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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Die hard
Why Interserve鈥檚 shareholders voted to bury the company is something of a mystery, but at least the coffee was good
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CommentGetting rooftop development right
If the challenges can be overcome,聽then developing above London鈥檚 rooftops has the potential to help ease the capital鈥檚 housing crisis
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CommentHow IPI turned collaboration from a buzzword into successful project delivery
Dudley Advance II was built to house a new centre for advanced building technologies; it made perfect sense for this building to use IPI
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CommentIs Brexit inadvertently taking the industry closer to Latham鈥檚 vision?
Brexit鈥檚 unusual visibility is forcing a different approach to inflationary risk management, writes Mace Cost Consultancy鈥檚 Steven Mason
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CommentClients drive change 鈥� and the government is the biggest of them all
Our industry is collaborating more, but what鈥檚 really needed is for clients to drive change in聽the supply chain, writes Turner Townsend鈥檚 Bill McElroy
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CommentInterserve administration: do main contractors need rescuing from themselves?
Interserve continues for now, while Andrew Davies takes the helm at Kier
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CommentGreat news 鈥� Interserve isn鈥檛 another Carillion (yet)
The collapse into administration is bad news for shareholders but at least it isn鈥檛 sunk
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CommentIs digital the new infrastructure?
Will Squires explains how data and new technology is helping airports meet the growing demand for air travel
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Tough at the top
Costain boss Andrew Wyllie on the possibly delayed Bond Street station and an聽ex-Crossrail boss suffers the humiliation of a Chris Graying endorsement聽
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CommentShould we prepare for more project downtime as uncertainty grips the sector?
Project shutdowns are relatively common in the construction industry - so being armed with the right intelligence is vital
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CommentAre these new models of housing delivery the future?
It鈥檚 all a little topsy turvy but the housing sector suggests that the traditional domains of single specialism expertise are increasingly of the past
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CommentInterserve鈥檚 vote 鈥� teetering on the edge
A crucial shareholder vote on Friday for the contractor in crisis
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CommentThe joy of work - the workplace should be a place of happiness
Well-designed, well-built workplaces mean happy workers 鈥� which is good for staff retention and recruitment, says Paul Patenall
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CommentModular methods of construction 鈥� lifting the UK鈥檚 productivity barriers
Despite the strides of new ways of working, onsite construction is still considered the 鈥済o-to鈥�
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CommentDespite the Brexit gloom, there's plenty to feel confident about in construction
Enough doom and gloom 鈥� there are many ways we are making this industry better,聽and many more ways we can make it better still. The key is to be confident
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CommentLet's calculate the value of social value
Measuring the social value added to a community through new developments can be quite a challenging concept to grasp - but not any more
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CommentProjects don鈥檛 capitalise on opportunities. Why?
Are humans too risk-averse to proactively take on opportunities? Should we 鈥榯hink like a trader鈥�?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Manners maketh the man
An Osborne director demonstrates the benefits of an expensive education, while City planners practise the art of tight-lipped diplomacy
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CommentWe're taking it to the wire with Brexit - and construction activity is taking a hit
So, just three weeks to the day we are scheduled to leave the EU and still no clear idea of what Brexit will mean for business, or for anyone for that matter. If we stick to the timetable, we should be leaving in three Fridays鈥� time. But ...
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CommentInternational Women's Day 2019: construction is changing far quicker than we think
Women are now working in every sector and discipline - a far cry from the attitudes 20 years ago