All Professional comment articles – Page 2
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ProfessionalAccessibility is key for EV charging
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) continue to grow as the UK works towards building a high-power, reliable charging network. However, the fast-paced rollout of EV charging has come at the cost of accessibility.
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Don’t dismiss secondhand offices
Despite the so-called flight to quality offices post-Covid, there remains a role for secondary stock in London’s market. With interest rate rises likely, Covid support packages ending and paused payments now falling due, the market below ‘top-dollar’ offices has plenty of life.
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Flexible workspace is only set to become more popular
Demand for flexible options is growing as big corporations downsize in response to new working patterns.
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Assessing rooftop extensions
Developers seeking new ways of using space and adding value to stock are increasingly turning their attention to low- to mid-rise retail or mixed-use properties built between 1948 and 2018.
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Creative reuse is key in office refits
Post-pandemic, businesses are looking to improve how their workspaces operate.
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What will updates to the Building Regulations mean for the sector?
Just before Christmas, while many of us were busy wrapping up both projects and presents, the government published updates to the Building Regulations.
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Who owns artworks on buildings and who has right to remove them?
Earlier this year, McDonald’s hit the headlines when a mural known as ‘Cardiff’s Mona Lisa’ was painted over to make way for a burger advertisement.
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Adapt for a future with smart tech
With hybrid working now the norm for many, there is increased demand for developers and employers to deliver office space that provides a better experience than the WFH alternative.
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Tall-timber revolution takes root
The tallest wood buildings are shooting up over city landscapes globally, replacing traditional concrete and steel towers with majestic, naturally sourced, cathedral-esque timber structures.
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Planning reform is still a long way off
In March, The Telegraph published an article stating that the much-anticipated Planning Bill, which was supposed to reinvigorate the English planning system, would be no more.
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It’s vital to design workplaces with neurodiversity in mind
Effect of poorly designed offices on autistic and other neurodiverse individuals is creating a social divide.
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Investing in psychological health
As a strategic consultant in ESG to several leading property developers and contractors, I think it is increasingly apparent from the industry’s stark mental-health situation that we need to focus and offer more support in this area.
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Driving sustainability with data
Amid the climate emergency, it is clear the industry needs to collaborate to deliver the scale of change required to safeguard the planet – and data plays a key role in understanding and driving sustainability performance.
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What will scrapping of Planning Bill mean for future reforms?
Following rumours that the Planning Bill has now been scrapped and that the ‘tidying up’ of the planning system will instead be made through levelling-up legislation, the Levelling Up White Paper has taken on far greater significance.
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What benefits can flexible estate strategies offer organisations?
It is clear from conversations with our occupier clients that the outlook remains uncertain for workplaces and, as an industry, we are still figuring out what the future of the office looks like in detail.
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How can employers counter the UK’s ‘Great Resignation’?
Organisations must provide spaces that embody what they stand for to recruit and retain the best talent.
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Building the future of healthcare
We are all familiar with how changing patterns of living and working due to Covid have affected high streets and how much strain the pandemic has put on the NHS. At ADP Architecture, we have been investigating a holistic response – one that combines better healthcare provision with a new ...
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Settling post-Covid rent arrears
Although the government put emergency measures in place to curtail creditors amid the pandemic, these are being phased out. On 9 November 2021, the government published a new code of practice for commercial property relationships.
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What impact will the RICS report have on valuations in practice?
The RICS valuation report was, few would disagree, a necessary move to restore confidence in the profession, and an intervention that many would argue has been overdue for quite some time.
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Can a landlord demand a tenant pay turnover rent at lease renewal?
One of the conundrums facing landlords and tenants is how rent should be assessed when a tenant renews its lease under the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.
