Real Estate: ‘Future of Proptech’ in The Times
Proptech: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper looks at how there is more than tech to this trend — digital is the future for real estate, not a fad.
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Construction: Lessons to be learned
A big, hungry, dirty beast, the construction industry is in need of some sustainability inspiration — what lessons can it learn from cars, fashion and food?
Read moreCarbon + circularity: ‘Future of Construction’ in The Times
Future of Construction: Articles for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper explore the challenges of cutting carbon and how a circular economy can really happen.
Read moreInvestment: ‘Future of Infrastructure’ in The Times
Future of Infrastucture: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper explores how Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) criteria are driving investment.
Read moreSkills & Employment: ‘Future of Engineering’ in The Times
Soft skills and hard truths in employment: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper on race to attracts new recruits into engineering in the UK.
Read moreCircularity: ‘Future of Construction’ in The Times
New writing… Pleased to say I have had another article published in The Times newspaper, as part of a special Raconteur report on the Future of Construction. BAMB is on a mission: its goal is a systemic shift in sustainable building; its focus, construction waste and material consumption. As the name implies, Buildings as Material Banks (BAMB) reimagines a building as a dynamic […]
Read moreBuilding for climate resilience – from cold snap, to heatwave
New writing… My second piece for The Hub – the award-winning content platform curated by Mitsubishi Electric – tackles climate resilience in the built environment. It looks at how we can design, build and operate properties and places capable of coping with extreme weather – regardless of whether the forecast is for a Beast from the East, or a hosepipe-banning […]
Read moreRegeneration, Plastic and Fish in The Sunday Times
New writing… Pleased to say I have had a further trio of pieces published in The Sunday Times newspaper this week, as part of a special Raconteur report on Project Management. The first is a story of simple truths applied at scale and looks at how collaboration is critical to the success of a multi-stakeholder regeneration scheme such as Nine Elms. […]
Read morePropTech: Why the Future Is Digital and Personal
New writing… My latest for Real Views looks at the emergence of the PropTech phenomenon in the built environment. Property technology, ‘PropTech’ for short, is a catch-all term for a disruptive new breed of data-based startups and intelligence innovators now applying their skills with analytics and algorithms to real estate. It might be early days for the marriage of property […]
Read moreWhat Being ‘Smart’ Means… ‘Smart Cities’ in The Times
New writing… Pleased to say I have another piece published in The Times newspaper today, as part of a special report on Smart Cities, by Raconteur. It looks at why business, the built environment and wider community must embrace constant change and lifelong learning to benefit fully from intelligent and responsive digital cities of the future: • ‘What being ‘smart’ means […]
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