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CommentConstruction industry gossip: In your own words
People wonder why a well-known Australian has taken charge of the Crown鈥檚 jewels,聽and the London Assembly is losing several blame games
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CommentCrossrail: Regrets, it has a few
Today鈥檚 NAO report shows a litany of very costly programming mistakes, can the new bosses get it back on track?
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CommentThe space race: can legacy buildings meet our future challenges?
With a growing population, we must look to refurbish our existing building stock to suit our future needs
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CommentAre we building the kinds of homes we want to live in?
鈥淭he homes we are building today will be the homes that you will live in in 30 years鈥�. So are we building the right homes?
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CommentHow a vocational training initiative was eclipsed by a black hole
You can judge the state of the nation not just by what makes the news, but also by what doesn鈥檛
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CommentCode red 鈥� pressure grows to change poor payment practices
As contractors are named and shamed by the government for poor payment practices, the balance could be about to tip into suppliers鈥� favour
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CommentIt's the climate, stupid
While we鈥檙e belatedly panicking over carbon emissions, let鈥檚 remember it鈥檚 not just about new construction 鈥� there鈥檚 a lot of refurb work to do
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CommentA timely spring clean in the world of MMC
The government鈥檚 cross-industry working group on MMC should help eliminate much confusion and misinterpretation
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CommentAnything is possible: a vision for the future of construction
Diversity, sustainability, creativity and collaboration: today鈥檚 young聽professionals plan to do things very differently when they are in charge
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CommentCrossrail: Heads would have rolled, if they hadn鈥檛 gone already
Who will finally admit it was their fault the job is so late?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Who's counting?
Interserve bosses may or may not be quids in, while further down the food chain, workers tell the bean counters how to bring happiness to the workplace
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CommentSecrets of good digital hygiene
New recruits are seen as digital natives. So what tips do our graduate panellists have for staying healthy in a world where you can check your emails from bed?
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CommentHappy families - and a happy workforce, too
Flexible working for all staff, including a smooth return after maternity leave, will result in more content and productive employees
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CommentThe young ones: why we need to listen to the next generation
This week we have invited in a group of graduates to take the reins of the magazine to understand the construction industry from a fresh perspective
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CommentOffsite manufacture: building for change
Are clients and projects embracing the concept of offsite?
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CommentUnderstanding Notre Dame鈥檚 structural history is essential in defining next steps
The original builders of the Notre Dame in Paris built the structure with an inability to fight a roof fire in medieval times in mind.聽
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CommentA trail of two cities: what London could learn from Milan
London鈥檚 North Circular and Milan鈥檚 equivalent Tangenziale reveal a lot about how the two cities function 鈥� and Milan鈥檚 messy local logic has much to teach us
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: That's the way to live
While the new Spurs stadium ups the culinary ante with chilli jam and craft beer-battered tofu, Quintain plants an olive tree that may well be worth its weight in gold
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CommentPayment malpractice 鈥� is this the beginning of a crackdown?
Government is telling firms to shape up over paying their suppliers - or face the consequences - but will it make any difference?
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CommentGender pay: Why it's time to close the gap
RIBA director of practice Lucy Carmichael explains why you should care - and what you can do