Opinion – Page 128
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Nail your colours to the mast
The question of whether the UK should remain in the European Union is a classically polarised debate
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Wet, wet, wet
With outdated policy, procurement and funding models, flood defences are a key area of infrastructure weakness. So far none of the solutions the government has offered has worked - largely because its whole approach needs radical reform
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Hansom: Grouse season
We’re feeling a little rebellious this week, what with protests against Donald Trump, a mixed-use tower in Paddington and the Garden Bridge
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The estates we’re in
Will Cameron’s rhetoric about regenerating the UK’s most run-down estates lead to any benefits for the people who actually live on them?
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A big year
Construction starts the year at the epicentre of political and economic debate, and over the next 12 months it will be constantly under the spotlight - here are the hot topics to keep an eye on
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Flood-proofing rethink required
December’s devestating floods and storms show the need to put the way we design and build our homes back on the agenda
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Squeezing not selling
Why local authorities’ new freedoms should lead to better use - rather than a fire sale - of their assets
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Water, water everywhere
That the UK needs greater flood defences is a no-brainer. Getting a level of co-ordination between government departments and local authorities to make it happen is the challenge
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Dear minister...
As the festive season draws to a close it’s time to look at the big challenges for 2016. What would our columnist say to a new built environment minister about the year that lies ahead for the construction industry?
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Hansom: A chill wind
The season of goodwill comes to a screeching halt as Zaha looks over the new design for Tokyo’s Olympic stadium and a council has its revenge on piss-takers. It’s left to Costain to warm the cockles of our hearts
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2016 will see build to rent come into its own
Politicians remain obsessed by the idea of home ownership but build to rent is where the real opportunity lies
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Online poll: Flood defence
Will the £400m a year investment for flood defence promised by the government be enough to prevent future flooding in the UK? Vote here
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Town and gown
If universities and the cities they’re in talked to each other more about their individual goals, they’d find plenty of overlap and opportunities to enhance their shared spaces
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Helping Nepal
What working as an engineer in Nepal’s rebuilding programme following April’s earthquake taught me
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Who turned up the heat?
Meeting carbon budgets outlined at the Paris Climate Conference is a regulation the UK might actually feel the effects of
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Modern slavery: UK firms must act
Under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 UK firms must take responsibility
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Keeping up with the building services boom
Tactics for high quality delivery now the industry is working full throttle
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Major programmes, major opportunities
The UK must learn from its infrastructure successes to avoid another Davies Commission debacle
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Hansom: Oh, bring us a figgy pudding
This week, a little boy waits 60 years for Santa to turn up, there are Christmas logs aplenty, plus some DIY advice for the holiday period - and if even cement delivery tankers can get into the festive spirit, anyone can