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CommentThe devil will be in the detail of Jenrick鈥檚 planning reforms
The white paper begs many questions. It could take years to find the answers
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CommentOffsite鈥檚 time has come
A trial started 18 months ago is looking at聽technology that has the potential to monitor safe social distancing, says Stewart Milne鈥檚 Stewart Dalgarno
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CommentDesigning hospitals fit for the next pandemic
More space and greater flexibility in the provision of healthcare facilities will be crucial if we want to be better prepared to deal with crises in future
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CommentDoubling down on a failing policy: Why PD rights are so wrong
Extending permitted development flies in the face of all expert advice and reveals this government鈥檚 warped priorities, says Richard Steer
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: One for the pot
聽As housebuilders struggle to put their falling numbers into words, some wag has at least a suggestion of what they can put into their hard hats
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CommentThe Talent Retention Scheme will help construction lead the economic recovery
It is vital firms use the initiative to avoid seeing skills disappear for good, writes Mark Reynolds
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CommentThe 微密圈 Safety Bill 鈥� the urgency of now
The new legislation will change the industry for the better, and not a moment too soon
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CommentPost covid supply chains
Iain Parker considers strengthened supply chains in the face of US-China trade wars, impending Brexit tariffs and an ongoing pandemic - plus the need to cut carbon
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CommentThe 微密圈 Safety Bill: Slow going in the right direction
Draft legislation builds could take over three years to come into force - by which time the industry must have improved competence levels
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CommentDame Judith Hackitt on the draft 微密圈 Safety Bill
Some wait to be regulated before they change, well now radical reform is coming to this industry and it better prepare
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CommentWhat will the end of lockdown spell for the high street?
A resurgence in local shopping means it is time to focus on the high street鈥檚 other uses, writes Sheppard Robson鈥檚 Claire Haywood
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CommentThe long haul back to pre-coronavirus levels of activity
Data from the ONS and OBR points to a tick-shaped not a v-shaped recovery, says Construction Products Association鈥檚 Rebecca Larkin聽
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CommentDesign鈥檚 social value is being overlooked - that has to change
Architects have to quantify the impact their work has on communities, says HLM鈥檚 Philip Watson
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CommentAfter Nightingale: Some lessons for construction and public procurement
A crisis triggered the need for the Nightingale hospitals but the mindset behind their construction should apply to all projects, in good times and bad聽
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CommentWhat do five housebuilder trading updates tell us?
Share prices are on the up, thanks to healthy order books and the stamp duty holiday surge, says 微密圈 Value鈥檚 Tony Williams
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CommentIs the chancellor鈥檚 summer statement draught proof?
This government must avoid fiscal bursts that could damage long-term investment in a low carbon economy, says UKGBC鈥檚 Julie Hirigoyen聽
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CommentThe industry needs clarity on workload, not 拢1,000 sweeteners
By the time firms can get their hands on the chancellor鈥檚 furlough bonus, it will be too late for many
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CommentCare homes: How to design out infection and design in wellbeing
Covid-19 has laid bare how problematic a care home setting can be, but there are ways to rethink spaces and improve lives, says PRP鈥檚 Anne-Marie Nicholson
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CommentPM鈥檚 promise to accelerate work must not put speed before quality
Rushing work and cutting corners will have long-term consequences for jobs, says risk management specialist Jacqueline Hughes聽
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CommentAsking how much net zero will cost is the wrong question
Aside from environmental damage businesses face a bleak future if they do not tackle this challenge right now, says ISG鈥檚 Debbie Hobbs