All Building articles in 9 March 2018
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Features
Whole-life carbon: RIBA and RICS guidance
Guidance from both RICS and the RIBA on carbon reduction from a whole-life perspective can be used together to plan for resource efficiency and minimal emissions. Simon Sturgis of Sturgis Carbon Profiling reports
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Comment
National Planning Policy Framework - reaction
The revised draft of the National Planning Policy Framework was announced on Monday, with the new formula set to boost housing targets across southern England. We canvassed the industry for reaction
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Features
Image of the week: Jobs for the girls
Marchers gathered outside the Palace of Westminster for March4Women to demand gender equality
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Features
Sketch of the week: Cadogan Estates' George House development, London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch by Stiff + Trevillion associate director Sean Crummey shows the rooftops of Chelsea, designed by the S+T tea
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Comment
Leader: Game over
We’ve heard it all this week. All, that is, except a commitment from the government to spend considerably more cash to boost the housing sector and fundamentally change the way we build
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Comment
Hansom: Reality bites
BoJo grows ever more self-deluded – but he’s not the only chap kidding himself. Mind you, we all needed an escape from reality last week, as the big chill froze up everything from insolvency helplines to hot lunches
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Comment
Apprenticeships should be used to build for the future
The biggest challenge to building capacity is changing the perception of what an engineer does - and building for the future
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Comment
Gender pay gap reporting is an opportunity and a catalyst for change
Reporting your gender pay gap is not just for the public; it’s also a chance for your organisation to seek new ways to modernise its culture.
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Features
The problem with women
As the deadline for companies to disclose their gender pay gap looms, Debika Ray looks at whether the industry is at last ready to take meaningful steps to remedy the problem
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News
Less than a fifth of top contractors' board members are women
New research reveals just 79 of 418 board appointments are female
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Comment
Legal: rectify now, argue later
Is a contractor obliged to rectify a defect when instructed, even if it disputes responsibility for that defect?
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Features
Women in architecture - on a role
Although women still account for barely a fifth of UK architects – and that figure is falling – they are increasingly leaving their mark on the built landscape. Ike Ijeh talks to leading women in the field to find out how they got where they are today
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News
‘Enhanced liquidation’ would have given Carillion creditors more cash
EY revealed alternative liquidation process would have delivered creditors an extra 5p in the pound
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Build UK bosses vow to tackle poor payment practices
The trade group has unveiled its three targets for tackling payment issues
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Features
Online poll: Planning for the future
This week’s poll: Does the revised draft of the National Planning Policy Framework #NPPF instil you with confidence about the future of the housing sector?
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Comment
Everything in its place
The new design taskforce of the National Infrastructure Commission will help us see the bigger picture – and create places for people
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Comment
The government is turning up the heat on councils and developers, but will it deliver more homes?
‘Land banking’ is a great rhetoric – but is this what is really holding the country back from building the government’s target of 300,000 homes a year?
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News
NPPF implements controversial new formula for housing need
New formula set to boost housing targets across southern England
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Comment
Legal: Bridging the gender pay gap
Keely Rushmore explains what firms must do to meet new requirements on reporting the gender pay gap, and how they can turn the new rules to reputational advantage