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CommentHow social value can help us improve ED&I
Mandatory weighting of social value in procurement now means聽organisations must monitor progress on equality, which is a good thing, says Atkins鈥� Michelle Baker
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Comment5 minutes with 鈥� Clare Cameron at PRP
The director at PRP specialises in later living projects and is a lover of contemporary architecture. She also has some 鈥渨itchy powers鈥濃��
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CommentThe highs and lows of mergers in the QS world
Former Davis Langdon partner Erland Rendall on what it was like to be swallowed up by Aecom a decade ago and the context of T&T鈥檚 deal with CBRE
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CommentJust how fast can the life sciences sector grow?
Government has set out an ambitious 10-year strategy but there are barriers that could put a brake on developing these high-tech facilities
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CommentHow we are minimising the impact of the 鈥榩ingdemic鈥�
The number of people off work after being ordered to self-isolate is affecting supply chains and damaging productivity. But adopting sensible protocols can minimise disruption and keep your projects on track, says Origin COO Victoria Brocklesby聽
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CommentCan every construction job become green?
星空传媒 pathways into green careers could do much to attract much-needed new workers into the sector, says CITB chief Sarah Beale
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CommentVisualisation 鈥� the great communications leveller
In just a few years we鈥檝e moved from simple artists鈥� impressions to digital tools that help can shape a project, says ISG鈥檚 Simon Spink
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CommentIs Gleeds the next acquisition target? We鈥檇 prefer to stay independent
Richard Steer believes T&T and CBRE make a good match, but a merger is not on the horizon for his business聽
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CommentCryptocurrency could help construction reinvent itself
With one building firm becoming the UK鈥檚 first to accept cryptocurrency, the rest of the sector may not be far behind
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CommentOn too great expectations
Tony Bingham on a client who paid dearly for taking her builder鈥檚 quote and completion date too literally 鈥� with a whole lot of variations on top
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CommentBeautiful places aren鈥檛 built like this
Government guidelines on design codes fail to recognise society鈥檚 changed priorities post-covid, says Redrow鈥檚聽Matthew Pratt
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CommentA question of liability
The recent decision in Mott vs Trant suggests the courts are unwilling to overrule clauses that exclude or limit liability, writes Robert Akenhead
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CommentMaterials shortages should boost our green ambitions
The current scarcity of key carbon-intensive products is the catalyst we need to focus on building more sustainably, Richard Steer says
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CommentWe need a Part Z to regulate embodied carbon
It鈥檚 time to tackle carbon emissions from construction, which have failed to fall聽alongside operational carbon
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CommentMaking the most of modular contracts
Jahanara Hussain and Sarah Hale on how to minimise the risks and increase the benefits from modular
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CommentEco-anxious young people will be the ones to clean up construction
The next generation have a vested interested in saving the planet, the industry must do all it can to harness that determination and drive
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CommentMultiple dispute objections and cherry picking
A recent ruling in Prater vs Sisk confirms that referring discrete elements of a dispute to a single adjudication does not result in the referral of multiple disputes, writes Jessica Scott
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CommentWill developers be left holding the political hot potato on planning reform?
Proposals do little to address the real issues that cause planning delay and will only worsen local authorities鈥� lack of resources
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CommentSupreme clarity on liquidated damages
Accrual of liquidated damages ends on termination of the contract, the Supreme Court has ruled
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CommentFreedom day in shackles
With聽responsibility for risk assessment shifting from government to employers, firms have a lot on their shoulders