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CommentOnline poll: Training levy
Are the government鈥檚 new training levy plans a good idea? Vote here
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CommentEngineering the Serpentine Pavilion
Augmented reality helped unzip the designs for this year鈥檚 challenging build
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CommentMcAlpine: Pick 鈥榥鈥� mix
Sir Robert McAlpine鈥檚 diversification strategy towards civils and public sector work shows that, in the current market, contractors can be choosey about where they operate
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CommentThe future after Brexit
The EU referendum looms, but what is our relationship with the EU likely to look like if it鈥檚 an out vote?
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CommentHansom: A right brouhaha
This week, workers are left red faced by a builder鈥檚 crack, a developer takes the uncertainty out of the EU vote, Black Cab drivers proffer a rare opinion, and a nightclub makes a hullabaloo about development plans
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CommentLaing O鈥橰ourke up close
It has now been a decade and a half since then-concrete boss Ray O鈥橰ourke pulled off what is still the biggest M A coup in construction
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CommentOnline poll: Off-site problems
Do Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 problems signal that the industry is not yet ready to embrace off-site construction? Vote here
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CommentBuild costs: Keep your options open
If uncertainty is construction鈥檚 worst enemy how can architects and engineers help clients manage build costs?
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CommentFixing the UK's flooding problem
Water and wild weather might have dropped out of UK headlines but they鈥檒l be back
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CommentKhan's balancing act
The Bishopsgate Goodsyard site is an unpromising advert for London鈥檚 supposedly vibrant development pipeline
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CommentHansom: Power games
Football and politics weave in as Greg Dyke tries to tackle Sadiq Khan鈥檚 (shrinking) housing targets, Leicester is (still) celebrating, Gatwick strengthens its defence and New York remembers thinking big. Plus, Torytubbie energy policy
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CommentOnline poll: Housing quota
Should London mayor Sadiq Khan take a tough line on affordable housing quotas for new developments? Vote here
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CommentHousebuilding: For starters鈥�
The government鈥檚 pledge to create 200,000 starter homes by 2020 is ambitious, and must be paired with clear regulation from the off to avoid confusion and delays
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CommentSomeone to watch over SMEs
The government is preparing to appoint a small business commissioner to provide advice and consider complaints on payment issues. But how much power will they really have?
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CommentFlood resilience 鈥� built in, not an afterthought
How can we build new homes without increasing the flood risk of existing communities further downstream?
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CommentIs the circular economy the way forward?
Construction should look at a more circular approach to reduce the amount of waste it generates
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CommentHansom: The History boys
Khan looks back at his predecessor鈥檚 record, two museums cause bidding wars (of different sorts), some politicos put aside old quarrels and there鈥檚 more history than we can dig up. Plus, Robert De Niro鈥檚 waiting (to open a hotel)
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CommentStamping out abuse
Amid a flurry of evidence about the horrific conditions some workers in Qatar have faced, it is easy to say that workers鈥� rights and their enforcement need extensive reform