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CommentGeorge, the builder
Might the chancellor鈥檚 catchphrase of 鈥渨e are the builders鈥� actually have come good?
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CommentSpecs and the City
The City of London has progressed past its original Square Mile perimeter physically. Now what businesses want culturally from the urban landscape has also changed
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CommentTouching the void
A recent decision shows the consequences of failing to disclose material facts to insurers - dangers the Insurance Act 2015 should help alleviate
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CommentThe colour of money
How much is really at stake for the sector in next week鈥檚 spending announcement?
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FeaturesUniversity of Sussex: The second act
The renovation of the University of Sussex鈥檚 arts centre transforms the space beyond an education facility to a fully fledged performance venue
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CommentI must be dreaming 鈥�
Great is the joy over the government鈥檚 announcement of a National Infrastructure Commission. But the task it now faces is equally large
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CommentThe tipping point
With the release of a bullish set of forecasts predicting the industry鈥檚 global market will double over the next 15 years, Christmas could come early for construction
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CommentStanding room only
Agile working isn鈥檛 a phase; it鈥檚 here to stay. As desk-to-worker ratios become tighter, it鈥檚 essential that building designers respond to the shift in office requirements
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CommentFacing an uncertain future
This government鈥檚 shift into a higher gear has presented many positives for the industry but there are still question marks around apprenticeships. How can we best deliver a new generation of skilled construction workers?
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CommentA new challenge
Investors no longer want us asking if they need project management, quantity surveyor or employer鈥檚 agent services 鈥� they are looking for support with the bigger picture
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CommentIs a dark season coming?
With the summer of recovery looking in increasing danger of being over before it has really begun
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CommentCalifornia dreaming
Away from the glorious technicolor of the city鈥檚 central celebrity haunts, a very different setting dominates
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CommentThe clock is ticking
The government must act quickly on energy efficiency delivery 鈥� damage has already been done
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CommentLet's get serious
Bringing a solution to the housing shortage under the remit of the NIC would show the Conservatives mean business
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CommentHow the NIC can meet its potential
The National Infrastructure Commission must wield binding decision-making powers
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CommentDrawing battle lines
Under Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 leadership, the Labour Party differs wildly to the Conservatives in its answer to the housing crisis and attitude to social housing. It will be interesting to see how the government responds to the new rhetoric
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CommentWe need answers
World events rumble on and we must focus on the problems we can fix. Jeremy Corbyn is right that radical action is needed to resolve the housing crisis, but his plan to print money will drag us back to the 1970s
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FeaturesBirmingham: New Street cred
It was never going to take a lot to improve on the squalid eyesore of the 1960s incarnation of Birmingham New Street Station. Shame though about the whiff of fakery
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CommentHonouring the name
Can the loss of long-established, British construction brands ever be justified?