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CommentWelcome to the family
Sir Robert McAlpine appoints Paul Hamer as chief executive 鈥� a man used to tackling a big commercial challenge
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CommentLooking forward together
All too often different parts of the design community work in silos and fail to engage or collaborate. But now, more than ever, we must reach out to our peers, rethink our approach and transform our built environment
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CommentGE2017: All to play for
Promises on public spending and skills have swayed construction from the Conservatives to Labour
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CommentThe shock of the new
All parties are promising a new era of council housebuilding - could this be the wake-up call the industry needs to fundamentally change the way it goes about building houses?
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CommentCouncil housing: Anything you can do
Theresa May鈥檚 pledge to build 鈥榓 new generation of council homes鈥� is a riposte to Labour鈥檚 promise to fund 500,000 social homes
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CommentTaking a lead on BIM
BIM can improve the industry鈥檚 efficiency but more firms need to adopt it before the full benefit can be realised
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CommentPulling down the barriers
The new government must remove planning obstacles from build-to-rent developments to allow the sector to compete with the rest of the market if it wants to encourage growth, says Chris Tinker
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CommentHow to get the best out of Brexit
The election provides the chance to drive home key messages around areas for Brexit negotiations. If we come together, we can work for the changes we want from leaving Europe
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CommentNHS on life support
The NHS is in a critical condition as capital funding pots are being raided to meet a widening funding gap
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CommentFixing construction
BIM encourages collaboration but the industry needs to go much further and change the way things are done from the start to the end of a project
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CommentGlobalisation can be a force for good
This creeping anti-trade rhetoric threatens years of growing connectivity and collaboration - construction鈥檚 future relies on a healthy and global exchange of ideas
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CommentIt's all about human-machine collaboration
As automation gains ground we will have to redesign people鈥檚 jobs but are there essential human skills required in project management? A new report explores the issues
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CommentThe Brexit election: Beating the drum
A large majority would give the Conservative more freedom in the Brexit negotiations but how would they use it? And are they listening to construction鈥檚 concerns?
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CommentSnap election: Construction鈥檚 chance
The general election is a chance for the industry to make its case to politicians of all parties
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CommentBarwell is ridiculously optimistic
The housing minister鈥檚 assertions that Brexit will not affect the speed and quality of reforms outlined in the housing white paper do not match up with the reality of a depleted and overworked civil service
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CommentFitzgerald: Cometh the hour 鈥�
Turning Bovis鈥� fortunes around will be no small task for Greg Fitzgerald but you wouldn鈥檛 bet against him
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CommentStation to station
A visitor鈥檚 first and last impression of a town or city will often be formed by its rail station so it鈥檚 vital they are beautiful in both form and function
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CommentIt was 30 years ago today 鈥�
Colin Harding wrote his first column for 好色先生TV three decades ago, outlining a plan to shift the British parliament to the north of England
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CommentFree schools don't come cheap
The question of whether the government is spending too much on free schools development is far from clear cut
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CommentThe art of the deal
It鈥檚 time for construction to engage with the UK鈥檚 industrial strategy and make key investment deals with clients and government. So, here鈥檚 how we鈥檙e going to do it