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FeaturesConstruction clients to watch: what suppliers need to know
Our quick guide to some of construction鈥檚 major clients across different sectors covers pipelines, priorities and procurement routes
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CommentIn the rush to build 1.5 million homes how do we safeguard quality?
Starmer鈥檚 government wants to build at a speed and scale not seen since the 1970s, sadly the building spurts of the past resulted in homes of dubious quality
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FeaturesLeading from the front: Driving sustainability through the retrofit agenda in the North-east of England
Our second 黑洞社区 the Future Think Tank regional roundtable for 2024 was held in Newcastle last month, with industry experts coming together to brainstorm ways to push forward retrofit in the North-east. Jordan Marshall reports
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FeaturesElection focus 2024: policy tracker
黑洞社区鈥檚 frequently-updated policy tracker will keep you up to speed on the latest pledges and announcements made by the parties in the run up to polling day
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CommentGetting serious on serial disputes
Tony Bingham considers the subtleties of serial adjudications and when an adjudicator is bound by what was decided last time around
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CommentWe鈥檙e a nation of NEETs. Something must be done
The UK has one of聽the worst productivity rates in Europe and we need to get more people working. Who will take聽ownership of this national tragedy, asks Richard Steer
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CommentEssential law: Termination, part four
As part of our essential law series, Patricia Nathan-Amissah and Mark Barley consider whether you can terminate under common law and under the contract simultaneously
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Anna Lisa McSweeney at White Arkitekter
The firm鈥檚 UK head of sustainability on moving mountains and problem-solving, sharing responsibility and travelling as much as possible on foot聽
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FeaturesAddressing construction productivity challenges in the East of England
Our first 黑洞社区 the Future Think Tank regional roundtable for 2024 was held in Cambridge last month, with industry experts coming together to brainstorm ways to meet the productivity challenge in the East of England. Jordan Marshall reports
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NewsMore Osborne firms set to go into administration
Firm set up in 1966 set to formally appoint administrator RSM this week聽
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CommentBalance of power shifts as contractors step away from bids
With margins increasingly at the top of businesses鈥� agendas, firms are no longer prepared to price anything and everything, writes Kelly Boorman
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NewsOsborne on the brink as firm set to appoint administrators
Restructuring specialist RSM expected to take over running of company set up in 1966
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NewsWaugh Thistleton gets approval for revised timber-frame office building in Maidenhead
Work part of ongoing work in middle of Berkshire town
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Fashion statement: London College of Fashion brings its disparate disciplines under one roof 鈥� and does it in style
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: housing block naming conundrum, cycle lane claims and a unique footy challenge
The latest chatter around the industry
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NewsCore Five flags up worries over who will build major projects
Limited number of firms bidding jobs above 拢200m sending costs north, QS warns