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CommentLet鈥檚 make it easy to specify green products
Specifiers want to do the right thing but a lack of clear information is a barrier to change, says NBS鈥� Lee Jones
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CommentWe now have a serious skills crisis on our hands
Recruiters have too many vacancies and too few candidates. Randstad鈥檚 Victoria Short warns of a perfect storm engulfing construction
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CommentWhat can construction learn from M&S, John Lewis and the Co-op?
Retailers are taking their customers鈥� concerns about the climate crisis to heart, but Richard Steer is not sure the building industry can say the same
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CommentOffsite manufacturing need not damage social value outcomes
Councils often want a guarantee that construction projects will create local jobs, but Mark Bolger argues for a whole life value approach when considering the benefits of MMC
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Where the sun don鈥檛 shine
A 1960s cinema has been saved from eternal darkness, but Jack Pringle鈥檚 vinyl collection of the same era has been less fortunate. Meanwhile, David Hockney is trying to cheer us all up with a digital sunrise
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CommentHydrogen is not a silver bullet solution
Hydrogen is seen as the Swiss Army knife of net zero solutions 鈥� but is it really?
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CommentCountdown to COP26: A good start 鈥撀燽ut still a long way to go
As momentum builds towards COP26, developers are making impressive-sounding commitments with their net zero pathways and strategies
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CommentGive us the tools and we will finish the job
As the UK economy goes up a gear, there鈥檚 plenty of construction work 鈥� but where are the materials to do it with?
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CommentFocus on design is critical as the optimism grows
Confidence is returning to the industry. We must use the renewed energy to ensure that we build in a responsible and resilient way, says Sadie Morgan聽
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CommentCarbon targets have been set 鈥� now the hard work really starts
Turning well-meaning words about climate change into measurable action requires fundamental change across the industry,聽writes Mark Farmer聽
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CommentNot just another toolkit
Over the next six months big names in construction will be trying out the Value Toolkit on live projects, Ron Lang explains why it鈥檚 important
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CommentSenior staff have a duty to lead the way back to their desks
Given his job title, it is no surprise that Richard Kauntze is banging the drum for a return to office life. But, he argues, the benefits of聽a centralised workplace are really for society as a whole 聽
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CommentThe timing is perfect 鈥� my new venture starts now
As we emerge from the covid-19 nightmare, it is time to get back down to business, says Jack Pringle聽
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CommentLet鈥檚 take care when standardising MMC across sectors
Moving construction to a platform-based approach will boost productivity but housing with its varied markets and tenures requires more flexibility, says HTA鈥檚 Mike De鈥橝th
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CommentHow hospitals could withstand future pandemics
Covid-19 hit the NHS hard but there are design and construction solutions emerging that could save lives in future, says Smriti Singh and Chris Waine
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CommentRICS needs innovative ways of rebuilding trust
After the governance row, a narrow corporate focus on probity rather than genuine ethics would be a mistake, says Stephen Hill
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CommentWe must build on the need to focus on biodiversity
Working with nature is key if construction is not to get caught in the middle of two important but potentially contradictory ambitions, says KPMG鈥檚 Richard Threlfall
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CommentThe retrofit innovations that we need at scale
We have the technology to reduce carbon emissions from our homes but take-up is slow - Sam Stacey looks at the quality of life benefits and the subsidy options
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CommentThe Construction Playbook could be a game-changer
Reform of public sector procurement long overdue but we need action on the ground to make the change happen, says Paul Nash
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Quick bites
The home front House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg thinks there鈥檚 no need to move MPs and peers out of the Palace of Westminster while work to upgrade it is carried out. Last month, a review of the plan suggested otherwise. Doing so, it said, would ...