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CommentA bright future
Since coming to power in 2010, this government has tried to engage with the construction industry to make public spending on buildings and infrastructure leaner. Here the minister for the Cabinet Office counts the ways
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NewsKey departments fail to hit cost reduction targets
Health and education departments fail to hit targets to slash the cost of their construction projects
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CommentOn the right path for 2025
The Government Construction Summit demonstrated that the industry is improving, with collaborative working and smarter procurement. But progress must be judged in years, not months, says Don Ward
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CommentWhy construction must get ahead of Burnham’s skills plan
How can Andy Burnham’s push to put technical education on an equal footing with academic routes avoid being yet another failed attempt to fix the skills system?
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CommentHard hat or graduation cap? In construction, we need both
Our skills challenge is about perceptions as much as pathways, and we need to tackle the two together, writes Patricia Moore at Turner & Townsend
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CommentConsultants have a unique vantage point on the built environment professions review - they must use it
The government’s call for evidence on the future of built environment professions closes in days. Andy Hay of Hollis argues that consultants, sitting between clients, contractors and regulators, are best placed to explain how the system really works
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