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CommentT&T and CBRE: A good deal to think about
聽What will T T鈥檚 sale of a 60% stake to CBRE mean for the firm 鈥� and the wider industry?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: May the (air) force be with you
聽With US giants gobbling up UK firms, can only those with special powers resist?
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CommentMaterials: How can clients navigate a global power shift?
Shortages around the world mean it is more important than ever to think through supply chain strategies, says T T鈥檚 Neil Bullen
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CommentOpen Doors is a chance to recruit the next generation to construction
For a week in October young people will be invited to see behind the site hoardings - play your part and register to get involved
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CommentDevelopment and heritage are not mutually exclusive
The city has to grow and we have protections in our planning system. To say we are destroying Liverpool is untrue, says its mayor, Joanne Anderson
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CommentSchools are leading the way to net zero
The rest of the industry is waking up to designing carbon-neutral buildings, but the education sector has been addressing energy efficiency for decades. Once the motive was cutting costs; now it is all about reducing emissions, Alan Fogarty writes
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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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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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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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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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CommentFreedom day in shackles
With聽responsibility for risk assessment shifting from government to employers, firms have a lot on their shoulders