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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Our hydrogen future
Interest in green hydrogen has escalated rapidly, so what are the benefits and challenges of this highly sustainable energy technology and what would a hydrogen revolution mean for the built environment?
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FeaturesJCT Digital: Modern contract drafting at your desktop
JCT Digital聽is a suite of online contract drafting services for construction professionals
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: Park Crescent rebuilt
Plans to demolish a grade I-listed crescent were never going to be uncontroversial, but PDP London has redressed a botched 1960s rebuild and restored many of the original features
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This Lignacite sponsored CPD examines the performance of various types of concrete blocks in key areas such as fire, thermal and sound insulation, with suitable compliant constructions. DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 28 May 2021
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Features鈥業t鈥檚 been a challenge taking on a new job from the edge of a dining table鈥�: an interview with L&Q boss Fiona Fletcher-Smith
好色先生TV Boardroom talks to the new group chief executive of Britain鈥檚 biggest housing association about how L&Q is responding to the pressures of covid, Grenfell and net zero targets
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FeaturesThe drive for green machines
Things are changing on construction sites, and some of the biggest polluters are taking significant steps to reduce their carbon footprint
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FeaturesGrenfell Inquiry module two: A look back at key evidence about the cladding materials
The section of the inquiry covering products installed on the tower contained many shocking revelations. Now that it is over,聽Tom Lowe explains who said what
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Laura Collins at Stanhope
The firm鈥檚 project developer on starting out at Davis Langdon as an apprentice QS, working compressed hours and the women who have inspired her
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FeaturesCovid has set back women鈥檚 progress by years, experts fear
Extra childcare burdens and a higher proportion on furlough could be disadvantaging women
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FeaturesPropelling growth with social learning
Learning by watching others is much more effective than classroom teaching and is a useful tool for boosting work winning capability
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FeaturesBrexit bureaucracy: The new challenges for UK firms exporting to the EU
The new post-Brexit trading environment is making life difficult for UK firms trying to export to SMEs in the EU 鈥� with little government guidance on how to cut through the bureaucratese
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FeaturesRethinking Design: what鈥檚 in store for warehouses?
A year of lockdowns has almost doubled internet sales, and the consequent boom in warehousing is changing the way we think about retail infrastructure
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FeaturesL&G Modular: the potential to transform housing delivery
Having struggled to get going, the insurance giant鈥檚 offsite arm recently doubled its workforce. We spoke to chief executive Rosie Toogood about how she is turning the business around
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FeaturesAn economic reset is needed to tackle the big issues
Successfully addressing climate change and the levelling up agenda needs long term commitment and cross party consensus
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Features鈥楥reating buildings is great fun and we want more people to be more involved鈥�
An interview with David Needham, chief executive at Henry Riley
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FeaturesPete Redfern interview: We were right to shut down but could have got back up to speed sooner
Chief executive of Taylor Wimpey acted faster and more decisively than most firms during last year鈥檚 lockown. Here he looks back at those decisions聽
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FeaturesResults season sees industry impress with fortitude and recovery but dark clouds remain
Construction showed collective resolve to rally and survive a year like no other but headwinds loom
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FeaturesFuture forecast: March - May 2021
好色先生TV Boardroom鈥檚 latest quarterly sentiment survey, examining attitudes and expectations on workloads, fees and recruitment, finds private housing still going strong and greater optimism about聽the next three months 鈥� except among engineers
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FeaturesIn Business: How demolition firm McGee knocked down perceptions and branched out
Managing director Seb Fossey on moving away from its traditional roots and into new markets
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FeaturesAre pre-construction services worth the money?
There are many benefits to early contractor engagement providing the right conditions are met