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CommentDigitising risk management: why is construction reluctant to utilise technology?
Risk management is key to successful projects, but we could do it so much better by applying digital technology. Rudi Klein and Mike Halsall explain smart risk registers
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CommentWhy shipping containers are key to place-making
These temporary developments also have the potential to inform longer-term planning for an area, writes Taylor Wessing鈥檚 Joanna Bassett
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CommentWe should consider how we use drones more carefully
Drones are a great example of a technology that is becoming easier to access, but should not be used just because it鈥檚 available
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CommentWant to inspire the next generation to join construction? Open your doors and show them what they can do
For Build UK鈥檚 annual Open Doors week, sites across the country will open their gates this month, hoping to inspire young people to join the industry. Why not be among them?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Let's make myself clear
Industry experts fail to explain why Northern Powerhouse Rail is nothing like Crossrail, and a housebuilder is less than a builder of homes
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CommentThe Carillion legacy
The impact of Carillion鈥檚 fall on its unpaid suppliers has been much rued, but the general public also suffered 鈥� from unfinished public hospitals
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CommentHow to avoid a Brexit balls-up
With the EU exit deadline approaching fast, Mark Reynolds and the聽CITB this week released a plan to make sure we can keep calm and carry on
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CommentWellbeing: how can we ensure our buildings deliver a better quality of life?
A trip to New Zealand reveals that even on the other side of the world, designers of the built environment could do more to put wellbeing first
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CommentLet's make timber safer
The construction industry should not stop using timber but instead needs to continue to develop better ways to increase its fire safety, argues Barbara Lane
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Off the rails
While Crossrail apparently files its accounts by halves, HS2 veers between flooding stakeholder meetings with its staff and charging them to attend at all聽
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CommentHow much social value are we actually delivering?
If we are serious about driving the best social value outcomes from our projects, then we need to bring more rigour to the evaluation process
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CommentWe can't keep spending on public transport and infrastructure that only benefits London
Investment in transport infrastructure needs to be on the right track post-Brexit, argues Mark Robinson, and the first step is to stop focusing on London
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CommentCrossrail 鈥� still waiting on the platform
The political sideshow around Crossrail does not help us understand why the 拢15bn infrastructure project is 拢2bn over budget, with no delivery date in sight
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CommentWhere are the women in the construction workforce?
Will the short-term focus of the industry on solving its migrant skills crisis mean that a much bigger opportunity to address gender equality is ignored?
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CommentConsultants鈥� salary survey 鈥� good news, bad news
Pay is up for construction consultants across the sector, but employers and employees alike are cautious in weak economic conditions
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Sites for sore eyes
This week, graffiti-watch from hipster Shoreditch, Redrow鈥檚 Steve Morgan is forever blowing bubbles, and ferry-loving Chris Grayling sinks yet further in public esteem
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CommentThe government needs to extend the Community Housing Fund
The government will be putting thousands of community-led homes at risk if it doesn鈥檛 extend its Community Housing Fund
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CommentIs it more sensible to build a new complex to replace the Houses of Parliament?
Spiralling costs to refurbish a building that鈥檚 no longer fit for purpose mean it could be better to cut our losses
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CommentIn this period of change, markets need a bit of imagination to evolve
This time of instability and rapid change can feel overwhelming, but it鈥檚 a brilliant opportunity for those savvy enough to see the possibilities
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Winter warmers
This week, a brilliant idea on how to fix HS2鈥檚 troubles by moving parliament to Birmingham and a nostalgic look back at a simpler time for marketing