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CommentMind the tender price gap
Cost pressures have hit new highs, creating a lag between initial project costs and the final tender price, so what鈥檚 to be done?
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CommentThe need for International Women's Day
Gender equality in the workplace is not a 鈥榳omen鈥檚 issue鈥�, the fact that it is still an aspiration has huge economic implications for us all
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CommentIt's not a housing supply crisis, it's an affordability crisis
The government can鈥檛 see house prices continue to rise while also delivering affordable homes, so a boost for the rental market is a neat sidestep
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CommentWhy women don't pick construction careers
Women in Construction Week should prompt us all to think about how the industry can discard outdated stereotypes
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CommentEcobuild blog: Driving sustainability - a constant in an ever-changing world
Dulux's outlook on sustainability combines being environmentally friendly with customer benefits. Duncan Lochhead talks about its new specifier tool Halo and the Smarter Spaces scheme
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CommentTrain to win
The apprenticeship levy is coming, so we might as well make the best of it. And how we do that is by thinking smarter and working together to make the scheme succeed for us
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CommentHansom: Best picture goes to 鈥�
Film crews horse around at Heathrow, there are Luddites at the palace, and at least one person is pleased HS2 is coming through Birmingham. Plus, analyst in Alpine holiday shock and a TV titan returns to White City
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CommentGrow your own apprenticeships
Firms should use the apprenticeship system to meet the industry鈥檚 long-term needs as competition with other industries is set to increase
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CommentRevolutionary reform
A study for TeCSA revealed an appetite for change in the pre-action protocol for construction and engineering disputes. That change came into effect towards the end of last year
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CommentSimply fair
Understanding contractual provisions can be complicated but a solid legal framework that also reflects fair payment guidance is essential
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CommentWe need a boring Budget
Next week the chancellor will unveil his spring Budget, let鈥檚 hope he uses it to strengthen existing policies and provide certainty rather than unleash any big surprises
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CommentWho gets the bill?
A collapsed tunnel on a hydroelectric scheme left the contractor and employer in dispute about who should pay to have it rectified. So where does liability lie?
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CommentOnline poll: Apprenticeships levy
Will the government鈥檚 all-industry apprenticeship levy work for construction? Vote here
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CommentMaking the private rented sector work
Successful affordable rented schemes are ones that allow communities to grow, and to do that we need to listen to tenants鈥� needs
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CommentStemming the skills shortage
Companies need to work hard to persuade students in school of the importance STEM subjects can play in their future careers
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CommentHitting NHS deadlines
Getting stakeholder engagement right at the start is key to successful management of healthcare projects
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CommentEcobuild blog: Regeneration for everybody
A year on from architectural collective Assemble's Turner Prize win, we speak to Fran Edgerley about its groundbreaking Granby Workshop and the importance of community-led regeneration
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CommentJust sign here 鈥�
When you start a new business arrangement it is best to confirm the terms in writing. A recent spate of construction disputes show the risks involved in relying on oral contracts
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CommentHousing is a numbers game we are not winning
Private housebuilding is the fastest growing sector in construction but major investment is needed to solve the housing crisis
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CommentCPA/Barbour ABI Index: More contracts but mixed fortunes
January鈥檚 index is up but there are mixed fortunes across sectors