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CommentHousing: Beyond slogans
The need to focus on housing affordability and delivery couldn鈥檛 have been clearer
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CommentEcobuild blog: Changing perspectives on green buildings
星空传媒s must be transformed from simply functional infrastructure into part of the solution to combat global climate change
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CommentHansom: What the dickens?
This week, we have a colourful tale of giant chimneys, a certain shade of the colour blue, ever-more absurd house prices, a modern mausoleum and some excellent exploits in aid of the less fortunate
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CommentOnline poll: Heathrow expansion
Will the government opt to expand Heathrow when it finally announces its decision on airport capacity? Results are in
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CommentAffordable homes are essential for economic growth
With support from government we can build thriving communities that give something back to the country鈥檚 economy
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CommentWe need a long term approach to housebuilding
Our industry needs to work in partnership with government to set co-ordinated targets and drive real change
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CommentEconomics: Business as usual
The reality is that, for now, nothing has changed in the UK economy
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CommentEconomics: Stable, if only for now
Data suggests that activity won鈥檛 fall off a cliff but it will slow down in the next 12 months
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CommentPrice spikes and Hinkley
Circumstances combined to push prices to a rare peak just as Hinkley Point C nuclear power station got the go-ahead. What does this tell us?
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CommentHinkley opens up UK markets to global competitors
The decision to give Hinkley Point the go-ahead means UK construction firms will find themselves increasingly up against competition from abroad
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CommentWhen will modular housing become mainstream?
Modular has a few high profile champions but at its core we are a traditional industry and it will take a big effort to change
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CommentWhere are all the small and medium sized housebuilders?
The major housebuilders are blamed for not building enough houses, but if the odds were not stacked against small and medium developers, they would be there to help drive up volumes
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CommentLondon's zero carbon rules overlook embodied carbon
The London Plan is a step in the right direction but focusing only on operational carbon is a mistake
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CommentHansom: It鈥檚 the surreal thing
This week, a gobsmackingly pricey home, students of today aren鈥檛 what they used to be, chamber music at City Hall, British Land goes walkies, and Holiday Inn guests get to sleep in shipping containers
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CommentRecruitment: Hire education
The temptation, given such overwhelming demand, is to continue planned recruitment drives
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CommentOnline poll: Tokyo 2020
Will Tokyo be better prepared for the 2020 Olympic Games than Rio was this year? Results are in
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CommentTax scandals put ethics in the spotlight
We could learn a thing or two from Germany when it comes to doing the right thing
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CommentThe 2016 Little Britain experience
We鈥檝e had another action-packed few days at Cowes, with all possible weather conditions but luckily no sign of Brexit blues
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CommentWe need to enthuse young people about vocational training
If we were to do for vocational training what we did for sport over the past two decades, investing in it and enthusing young people, the skills shortage that threatens our industry would be a thing of the past
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CommentIs land around transport hubs too difficult to develop?
The short answer is no, but it鈥檚 not easy aligning the priorities of rail infrastructure with property developers鈥