The Home Truths series is being hosted by Peter Bill and Jackie Sadek - housing experts, authors and old friends.  With a general election round the corner, Peter and Jackie have joined up with Building Talks for a podcast series all about the housing crisis and how to fix it.  Over five weeks they will be sharing their views and inviting guests in high places who know all about the challenges of building more homes that communities and the wider economy need to thrive. Jackie is a government adviser-turned-housebuilder, while Peter is former housebuilder-turned-journalist. Peter ..read more

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Building podcasts are back with a new series. Crossrail: As the fall-out on the project's delay continues, we’re beginning to get to the bottom of some of early decisions that have led to where we are now, and a new report out today has revealed the extent of the problems Climate change: Architect Jack Pringle follows up his column in this week’s magazine by talking over what needs to change to make construction a climate hero Charles O’Neil: The construction expert thinks the industry’s core issue with problem projects is competency. So he’s decided to do something about it Leave us a ..read more

Already a year behind schedule and £2bn over budget, why is the Crossrail project causing so many problems? Taming the industry’s out-of-control practices could benefit all levels of the supply chain – but who can make that happen? Will Ing talks to the SEC Group's Rudi Klein on the prospect of a national regulator for construction. Andy von Bradsky’s appointment as the government’s head of architecture comes at a time when government is focusing on beauty in the built environment. But can this approach make a difference? Leave a review on iTunes or email building@building.co.uk with your ..read more

What do Millennials really want? The skills crisis continues to grip the construction industry as we’ve never seen it before. With more professionals within the industry retiring and a dearth of skilled workers choosing to join the sector, it has never been more important for firms to figure out how to attract - and more importantly, retain young professionals. Alinea’s Iain Parker was joined at this year’s Building Live conference by two member’s of Building’s recently-formed graduate panel - Emily Scoones, a structural computational design engineer at Ramboll, and Victoria Caines, a senior ..read more

How will construction, and the professionals working within the sector, adapt to an uncertain and rapidly changing world? Last month saw speakers and delegates alike at this year’s Building Live conference discuss and contemplate some of the biggest issues, including how the industry will need to adapt to the government’s response to the Hackitt review; how construction needs to become more efficient to deliver better quality; and how technology is changing how we design and construct buildings. The podcasts will cover issues such as contractor margins, the future for large firms in the indus ..read more

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Building Talks podcast. As you may know, Building Magazine is 180 years old this year - having launched as “The Builder” back in 1843.  In this special one-off episode, we celebrate by going back to the not-too-distant past with four previous editors of Building Magazine. From the tail-end of Thatcherism, through the Blair years, and right up to Brexit - they were covering the major the stories affecting the construction industry.  We gathered Peter Bill, Adrian Barrick, Denise Chevin and Sarah Richardson in the studio to talk about their ..read more

Our guest in episode 3 of Building Talks… Creating Communities is David Rudlin, urban design director at BDP. David is one of the UK’s leading urban designers and planning experts. He began his career as a town planner and is a big supporter of the idea of the planner as someone who helps provide a clear strategic direction, and sets high standards for placemaking. The belief that British cities have much to learn from looking at successful international case studies has also been an important part of David’s approach, and one of the ideas that led him to spend several years working for ..read more

Our guest in episode 2 of Building Talks… Creating Communities is Selina Mason, director of masterplanning and strategic design at Lendlease.  Selina has been at the heart of debates around urban design and how we build better cities for the last two decades. Few people have the wide-ranging experiencing of public and private sector that she draws on to inform her approach to practice. In her current role she is overseeing the development of the massive Smithfield masterplan in central Birmingham, but in her previous jobs, she has been director of architecture and design review at CABE ..read more

Welcome to Building Talks …Creating Communities.  New developments can face massive local opposition, attacked for poor design, a lack of public services, and low quality civic space.  These are the challenges we'll be tackling in season 2 of the Building Talks podcast. By talking to built environment professionals over four weeks we will explore their personal stories, influences and motivations. We will ask them: why is there so much interest in the placemaking agenda? And how can we make the places we work and live in better? In episode 1 Building’s architectural editor Ben Fla ..read more