David Barnes Head of policy and public affairs Chartered Institute of Building LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Print ©Chartered Institute of Building Useful LinksPrestige Contributors Construction Stakeholders David's Latest Articles Cost pressures mounting for construction SMEs Is the government turning the tide on the construction skills gap? Vectorworks 2027 delivers what designers need, where it matters most Actis welcomes first £10bn tranche of social homes funding Risk in real life: What 1,000 NEC contracts reveal about project resilience Why planners need to be proactive about drones Transparent and data-driven design is here – and it’s here to stay Contractors for Universal UK announced ICE wins award for Women in Fellowship Angela Rayner: “Slim chance” of hitting 1.5m new homes target Building Safer: UK Construction Week spotlights building safety Cyber AI will protect critical infrastructure – and cybercriminals will try to steal it Construction’s skills crisis is a mismatch problem, not a shortage We are designing the future. But are we paying enough attention to it? Government fire safety update laid out across two reports Residential weakness weighs on construction despite commercial resilience How BIM and laser scanning are improving fire safety The digital journey for the built environment begins with data, not software A Reform government and the construction sector: what the warranty landscape could look like J3 appoints Evan Griffin as managing director of Debt Advisory When warranty providers say no: The growing battle over technical defences 5,000 Heathrow youth apprenticeships announced Environment Agency appoints GRAHAM for Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme From paperwork to performance: Construction scheduling is failing projects – here’s why Turning Britain’s new towns vision into a reality The signal and the noise: Why machine-readable buildings are closer than we think Consultation on new as-built and handover information guidance launched Five new NISTA members appointed to EAC
