All Features articles – Page 49
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Market forecast: On the up and up
Acute inflation in the sector is pushing up tender prices, and with no end in sight to the pressures, this could continue well beyond 2022
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5 minutes with … Matt Keen at Autodesk
The industry strategist at Autodesk has been running large-scale construction projects since his mid-20s – but he is still scared of heights. He wishes the industry would do more to appeal to the next generation
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Survey results: What benefits and incentives are firms offering to attract and retain staff?
The third in our series of staff management surveys looks at what construction firms are doing to find and keep staff
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Energy-saving renovation of an apartment building: Easy, safe and clean installation
A case study of the retrofit of a Swiss apartment block
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5 minutes with … Rebecca Thomas at Fathom Architects
The director at Fathom Architects is a champion of craftspeople and wants to see a wider appreciation for creative processes. She is also an advocate of the Friday night margarita/margherita combination Â
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Interview: Andrew Dickman and Kevin Theobold of Tritax Symmetry
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom talks to the director and construction head at one of the UK’s biggest deliverers of logistics facilities about the changing demands of the market and how Tritax Symmetry plans to meet them. Josephine Smit reports
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The heat and buildings strategy explained: what did it say – and was it worth the wait?
Published last week and running to 200 pages, Thomas Lane dives deep into a government initiative that promised much but had delivered rather less
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BE@COP26: shining a spotlight on low-carbon timber construction
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) will be home to a ‘sustainable timber district’ next month as part of BE@COP26 11-day free showcase
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Circus act: Creating Lucent behind the Piccadilly Lights
The space behind the world’s most famous advertising hoarding has been empty since the 1950s. Now Land Securities is building a 144,000ft² mixed-use scheme – while keeping those lights on. Thomas Lane reports
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Cost model: Sports stadiums
More sports clubs are looking to diversify their stadium offer to improve their revenue streams and operating position, particularly in smaller developments
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Just how good is wood?
In the third in our series on construction materials, Thomas Lane looks at whether wood really is the panacea many claim it to be
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Consumer priorities are shifting towards smarter, more sustainable homes
Property developers need to continue to find new ways to create spaces where people want to live, work, play and invest in
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An interview with new RIBA president Simon Allford
Every incoming president of the RIBA says they are going to shake up the institute; all of them come away bruised. But architect and amateur boxer Simon Allford isn’t fazed
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Client contract award and planning data - September 2021
Glenigan’s sector by sector monthly round up of top spending clients and planning wins
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Annual planning approvals by value to September 2021
Annual planning approvals were worth £112bn in the year to September according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table
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Planning approvals by value - September 2021
The value of planning approvals increased from August’s £6.99bn to £8.04bn in September according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table of top spending clients
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Top client contract awards - September 2021
New contract awards dropped again in September from August’s £5.11bn to £4.74bn according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table of top spending clients
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Time to drive the tech revolution in infrastructure
Bluebeam regional director James Chambers on technology in infrastructure
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Top 50 Project Managers 2021
See this year’s Top 50 Project Managers sortable league table