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Features鈥榃e鈥檙e too self effacing鈥�: BCO chief Richard Kauntze on why UK offices are some of the best in the world
Kauntze speaks to Tom Lowe about where the office market is heading as he prepares to step聽down from the body he has led since 1999
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Features鈥楽ignificant growth is likely to be in other parts of the world鈥欌�� Cundall boss Carole O鈥橬eil explains her global ambition
Cundall is rapidly making a name for itself in the world of sustainable engineering and design. Managing partner Carole O鈥橬eil shares her strategy with聽Carl Brown聽
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Features鈥業 think we can do a lot for young architects鈥� 鈥� meet Chris Williamson, the next RIBA president
Ben Flatman talks to the founder of Weston Williamson + Partners聽about the role RIBA has played in his career, the importance of lifelong learning, and why he wants to help the next generation of architects get a leg up in the profession
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FeaturesAdjaye London CEO Lucy Tilley: 鈥榃e鈥檒l work even harder to carry on our legacy. We鈥檒l keep going鈥�
New London CEO talks about her vision for the future, the allegations that threatened to bring the practice down, and the resilience that she says helped it survive
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Features鈥楾here鈥檚 been a lack of consistency, and you need consistency to deliver鈥� 鈥� What the outgoing CIOB president wants from the next government
Sandi Rhys Jones is clear where the Conservatives went wrong in their dealings with the construction industry. So, with a general election looming and her term in office coming to an end, Nora Redmond asked the president of the Chartered Institute of 黑洞社区聽what needs to happen next聽
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FeaturesInside Gbolade Design Studio: A new era of architecture where the only way is ethics
Ben Flatman talks to Lanre and Tara Gbolade about setting up their practice and their vision for architecture as a tool for social and environmental change
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FeaturesHome Truths podcast: In conversation with Liz Peace
Episode 5: Follow the money 鈥� Liz Peace, former chief executive of the British Property Federation, talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about finding a financial model to kick-start a nationwide affordable housebuilding programme
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FeaturesHome Truths podcast: In conversation with Darren Rodwell
Episode 4: Bricks and mortar, hearts and minds - Darren Rodwell, Labour鈥檚 candidate for Barking and council leader for the east London borough, on how he expects the Labour leadership to reveal more housing policy detail now the election has been called
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FeaturesHome Truths podcast: In conversation with Toby Lloyd, former No 10 adviser
Housing policy expert Toby Lloyd talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about his time in government at the height of Brexit chaos, higher space standards, capturing land value and what we should read into Labour鈥檚 stated ambitions for after the general election 聽
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Features鈥榃e have witnessed increasing hostility in these meetings鈥�... Architect Joe Morris explains what鈥檚 wrong with the planning system
Ben Flatman talks to Joe Morris about the complexities of the planning system and the importance of workplace civility
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Features鈥極n some levels, it鈥檚 a straightforward industry but it has significant challenges鈥� 鈥� Wates鈥� new(ish) CEO on what he鈥檚 learnt so far
Wates boss Eoghan O鈥橪ionaird has been in post for just over a year. He tells Dave Rogers about the challenges facing the industry, its razor thin margins, his belief in purpose over profit 鈥� and why he gave up golf
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FeaturesHome Truths podcast: In conversation with Peter Freeman at Homes England
Episode 1: The Swiss Army Knife 鈥� Homes England chair talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about the importance of housing targets, reforms to planning and investing in MMC. Listen and read extracts here
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Features鈥楥onstruction seems to have fallen down the food chain鈥� 鈥� Scape鈥檚 Mark Robinson on what the government must change
As the public sector-owned procurement specialist launches its Charter for Change, its chief executive tells Daniel Gayne how the next government can do more to promote the construction sector
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FeaturesStanding your ground: Mott MacDonald鈥檚 Cathy Travers on her plans for the engineering giant
Cathy Travers has risen to become global MD of the largest engineering firm in the UK. She discusses her optimism about growth, infrastructure strategy and improving inclusivity
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Features鈥楪overnment flip-flopping on climate has cost us work鈥�: Ramboll鈥檚 Philippa Spence on what she wants from UK politicians
The UK managing director talks to Tom Lowe about the impact that government dithering over net zero policy has had on her firm and the industry as a whole over the past five years
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Features鈥榊ou鈥檝e got to be prepared to see change. It鈥檚 natural鈥�: HLM on its plan for the future
It鈥檚 all change at the architecture practice as the firm鈥檚 leadership makes way for the next generation. Karen Mosley and Richard O鈥橬eil talk about how to do an orderly succession, the crunch moment that led to it and the decision to walk away from two flawed MMC school projects聽
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FeaturesFMB鈥檚 Brian Berry: 鈥楾hat anyone can be a builder is not helpful to the reputation of the industry鈥�
With an election on the horizon, Daniel Gayne spoke to the leader of the representative body for construction SMEs to get his thoughts about the choices on offer聽
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FeaturesAccess to the policymakers: Mark Reynolds on the CLC鈥檚 strategy for influence
As the CLC publishes its latest bi-annual report, Carl Brown speaks to Mark Reynolds about the group鈥檚 achievements to date and future plans
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Features鈥業 was shouting all sorts鈥︹�� Aecom鈥檚 Jo Streeten on working at the BBC, the Davis Langdon deal and dealing with egg attacks
The firm鈥檚 boss of building and places talks to Dave Rogers about that scheme, that takeover and why the industry needs certainty to thrive
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FeaturesMake it the new normal: Gensler鈥檚 Diane Hoskins on how to keep growing in a time of crises
The co-chair of the world鈥檚 largest architecture practice tells Tom Lowe about the firm鈥檚 journey over the past few turbulent years and why they decided to write a survival guide for architects