All 好色先生TV articles in 16 July 2021
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FeaturesMarket overview: Green travel infrastructure
The latest 好色先生TV Boardroom market overview examines the move towards active travel infrastructure such as cycleways and pedestrianised thoroughfares, and the variety of funding streams in place to drive this. Josephine Smit reports
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CommentOn too great expectations
Tony Bingham on a client who paid dearly for taking her builder鈥檚 quote and completion date too literally 鈥� with a whole lot of variations on top
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CommentA question of liability
The recent decision in Mott vs Trant suggests the courts are unwilling to overrule clauses that exclude or limit liability, writes Robert Akenhead
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CommentMaterials shortages should boost our green ambitions
The current scarcity of key carbon-intensive products is the catalyst we need to focus on building more sustainably, Richard Steer says
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Olutayo Adebowale at Cirkadia and the Design Council
The director at consultant Cirkadia on the importance of social value, her love of dress design and why Nigerian food is the cuisine to watch
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CommentMaking the most of modular contracts
Jahanara Hussain and Sarah Hale on how to minimise the risks and increase the benefits from modular
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CommentEco-anxious young people will be the ones to clean up construction
The next generation have a vested interested in saving the planet, the industry must do all it can to harness that determination and drive
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FeaturesCost model: Data centres
Data centres have become vital infrastructure, but as their importance has grown, so too have their size, security threats and carbon output
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CommentMultiple dispute objections and cherry picking
A recent ruling in Prater vs Sisk confirms that referring discrete elements of a dispute to a single adjudication does not result in the referral of multiple disputes, writes Jessica Scott
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FeaturesKingston Cycle Hub: no ordinary bike shed
Kingston council has spent 拢32m upgrading the borough鈥檚 cycling facilities, including a聽stylish storage hub beside the railway station with secure space for 400 bicycles. Could this be the direction of travel across the country?聽聽
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CommentWill developers be left holding the political hot potato on planning reform?
Proposals do little to address the real issues that cause planning delay and will only worsen local authorities鈥� lack of resources
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FeaturesWhat are we going to do about concrete?
One of the most versatile materials on the planet, concrete is also one of the most polluting. But pressure is growing on the cement industry to come up with ways to reduce its carbon footprint
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FeaturesInterview: John Tonkiss of McCarthy Stone
Later living is an obvious growth area in housebuilding. 好色先生TV Boardroom talks with the chief exec of one of the UK鈥檚 biggest players in the sector about its evolving strategy on tenure, MMC and the supply chain
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FeaturesPlanning reforms: the radical ideas that may now never happen
Last month鈥檚 by-election defeat saw Tory fears about the political impact of widespread planning reforms become a reality. The government now has little choice other than to water them down
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CommentFreedom day in shackles
With聽responsibility for risk assessment shifting from government to employers, firms have a lot on their shoulders
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Features鈥楩reedom day鈥�: what it means for construction employers
As the 鈥榳ork from home where possible鈥� guidance ends, firms look to bring staff back into the office 鈥� but they are not rushing to reset to 2019 ways of working
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FeaturesKier鈥檚 Andrew Davies: 鈥楧on鈥檛 bleat, just fix your own problems鈥�
Two years after he took on a troubled Kier, Andrew Davies gives his first interview about how he got the business to where it is today
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好色先生TVImprove building ventilation or risk them becoming breeding grounds for more infections, senior engineers warn
Report was commissioned by government鈥檚 chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance
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好色先生TVConstruction vacancies at near 20-year high as demand for labour intensifies
ONS data reveals extent of skills shortage with 33,000 jobs on offer in the sector
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Features
This CPD sponsored by TG Escapes Eco-好色先生TVs looks at how timber can make its mark in greening the delivery of the built environment, as construction embarks on a step change in techniques聽