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Education & healthcare Comment

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Just how fast can the life sciences sector grow?

2021-08-04T05:47:00+01:00By Allen Beever

Government has set out an ambitious 10-year strategy but there are barriers that could put a brake on developing these high-tech facilities

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An invitation to the largest hospital building programme in a generation

2021-06-14T09:13:00+01:00By Natalie Forrest

Today contractors can register their interest to help build 40 new hospitals in England, Natalie Forrest sets out the client expectations

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How hospitals could withstand future pandemics

2021-04-28T05:00:00+01:00

Covid-19 hit the NHS hard but there are design and construction solutions emerging that could save lives in future, says Smriti Singh and Chris Waine

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Could the future of the office be academia?

2021-03-02T18:44:00+00:00By Giovanni Festa

Vacant commercial space holds huge potential for universities looking to expand their footprint, says Sweco’s Giovanni Festa

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The DfE is right to be demanding of its construction partners

2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00By Mark Reynolds

Other government departments need similar - if not even more ambitious - targets for net zero and modern methods of construction, writes Mark Reynolds

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The changing language of construction

2020-10-13T05:00:00+01:00By Debbie Hobbs

ISG’s Debbie Hobbs picks out the latest jargon that says so much about rapidly evolving building practices

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Growing pains: It is possible that the UK higher education sector is approaching ‘peak campus’

2019-09-09T05:00:00+01:00By Simon Rawlinson

Dramatic changes in student numbers demand fresh thinking about the adaptability and utilisation of university buildings

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The Augar review is likely to lead to worse facilities and poorer mental health

2019-07-03T05:00:00+01:00By Mike Entwisle

The most significant impact of the review into post-18 education will be its potential to exacerbate uncertainty in funding and poor student mental health

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How to maintain top class academy estates

2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00By Allan Hunt

Funding for UK acadamies, despite providing respite, has resulted in a challenge to manage and refurbish estates cost-effectively.

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Learning the hard way

2017-09-08T00:01:00+01:00By Sarah Richardson

The government’s decision to divert £900m of funding away from school’s capital budgets raises troubling questions over the longer-term impact on the education sector’s estate

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Education & healthcare News

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Firms gear up as New Hospital Programme unveils initial £2.5bn pipeline of work

2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

Details of deals already awarded also revealed

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ISG picked to build £80m Cardiff school campus

2022-03-03T07:00:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

Three new schools to be built on a single site

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Consultants beef up health teams

2022-02-16T07:00:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

WSP and HKS bring in new faces

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Fit-out firms hoping numbers add up for £10m Bayes Business School revamp

2022-02-02T07:00:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

Scheme at Finsbury Square will take 10 months

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Firms readied for £500m Scottish hospital job

2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

Contractors and consultants being lined up for Lanarkshire project

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Search for £250m Evelina Children’s Hospital contractor restarts after Bouygues deal canned

2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

Procurement changes mean job is being readvertised

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Perkins & Will parachuted in to replace BDP on £600m hospital job

2021-09-29T05:00:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Architect replaced by rival bidder following breakdown of bidder engagement discussions

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London NHS trust frets over impact of cost inflation on hospital plans

2021-09-20T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Client behind St Helier Hospital raises concerns about price growth impact

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Contractors on notice for £86m Portsmouth law school

2021-08-26T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

University expecting to draw up shortlist in early October

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Consultants picked to help steer government’s new hospital programme

2021-08-19T16:31:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Team led by KPMG named interim commercial partner

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Education & healthcare Focus

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Lessons of the Nightingales: how covid changed construction

2022-03-02T07:00:00+00:00By Josephine Smit

A range of pandemic-prompted innovations have changed industry practice for good. Josephine Smit talks to those who led the way

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Take a dive into the UK’s first Passivhaus leisure centre

2022-02-16T09:51:00+00:00By Thomas Lane

Exeter council trailblazes a radical alternative to the energy-guzzling swimming pool

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University challenge: the LSE’s new Marshall Building

2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00By Thomas Lane

The brief called for sports and arts facilities, as well as teaching and research space – it inspired a highly innovative response

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Client profile: Emma-Jane Houghton in charge of the New Hospital Programme

2021-07-12T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

The commercial director leading the government’s 40-hospital construction programme explains what she’s looking for from suppliers

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Rethinking Design: putting the fun back into the future

2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00By Debika Ray

How will the hospitality and leisure sectors adapt to post-covid restrictions while satisfying our craving for excitement, wellbeing and social interaction? Debika Ray reports

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Barony Campus: Scotland’s new super school

2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00By Thomas Lane

It has been described as the most innovative, ambitious and inclusive learning facility in the country - Sheppard Robson tells how the client ditched the frameworks route for a bespoke design

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Rethinking Design: how to prepare schools for the next pandemic

2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

Continuing our series on rethinking design in the wake of the coronavirus, Jordan Marshall reports on how architects are trying to future-proof school buildings while making new-builds net zero

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Rethinking Design: how the pandemic is transforming healthcare

2020-11-16T06:00:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

In the second in our series on rethinking building design in the wake of the pandemic, Jordan Marshall reports on a booming healthcare sector and the government’s ambitious health infrastructure plans

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How the Grange University Hospital opened four months early

2020-11-16T06:00:00+00:00By Thomas Lane

Using design for manufacture and assembly, Laing O’Rourke has delivered a major new hospital in Wales under budget and four months early – no wonder the government is looking to use it as a model for its hospital building programme. Thomas Lane reports

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How are university capital budgets holding up in the face of covid?

2020-09-07T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Covid-19 and the government’s exam grading fiasco have combined to leave universities in a deep administrative and financial hole. Jordan Marshall asks industry experts what the sector needs to do

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