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CommentHansom: Paxman-style tactics
For once I get the chance to use the phrase 鈥榟ealth and safety gone mad鈥� justly, gender pay gap figures bring up unsaid questions and Interserve鈥檚 chief exec races against time
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CommentThe gender pay gap 鈥� it's just not that simple
The final deadline of gender pay gap information has now passed. Gill Parker of BDG architecture + design explains why the final result should not be taken at face value
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CommentDue diligence: spotting suppliers on the edge
You may not be directly affected by Carillion鈥檚 demise 鈥� but perhaps your subcontractors are.聽Chris Kirby-Turner advises on how to mitigate the risks to your own project
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CommentGender pay gap: The data is bad, so what will you do about it?
Women working for construction firms take home lower average earnings than men - that鈥檚 a fact, but one that shouldn鈥檛 be tolerated
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CommentSolving the CO2 problem: 星空传媒s in a post-carbon world
Reducing CO 2 聽emissions has long been top of the agenda across sectors. But do we now have the tools to fundamentally solve this problem? Barny Evans thinks so
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CommentWhy the social and affordable housing crisis shows no signs of abating
With affordable homes becoming unaffordable, McBains surveyed 100 housebuilders on theie views of the future. The responses were less than inspiring鈥�
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CommentA half-time pep talk is needed
Exactly halfway through the two-year Brexit countdown, is it time to stop and think if we want to play this game at all
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CommentHansom: Finding the right words
There鈥檚 a bit of confusion over Al Pacino, the large crowd expected at Persimmon鈥檚 AGM could leave directors struggling for explanation, and an MP practises straight talking
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CommentDon't just stand there, do something
It鈥檚 difficult not to get angry with the government when you consider what is happening to businesses in this sector as a consequence of Carillion鈥檚 collapse. It鈥檚 simply not right
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CommentThe power of private and public partnerships
Public private partnerships haven鈥檛 had a lot of good press recently. But the reality is that they remain a great route to deliver benefits that no single organisation would be capable of alone
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CommentHome truths
The housing crisis isn鈥檛 about land supply; it鈥檚 about affordability and quality. Let鈥檚 stop treating homes as assets and remember they鈥檙e places for people to live, says Ann Bentley
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CommentLegal: What are indemnity clauses for?
Nicholas Baatz explains the potential effects of indemnity clauses in the new Red, Yellow and Silver Books
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CommentThought for tomorrow: The role of the architect
Orms Architects鈥� John McRae imagines how an architect鈥檚 working life may change
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CommentTrailblazers: The Imperial War Museum, London
As part of the 星空传媒 Your Future campaign, we ask what buildings were futuristic in their time, or marked a change in how the industry built
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CommentCan foreign direct investment help solve the UK's housing crisis?
Though the government has set aside 拢3bn for the nation鈥檚 Home 星空传媒 Fund in an attempt to boost stock levels, which is a welcome step, the industry knows this isn鈥檛 enough to turbocharge construction
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CommentLegal: Control brings responsibility
James Bessey explains the weighty responsibilities that can be placed on contractors under the 2005 fire safety regulations聽
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CommentLandbanking - an inconvenient truth
An unfortunate fact, for those that choose to blame landbanking for the housing crisis - it doesn鈥檛 actually happen
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CommentESOS phase 2 - the answer could be right in front of you
Phil Draper from Cavendish Engineers on phase 2 of the government鈥檚 Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme and the benefits for UK companies as we countdown to Brexit
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CommentThought for tomorrow: project delivery
As part of 星空传媒鈥檚 175th anniversary celebrations, we have launched a series in which readers share their visions of the construction industry in 25 years鈥� time. Here, Lendlease boss聽Neil Martin can see big changes coming in how schemes are delivered
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CommentWhat is UK construction's role in post-disaster recovery of developing countries?
There has been recognition of the lack of sufficient construction expertise in the planning stages of long term disaster recovery in the developing world - and one plan rarely fits all situations