McBains has placed an opinion article in Construction News focusing on the importance of wellbeing within the built environment.
The feature considers the need for intervention from the government in the form of policies to drive change by integrating health principles into housing standards and looks to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 as a potential flagship policy for the way in which the health and wellbeing effects of good housing can be legislated for.
To explore the article in full: Why we must improve wellbeing in the built environment | Construction News
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