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FeaturesWho would back a 鈥榬etrofit only鈥� mandate? RICS debate airs range of industry views
Industry experts met last week at RICS鈥� Parliament Square headquarters to discuss how much weight should be given to retrofit schemes by the planners and regulators. Tom Lowe reports
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FeaturesExtended Q+A: Combining fabric with low and zero carbon technologies in new homes
After an unprecedented number of questions, we joined David Adams, Jamie Bursnell and Steven Heath for an extended question-and-answer session
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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� India Cormack, management trainee at Willmott Dixon
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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Features鈥楶erfect, see you Monday鈥� 鈥� McLaren鈥檚 Paul Heather on tier ones and being headhunted on holiday
From a teenager wondering what a QS does to running a 拢1bn business, the firm鈥檚 construction boss talks to Dave Rogers about industry ups and downs聽鈥� and being offered a job by Kevin Taylor
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FeaturesWhat does the High Court鈥檚 ruling mean for M&S鈥檚 Oxford Street plans? Lawyers give their views
Developers offered 鈥渨elcome reset鈥� on planning policy, but full clarity is some way off, writes Tom Lowe
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FeaturesVictoria House: from life insurance to the sciences of life
The grand former headquarters of the Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society is being converted into a state-of-the-art life sciences laboratory.聽 Thomas Lane reports on an unlikely reinvention
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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� Damilola Ola, assistant site manager at Mount Anvil
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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FeaturesKey points from the CMA鈥檚 housebuilding report
From land banking to a probe into anti-competitive activity, we breakdown the critical points from the UK competition regulator鈥檚 report into the housebuilding market
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FeaturesConnecting people with data brings control to your business
Digital transformation is a journey many contractors have been embarking on and their investments are paying dividends, writes Brandon Oliveri-O鈥機onnor, Procore鈥檚 head of region, EMEA
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Features鈥楾hey needed this鈥� 鈥� McAlpine鈥檚 new boss wins plaudits as industry prepares for firm to reset
Neil Martin is expected to ring the changes and take the blue-blooded contractor back to centre-stage. Dave Rogers reports
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Mark Lavery at Buro Happold
The firm鈥檚 partner and tall buildings expert on taking risks, working in Dubai on a tower even taller than the Burj Khalifa and the advantages of getting up early
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Features鈥楢 nightclub on a massive scale鈥�: touring Populous鈥� 拢365m Co-op Live arena
Soon to be the UK鈥檚 biggest indoor music venue when it opens in April, the 23,500-seat Manchester behemoth is an impressive site. Tom Lowe has a look around
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The Festival of Britain, 1951
A summer event showcasing the best of Britain鈥檚 modernist architecture helps London to embrace its postwar future
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FeaturesThe pathway to net zero concrete production
Simon Chudley, national commercial technical manager at Tarmac explains more about the manufacturer鈥檚 pathway to net zero
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FeaturesAlex Ely: 鈥楢rchitecture is so central to our culture - it鈥檚 a pity it doesn鈥檛 seem to gain the traction it deserves鈥�
The founder of the Stirling Prize-winning Mae Architects shares his influences and inspirations with Ben Flatman and concludes that his profession still has much to offer聽
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Planning the postwar New Towns, 1945-46
The Builder reports on the development of a vast new wave of housing to replace the homes destroyed by wartime bombing
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FeaturesThe future of building envelopes: Exploring innovation and sustainability through case studies
好色先生TV, in conjunction with Carlisle, hosted a CPD-accredited event investigating the latest in the design and delivery of building exteriors
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FeaturesRace against time before April: Are we heading for a building control inspection crisis?
LABC fears a shutdown of building control services in April due to a lack of certified inspectors. How worried should we be? asks Daniel Gayne
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FeaturesCost model: Making sports stadiums fit for purpose
Today鈥檚 sports stadiums face new challenges and require redeveloping for audiences in a diverse and sustainable way.聽Will Goring of Turner & Townsend Alinea and Philip聽Johnson of Populous outline the issues.
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FeaturesHelp us shape the next generation of construction professionals
Becoming a Go Construct STEM Ambassador opens the doors of our industry to young people