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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Wouldn’t it be lovely?
An optimistic Kit Malthouse introduces the ‘slimby’ and the water cannon debacle makes us look back at some of Boris Johnson’s other great ideas
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CommentPFI: The ghost of contracts past
PFI contracts were meant to rebalance risk more fairly but didn’t – and we haven’t seen the last of the disputes over them yet
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CommentIs your workplace holding you back?
Mace Macro’s managing director Ross Abbate explores how better offices could transform our productivity
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CommentThought for tomorrow: New departures
We ask readers to share their visions of the industry in 25 years’ time. Here, John Puttick sees public transport buildings becoming a place for the community
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CommentPreparation might not deliver a better Brexit, but it will ensure a much better response
It’s still impossible to predict the outcome of the Brexit talks, but that’s no excuse not to be ready for the uncertainty ahead. Here’s a five-point plan for how to do it
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CommentImmigration after Brexit - what do you need to know?
Vikki Wiberg considers changes to foreign worker citizenship rules and how they affect construction
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CommentIf we fail to see the role of planning and design in places, we will never solve the productivity debate
Productivity improvement is the only real way to pay ourselves more, says WSP’s Barny Evans
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CommentIn the scramble for more sustainable construction methods, could green concrete be the answer?
Barry Mellor of Aggregate Industries on how greener construction materials are key to achieving ever-ambitious sustainability targets
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CommentSir Stuart Lipton: A spring in his step
Rather than settling down to a well-earned retirement at the age of 76, the developer of what will be the City’s tallest tower is turning his attention to something rather more low-rise: housing
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Loads of old rubbish
We ask readers to share their visions of the industry in 25 years’ time. Here, Gpad London’s Charles Bettes sees considering waste becoming part of every decision
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Undercurrents
Tension is bubbling – opinions differ on what makes ‘beautiful’ architecture, an MP ignores political plots and one of my hacks encounters Corbyn on the road
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CommentFire and heat will shape our future homes
Chris Stanley, housing manager at Modern Masonry, says overheating and emissions are as important to consider as fire protection in homes post-Grenfell.
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CommentSecuring a greener future for public sector estates
As the UK moves away from a centralised energy system, a more agile, distributed approach to energy will play a key role in bringing down the UK’s emissions
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CommentQ&A with … Charlie Woodley from consultant HKA
New research shows that while digitalisation is creating a plethora of opportunities for construction it also adds complexity that can contribute to disputes
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CommentSlavery – construction needs to clean up its act
Current modern slavery laws fail to do enough to interrogate supply chain details, writes Francis Ho
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CommentHow is London going to accommodate all those who want to live in it without concreting over the green belt?
One solution to increase housing supply in London is to build upwards, says Alan Davison
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CommentDiscussing air rights is no hot air
With land only becoming scarcer, air rights will become a more important consideration for developers and freeholders in the coming years
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CommentBusiness in well-regulated markets trumps politics. That’s a good thing
As our politicians prepare to cut the UK from its neighbours, the world of commerce continues to march the opposite way – towards ever greater international co-operation
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CommentThe real deal on skills: why we must stop UK construction falling behind
The UK construction sector is in many respects less flexible, less efficient and less innovative than in those countries where sustainable training and employment practices have continued to be supported, says the ECA’s Andrew Eldred