel Sweeney, environmen- chains. Construction is coming ly proved very poor, with many do more good, not just less harm, one of “best possible tomorrow”. taking place and cross-pollination as ulate matter with a diameter of up to tal manager at John F Hunt Dem- under increasing pressure to avoid players simply ignorant of the to the environment and human 180M Productivity in construction has industries learn from each other.” 10 micrometres (microns), easily in- olition. “A well-planned environ- charges of effectively exploiting issues,” he says. “We need a step- health,” he says. construction lagged behind developments in other Exactly how quickly the foundations haled deep into the lungs. Only ten mental management policy allows communities and suppliers by exchange in our approach to carbon, With the LBC flagship Bullitt Cen- workers woldwide industries, but technology will enable of construction will change is unclear, years ago, US Environmental Pro- for impacts to be identified and ap- porting pollution. in both what we build and how we tre in Seattle restorative in energy, huge improvements in how projects but the one certainty is that it will tection Agency research into diesel propriate control measures put in In this regard, it is significant that build it, before disruptive players water and health, the problem now are selected, funded and delivered. change. Industry professionals need to emissions found construction replace to minimise risk,” he says. “It the recent “world first” for complet- enter the market and wreak com- is not the buildings or the process, Digital technology will become part invest time to understand the new era sponsible for as much as 32 per cent will aid in achieving environmental ing the opening assessment against mercial havoc.” but the industry, Mr Brown says. 10 of the DNA of buildings and infrastruc- of connection and how they can har- of all mobile-source NOx and 37 per objectives, plus sets out a clear chain the new international standard In a bid to boost sector education He concludes: “We have all the years until full-scale ture, through sensors and systems linked ness the opportunities it will bring. cent of PM. of control and response, allowing for sustainable procurement, ISO and engagement, the Supply Chain tools, thinking and capability for a digitalisation of by the IoT, allowing better use of BIM to Cleaner engine technologies and for good communication between 20400, went to leading internation- Sustainability School is currently restorative future. The biggest bar- the construction make buildings more responsive to the For more information please visit emissions restrictions on newer all stakeholders.” al infrastructure group and giant of working together with the Carbon rier to true implementation is our- industry will lead to needs of their owners and occupants. www.autodesk.co.uk/campaigns/ vehicles will inevitably bring incre- In the wake of the “modernise or the British construction industry Trust and UK Green Building Coun- selves, with our entrenched culture huge annual global “By adapting the new technologies, eoc-video-study or follow cost-savings mental improvements. However, die” 2016 Farmer Review of the UK Balfour Beatty. cil on a Carbon Month of activities and mindset.” we will not only make the industry bet- @autodesk_UK PHI GROUP GETEC A KELLER COMPANY A KELLER COMPANY 14 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13 / 06 / 2017 RACONTEUR.NET RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 15

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Utku Pekli/Shutterstock Utku ‘It is vital that in building new homes, they are conceived and constructed with a less stable climate in mind’ The Future of the

ALASTAIR CHISHOLM Head of policy and communications Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management Construction

Climate change rep- cost-eff ective option. resents one of the The Chartered In- greatest challeng- stitution of Water Manager es of our age, with and Environmen- quite small in- tal Management creases in aver- (CIWEM) is cur- The lives of construction managers across age atmospheric rently helping to temperature carry- develop awareness, the UK are rapidly changing as technology ing the potential to standards and codes transforms how buildings and infrastructure infl uence and change of practice to ensure weather patterns signifi - that when property are designed and built. We call this the cantly at a more local level. fl ood-resilience measures are Era of Connection. Find out how the trends In the UK we are positioned in the put into homes and business prem- fi ring line of Atlantic weather sys- ises, this is done to a high standard will affect you in a new video made in tems and the Association of British to help keep water out or speed up conjunction with CIOB, and discover how Insurers has recently warned that, the rate at which a building can be alongside increases in rain storm reoccupied following a fl ood. With you can stay ahead of the curve. intensity, we should also prepare insurers on board, the prospects to ourselves for more damage from de- deliver real improvements in prop- Watch the video at www.autodesk.co.uk/ structive wind storms. Additional erty fl ood resilience look positive. risk exists in relation to the impact Far too many people do not know campaigns/eoc-video-study of heatwaves. Flooding is perhaps they’re at risk of fl ooding. While the most frequent and familiar to most are likely to recognise risk of the UK public, though fi nancial im- fl ooding from rivers and the sea, pact of wind storms can be greater more people are likely to be aff ect- and the death toll is typically high- ed by surface water fl ooding that

