Opinion – Page 163
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CommentRing of truth to 'conscious uncoupling'
It may be unclear how amicable a break-up it really is, but are Aedas and AHR better going it alone?
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CommentWhat can construction learn from the World Cup?
Like in football, timing in the business world is everything and if you fail to prepare, prepare to fail
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CommentThe skills timebomb
Our industry is finding it increasingly difficult to recruit people with the right skills, yet there is no sense of urgency when it comes to training and development. Why not?
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CommentA new lease of life
Care closer to home, the digital age and affordability will drive major changes in healthcare facilities
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CommentThe biggest client of them all
The industry needs to address its structure before the skills gap can be bridged
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CommentRebuilding schools: The sequel
As the government opens bidding for its second wave of the Priority Schools Building Programme, it’s important schools and contractors consider the challenges ahead to make best use of the £2bn of extra funding
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CommentThe quest for zero waste
Buildings of the future will be 100% recyclable, totally flexible and highly sophisticated - so who is going to design them?
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CommentThe Green Construction Board
Columnist Rudi Klein writes in about our Green Construction Board feature
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CommentHansom: Quite a performance
Roll up, roll up … And enter a magical world where cranes dance on building sites, construction professionals ride dragons across the waves, civil engineers are funny, and death metal bands are completely silent
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CommentEnergy performance: Postulation or practice?
We urgently need work out how to assess the real in-use energy performance of our commercial buildings so we can understand their true output
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CommentThe future of infrastructure lies with industry collaboration
The technology exists to bring together the government, businesses and the public on infrastructure schemes
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CommentZero carbon is costing us too much
The government has missed an opportunity to improve new housing by sticking dogmatically to an expensive zero-carbon solution
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CommentWhy I'm running for RIBA Council
Architect Ben Derbyshire on why he and fellow architects Andy von Bradsky and John Assael are aiming to reform the RIBA
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CommentHoneywell International Middle East Limited vs Meydan Group LLC (Formerly known as Meydan LLC): Enforcement of foreign awards
The arbitration award was recognised by the Dubai Court of First Instance. Meydan appealed but proceedings were stayed due to bribery allegations
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CommentFuture impossible?
A couple in the future decide to extend their semi-detached home - here’s how they might do it
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CommentHow much did Latham's report change us?
A great deal has changed over the last 20 years, but has the construction industry changed as much as Latham would have hoped?
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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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CommentHansom: Whatever floats your boat
This week, the construction industry has fun on the water and climbs every mountain - well, three of them - while Berkeley celebrates trickle-down happiness and the chancellor makes a shocking confession