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CommentProcurement 鈥� is it time for change in the public sector?
Procurement is an unavoidable part of the construction ecosystem, a process which should encourage competition and foster innovation 鈥� if it鈥檚 working. But, unfortunately, all too often it doesn鈥檛, and reform is needed.
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CommentTaking the training initiative
Technology is threatening to deskill the UK workforce and we must act fast to聽keep up. The CITB gives us a sound basis to train up talent 鈥� even if you want to change certain aspects, we must unite behind it or we will live to regret it
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CommentDelivering for technology giants 鈥� what we鈥檝e learnt
Tech firms face huge competition to recruit and retain talent. Nick Hoffman shares what fit-out firm Como has learnt about delivering an attractive workplace from its recent projects
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CommentBlockchains keep us together
How encrypted databases and cryptocurrencies could transform the way contracts are managed and payments are sent within the construction industry
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CommentThe streets of London
鈥淎 marathon and not a sprint鈥�: that was how London mayor Sadiq Khan described fixing London鈥檚 housing crisis as he launched his draft housing strategy last week. But even 鈥渕arathon鈥� seems an understatement when you take a quick jog through the numbers. Total housing completions in London are expected ...
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CommentSort out skills or face a construction crisis in post-Brexit Britain
With the level of infrastructure demand, it鈥檚 essential for government to find a way to retain skilled EU workers and attract sustainable levels of talent in the future
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CommentHansom: New kids on the block
This week a six-year-old applies for a job at Legoland, people at Berkeley cash in a chunk of shares, and things get ugly at Nova Victoria
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CommentQuality management or risk dumping?
Recommendations from a report into achieving quality on building sites more than three decades old are still relevant today. Is the industry failing to learn from the past?
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CommentWhat can we do to improve fire safety post-Grenfell?
New regulations on fire safety won鈥檛 stop another Grenfell if we鈥檙e still not properly applying the old ones
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CommentWhy collaboration has never been more important, and how we can do it better
With the UK now boasting a record construction and infrastructure pipeline worth more than 拢500bn, it has never been more important to save time and money and to help funding pots stretch further
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CommentNo, it's not going to be all right
As the slow-motion suicide that is Brexit unfolds into full horror, we see the pound set to sink below the euro, government encroaching on parliament鈥檚 democratic powers, and proposals to inhibit employers from recruiting talent overseas
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CommentThe housing crisis: Should local authorities become developers?
Could a shift in local councils鈥� approaches to housing across the UK address the critical needs currently facing authorities?
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CommentLearning the hard way
The government鈥檚 decision to divert 拢900m of funding away from school鈥檚 capital budgets raises troubling questions over the聽longer-term impact on the education sector鈥檚 estate
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CommentThe London Housing Strategy 2017: Much to like but delivery is key
There is much to like in the Mayor鈥檚 London Housing Strategy, which was published this week for a three month consultation. It鈥檚 an old fashioned, down to earth housing strategy, covering different tenures and price points, housing need, different providers - including SMEs, self builders, housing associations and traditional ...
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CommentHansom: Making progress
While Armitage Shanks celebrates a proud anniversary and Wetherspoons opens a super-boozer, Battersea Power Station watches paint dry (in exactly the right colour) and there鈥檚 conflict in the London Resort area聽
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CommentSmart placemaking - a better way
Making sure that the buildings, schemes and neighbourhoods that are coming out of the ground will stand the test of time, and the key to this is collaboration between developers.
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CommentReady for a game changer
Construction in the UK faces some big changes and tough challenges - a CLC innovation hub can help the industry succeed
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CommentWhat should the building sector be doing for air quality?
The war on air quality will be won, but at the current rate there will be plenty of casualties along the way.
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CommentOnce more unto the breach
The new health and safety sentencing guidelines seem to be having more impact on companies, but the weighting is heaviest on SMEs
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CommentEnergy use: It's harvest time
Batteries could be used as a vital way of upgrading our energy system by storing power for when we really need it