Tristan Fewings/Getty Images Fewings/Getty Tristan est from heatwaves. occurs as a direct result of heavy, Obviously the ultimate aim should intense rain storms. We should be be to slow if not stop the emission building and retrofi tting our towns of anthropogenic greenhouse gas- and cities to handle this fl ash fl ood- Hadid’s lasting es such that these manifestations ing more eff ectively. of climate change are avoided. But While traditionally the approach equally we need to ensure that our has been to pipe water away to the built environment is resilient to nearest river, this can cause prob- these impacts as far as possible. lems. Firstly, as with much of the legacy lives on... The UK is in the midst of a housing built environment, drainage systems crisis, which lead to the last govern- can be decades or even centuries old, The Antwerp Port House is perhaps one of Dame Zaha Hadid’s ment setting a target to build a mil- and are increasingly overloaded by lion new homes by 2020. Incorpo- new development and the increas- most striking creations – an enduring reminder of the late aving achieved promi- rating resilience is easier with new ingly intense rainfall. Secondly, by nence as one of the world’s build, particularly on greenfi eld draining quickly into the nearest riv- architect’s bold creativity and daringly experimental style foremost architects of her sites where cost and availability of er, this can increase the risk of fl ood- generation, Dame Zaha land allows for greater use of land- ing to communities downstream. HHadid’s sudden death last March scape features and unrestricted de- The answer is to make our drain- came as a shock to the world of ar- sign to optimise resilience. It is vital age systems better able to store chitecture and design. As the fi rst that in building these new homes, water and let it drain away slowly, woman to be awarded the Pritzker and supporting infrastructure, they eff ectively removing the “fl ash” el- Architecture Prize, and the fi rst and are properly conceived and con- ement from the fl ooding equation. only to win the Royal Gold Medal of structed with a less stable and pre- CIWEM has been championing sus- the Royal Institute of British Ar- dictable climate in mind. tainable drainage systems, which DEMOLITION EXPO 17 chitects, she set the precedent for Aside from new build, a far big- do this by using a wide range of ap- THIS YEAR’S BIGGEST DEMOLITION EVENT futuristic, expressive designs, such ger challenge exists in what to do proaches from green roofs, permea- REDUCING YOUR RISKS, as the Guangzhou Opera House in with the vast majority of our exist- ble surfaces, ponds or underground www.autodesk.co.uk 22-24 June, Herts Showground China and the London Aquatics ing built environment, developed tanks to store the water. @AutodeskAEC @Autodesk_UK RAISING THE STANDARDS. www.demoexpo2017.com Centre in Stratford’s Olympic Park. decades or centuries ago with little Designed at an early stage in a de- The Antwerp Port House (pictured), or no consideration of resilience velopment, they are cost eff ective #eraofconnection USE AN NFDC CONTRACTOR which opened last year, was one of against storms and heatwaves. For and can deliver a host of wider ben- Call us at: +44 (0)1252 456893 the fi rst major projects completed many who have been fl ooded in efi ts, not least making towns and by her fi rm following her passing. recent years, sometimes a number cities greener and more attractive. Autodesk is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries Our members are exceeding the highest industry standards, adhering Designed to resemble the bow of a of times, this is an all too present We are currently working with gov- and/or a liates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk to the latest training, stringent auditing and health and safety practices. ship, the Port House repurposed, challenge. They often cannot move, ernment to make sure policies and reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifi cations renovated and extended a derelict insurance, if obtainable, can at best guidance work to mainstream this and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical repair but little more, so retrofi tting approach, and we are hopeful of real or graphical errors that may appear in this document. fi re station into a new headquarters © 2017 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved. www.demolition-nfdc.com | 01442 217144 for the port. resilience measures is a sensible, progress in the near future. 14 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 13 / 06 / 2017 RACONTEUR.NET RACONTEUR.NET 13 / 06 / 2017 FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION 15

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Utku Pekli/Shutterstock Utku ‘It is vital that in building new homes, they are conceived and constructed with a less stable climate in mind’ The Future of the

ALASTAIR CHISHOLM Head of policy and communications Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management Construction

The lives of construction managers across the UK are rapidly changing as technology transforms how buildings and infrastructure are designed and built. We call this the Era of Connection. Find out how the trends will affect you in a new video made in conjunction with CIOB, and discover how you can stay ahead of the curve.

Watch the video at www.autodesk.co.uk/campaigns/eoc-video-study

www.autodesk.co.uk @AutodeskAEC @Autodesk_UK #eraofconnection Call us at: +44 (0)1252 456893

Autodesk is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or a liates in the USA and/ or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifi cations and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2017 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.