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Productivity: Perspectives on digitalisation with Alinea, AHMM and Lendlease
To identify the opportunities and obstacles in the digitalisation process, Alinea asked a range of specialists for their perspectives
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What is the legacy of the Nightingales?
A range of pandemic-prompted innovations have changed industry practice for good. Josephine Smit talks to those who led the way
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Market overview: Film studios
In the latest of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom’s market overviews, Josephine Smit looks at the booming UK film and TV studio sector
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The top 150 contractors league table: The results analysed
A look at the big contractors, where performances in line with expectations and balance sheet strengths rising are good reasons to be cheerful
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Market overview: Later living
In ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom’s latest market overview, Josephine Smit looks at the later living sector, which in the UK is starting from a small base but has enormous growth potential, especially with a recent rush of investor interest
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Government policy: end-of-year review
With the parliamentary year having drawn to a close, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom looks back on the changes it has brough to government policy on design and construction. Josephine Smit reports
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Market overview: Green travel infrastructure
The latest ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV 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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Market overview: Healthcare
With extra funding in the pipeline to build dozens of new hospitals and tackle the rapidly growing maintenance backlog, plus a new procurement framework soon to be in place, healthcare is a major focus for construction this year
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The ‘should cost’ model – its benefits and how to build one
While standard cost models are limited to initial delivery, this new, greener approach – recommended by the government’s construction playbook – extends to whole-life costs (and even carbon), providing a more comprehensive overview of what constitutes good value. By Jonathan Stewart, Sara Boonham, Nicola Herring and James Garner of Gleeds ...
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Post covid, what kinds of offices will clients want?
Source: Hufton + Crow The view from the rooftop garden of TP Bennett’s EightyFen, to which Arcadis is moving this summer in order to fit its workspace better to post-pandemic needs Property experts tell ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom that space requirements won’t shrink significantly, but the type ...
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The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Safety Regulator: What will it look like?
We talk to Peter Baker, the new chief inspector of buildings about the shape of the new organisation that will oversee building safety
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Whole life carbon assessments: What you need to know
The London Plan now requires a whole lifecycle assessment as a condition of planning. We examine the implications for the industry Â
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Does the QS have a future?
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom asks Willmott Dixon’s northern MD and a QS by training, Anthony Dillon, about the changing role of the profession within the industry
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What the Future ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTVs Standard means for the industry
The consultation on reducing energy use in non domestic buildings has been a long time coming. We examine the implications of the main proposals
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Net zero and commercial property: Bruntwood case study
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom’s exclusive Net Zero Report continues with a further case study, this time into innovation park specialist Bruntwood, to find out how the zero carbon agenda is affecting developers of commercial property
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Net zero and the education sector
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom’s exclusive Net Zero Report continues its sector by sector look into the impact of the new carbon agenda. Here we look at the education sector, talking to the head of energy for UK schools, Hershil Patel
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Net zero for the public sector: How Scape is responding to the demand
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom’s exclusive Net Zero Report continues its sector breakdown of what the new zero carbon agenda means for construction companies. Here we talk to Chris Clarke of public sector delivery partner Scape about meeting the net zero challenge
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Net zero for blue-chip developers: British Land case study
The latest case study in our ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom exclusive Net Zero Report is British Land. How are blue-chip developers adapting to the new zero carbon targets? We asked Philip Tait, who is leading the Canada Water megascheme
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Net zero and the social housing sector: Optivo case study
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom’s exclusive Net Zero Report continues with a further case study, this time on Optivo, to find out how the zero carbon agenda is affecting the social housing sector
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Net zero and the logistics sector: Prologis case study
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom’s exclusive Net Zero Report continues with a series of case studies into companies from different sectors of the built environment. Here, we look at distribution centre developer Prologis