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CommentInfrastructure funding solutions are out there
Closing this investment gap provides an opportunity to investigate alternative funding models for our future infrastructure projects, says Aecom鈥檚 Colin Wood
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Housing 2044
Simon Henley sees a more communal and less aggressively commercial approach to homes
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CommentOut of Eden: tackling emissions in the construction sector
It may sound like science fiction, but CO 2 聽could soon be widely used as a raw material for construction and help reduce emissions
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CommentAs cities become more densely populated, we must ensure buildings offer more for the people within them
Why are some of the world鈥檚 greatest cities also the loneliest? Selina Mason believes designers and planners can do much to help
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CommentWhat鈥檚 the deal if there鈥檚 a no-deal Brexit? How will EU immigration arrangement impact UK construction?
The end of EU free movement and a no-deal Brexit will inevitably hit construction companies鈥� recruitment and workforce planning, explains immigration solicitor Anne Morris
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CommentWhy construction needs a new narrative to win the war for talent
If our industry is to attract the rising generation, it needs to show them that we have truly moved into the 21st century聽
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CommentWe global citizens must look all over the world to find the best techniques
If we can work better, work smarter, by employing practices used elsewhere in the world, why wouldn鈥檛 we?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Class distinctions
Sellar swaps south-east London for upmarket Fitzrovia and a contact rejects a pricey pastime (well, not entirely 鈥�)
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CommentTesting times: the ban on CLT is a case of negative perceptions
The most damaging aspect of this ban is the impact it could have on innovation more generally with potentially negative implications for adoption of modern methods of construction
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CommentCan retail parks be turned into proper mixed-use communities?
What do we want the retail experience of the future to be, and how do we want city centres of the future to look?
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CommentSmall businesses deserve protection from poor practice payments by tier-one contractors
聽And project bank accounts can provide it, says Debbie Abrahams, MP
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CommentHow to beat the Brexit blues
There are far more important things for construction to worry about than Brexit 鈥� yes, it鈥檚 a Bad Thing, but will anyone really notice in the long run?
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CommentCity-centre high rise living is making every city a Windy City - how can we mitigate the impact?
If post-construction mitigation is required to protect the public from dangerous conditions, it will always be significantly more expensive and unsightly than a sensitive, integrated design
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CommentWe need to think more about place making on our high streets
The recent High Street Report is a welcome addition to thinking on the future of the high street, but more consideration is needed on place making, writes Richard Laming
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CommentBeyond Hackitt: product, process and people
Clarity around the timing and nature of regulatory change is needed this year, writes Nigel Morrey
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CommentThe game of business: what can it teach us?
Game theory teaches us that in the world of business, talk about 鈥榳inning鈥� and 鈥榣osing鈥� is just a nonsense, writes Alinea鈥檚 Iain Parker
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CommentIn the stream age - how do we commoditise our data?
If we look outside the sector for inspiration we can find new ways of approaching our data that can bring a singular change in the way we do things
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: You've got to laugh
Andrew Marr gets the BCO giggling with pseudo-sympathy for the Mays and conductor Simon Rattle goes overboard on the architectural trash talk
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Comment鈥楧ecent鈥� housing must guarantee quality internet connections
Full-fibre broadband offers so much more than access to Netflix - it can change lives, writes Jeremy Chelot