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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
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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