Author Archives: Ed Brereton

The CN Specialists Awards returned in person on Tuesday night – more than two years since its last physical staging – celebrating the nation’s top specialists at a evening in the Brewery, London. An expert panel of judges chose winners across 21 categories, including a significant addition, honouring outstanding leadership…

Click on the front cover below to read the winners’ brochure for the CN Specialists Awards 2021 in full from your PC or mobile device now. Best viewed in Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome

Click on the front cover below to read the winners’ brochure for the Construction News Awards 2021 in full from your PC or mobile device now. Best viewed in Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome

This video was first broadcast at CN Summit 2020. McKinsey global partner David Rockhill kicked off the event by exploring recent research on how to reshape the construction industry and how COVID-19 has accelerated this process, as well as discussing some of the economic and structural developments for the industry…

This video was first broadcast at CN Summit 2020. Our panel came together to debate how the industry could better put placemaking at the heart of future projects; how it could explore the future of public-private partnerships; and review what our city centres will look like by 2030. Panellists included:…

This video was first broadcast at CN Summit 2020. Panel members came together to discuss how the pandemic had impacted investment plans and current projects; to what extent cost will dominate procurement in the future; how they are addressing risk in the supply chain and ensuring clarity for your project…

This video was first broadcast at CN Summit 2020. Our panel featured Barbara Brownlee, managing director for Westminster Builds at Westminster City Council, who discussed the Ebury Bridge Estate project in London; and Nalin Seneviratne, director of city centre development at Sheffield City Council, who emphasised the importance of public private partnerships…

This video was first broadcast at CN Summit 2020. Our panel came together to discuss: What has been the structural and operational impact of COVID-19 this year and into 2021 and beyond?; How has the pipeline of projects changed?; To what extent will technology now create a long-term shift in…

This video was first broadcast at CN Summit 2020. A session exploring new ways of working and more digitally enabled sites, as well as how 2020 will shift the industry’s use of technology and permanently change practices to embrace more digital-enabled solutions. Speaker: Tom Thackray, director of infrastructure, CBI

This video was first broadcast at CN Summit 2020. The then-construction minister Nadhim Zahawi addresses online delegates on how government will support the industry in these challenging times and where the focus will be for public sector investment: from housing to infrastructure