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CommentDoes business interruption insurance cover covid?
A recent ruling shows that if insurance is to cover pandemic risks in future, then policy wordings specific to the construction industry will need to be drafted
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CommentThe office of the future 鈥� and why we need it
Workplaces have always evolved and will carry on doing so to reflect the changing needs of the people inside them, Iain Parker writes
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CommentHousebuilding rates are falling off a cliff - it鈥檚 time to act
The double-whammy of covid and Brexit means we need some state intervention if we are to have any hope of hitting housing targets
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CommentAssistance for the insolvent 鈥� is it all one way?
Construction companies in financial straits have been helped by recent law changes, but limits to that assistance are important too
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CommentHow competent are you?
A report out today sets out new competency requirements which those working on higher risk buildings should act upon immediately to avoid another Grenfell-style disaster, says Graham Watts聽
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CommentSocial value is key to emerging stronger
To minimise the harms of coronavirus and to rebuild better, we need stimulus-funded infrastructure that seeks to maximise social value, says Aecom鈥檚 Mary Zsamboky
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CommentDiverse voices must shape our future
Design leadership must grow and adapt in the wake of Richard Rogers鈥� retirement, says Sadie Morgan
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CommentBetter designed homes can improve young people's life chances
Damien Sharkey explains how HUB's recent design competition set out to help the next generation thrive
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: The life and times
A shameless plug for a book all about me (Joseph Aloysius Hansom, founder of The Builder) and my links with social reformer Robert Owen
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CommentWrong answers to wrong questions: why the planning proposals are flawed
The planning system needs wholesale reform but this white paper is not how to do it, writes Julia Park
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CommentCase in focus: MG Construction Ltd vs AGD Equipment Ltd
Ted Lowery considers a claim for defective piling equipment
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CommentA chance for permanent transformation
If we hold fast聽we鈥檒l look back on 2020 not just as a year of crisis, says Keith Waller
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CommentIf there鈥檚 a second wave, we all get drenched
Construction bosses are considering how to get through one of the toughest winters they have ever faced
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CommentWe have risen to the challenge by working together
At a time of national crisis the construction sector can be proud of the way it has put self-interests aside and acted collaboratively, says James Wates
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CommentSign the EWS1 form at your peril
The EWS1 form was meant to offer reassurance about fire safety, but in liability terms it鈥檚 a death trap for consultants
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CommentLet鈥檚 lift modular into the mainstream
It is time to think big and give our archaic homebuilding industry something to be positive about, says Mark Farmer
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CommentThe office will endure as a positive choice for many
The chances of a significant long-term change in our traditional working behaviour are massively overestimated, says KPMG鈥檚 Richard Threlfall
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CommentFireproof historic buildings or the consequences could be dire
Adrian Attwood on why historic landmark fires happen and how to stop them
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CommentIs it time to look up to a city in the sky?
The catastrophic economic impact of lockdown calls for a global rethink of how we might live and work in future, says Gleeds鈥� Richard Steer
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CommentModular is not delivering, here鈥檚 why
To revolutionise how we build we need a complete change of mindset, says Buro Happold鈥檚 Wolf Mangelsdorf