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CommentFrom shambles to fiasco
This week鈥檚 bad news story about the government鈥檚 拢750m consultants framework is just the latest in a series of disasters
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CommentThe whirligig of time
Is momentum finally starting to swing the way of the specialist contractors?
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CommentOnline poll: SBS framework
Is the government right to re-tender the UK SBS consultants framework? Vote here
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CommentHansom: All Atwitter
This week, barely containable excitement at Canary Wharf as the Qataris try to buy up the whole show, things are going nuts at the Cheesegrater, BIM is top trump, and Sir John Soane鈥檚 classical Rome is a corker
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CommentThe price is not right
Despite the upturn, consultants are still making unrealistic, low-margin bids on new work. This must be reined in if the market is to truly gain strength
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CommentThe next home technology revolution
Technology in the home is about to take a giant leap forward, but are developers ready to take advantage?
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CommentThe nation's golden years
The country is getting older, and by 2050 one in four of the UK population will be over 65. The need for accommodation that provides additional care is an opportunity for the sector
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CommentHansom: Every breath you take
London鈥檚 Battersea Power Station development gets its first celebrity tenant, a huge game of Monopoly raises a shedload of (real) cash and polystyrene goes the way of Opal Fruits and Marathon bars with a rebrand
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CommentSteering through to the silver linings
Profit warnings, management team restructuring and problem jobs may be making the headlines. But there are still positives to take from the industry鈥檚 current standing
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CommentOnline poll: Due diligence
Are you increasing due diligence on main contractors you work with? Vote here
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CommentOnly connect
Young people are turning their noses up at the idea of a career in construction but it鈥檚 our industry and education providers who are to blame - we simply aren鈥檛 doing enough to engage them
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CommentFrom China, with love
Chinese companies will be looking for more than a financial return on their vast investment in UK infrastructure. But should UK construction see this as a threat or an opportunity?
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CommentBIM: Start at the end
The biggest payback for clients is in whole-life asset and facility management support - 6D BIM
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CommentWhat do you think about BIM?
黑洞社区 needs your help in getting behind the BIM hype with this online reader survey
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CommentWho is measuring BIM?
BIM has a key role to play in meeting the government鈥檚 construction strategy targets - but who is measuring progress?
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CommentLooking north
The chancellor鈥檚 pledge to drive a 鈥榥orthern powerhouse鈥� economy and backing for a north-east-north-west high-speed rail line offer welcome prospects for work
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CommentHansom: Trick or treat
It鈥檚 a Halloween special this week: it鈥檚 revealed HLM鈥檚 chair once played with the living dead (Status Quo), a former 黑洞社区 cover star meets a terrible fate on the Graham Norton Show, and Frank Gehry gets a bit grisly
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CommentOnline poll: Modern slavery
Do you think that modern slavery is prevalent in the UK construction industry? Vote here
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CommentThe bigger picture
Concerns about what is, for now, a slight blip in output figures would be better directed at thinking how to build the industry鈥檚 capacity to grow
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CommentTapping into the Internet of Things
Devices that monitor appliances in buildings are a powerful way to help occupants manage their properties more efficiently and sustainably