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FeaturesElection focus 2024: policy tracker
好色先生TV鈥檚 frequently-updated policy tracker will keep you up to speed on the latest pledges and announcements made by the parties in the run up to polling day
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FeaturesThe making of Egham: how to pull a town centre up by its bootstraps
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Runnymede council have delivered a mixed-use scheme that aims to reverse the slow decline of this busy Surrey town. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesWho鈥檚 who in Labour鈥檚 would-be cabinet
With Labour riding high in the polls, Daniel Gayne looks at who will be the major players in the party if it wins the keys to Number 10
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FeaturesIs the City set for a new tower boom?
At least 18 major schemes are planned for a small area around Bishopsgate, including some of the tallest buildings in the capital. But how many will actually get built? Tom Lowe talks to some of the biggest players in the City鈥檚 commercial sector about what lies behind the latest cycle ...
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 28: Market update and guidance on meeting embodied carbon targets
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life
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FeaturesThe upkeep challenges of the UK鈥檚 social housing
Industry experts gathered to discuss how to tackle the challenges of remediating, upgrading and maintaining the UK鈥檚 social housing stock, at a recent roundtable hosted by 好色先生TV, Housing Today and JLA
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FeaturesLearning on the job: how Wales is leading the way with net zero schools
The Vale of Glamorgan council and ISG have spent the past 10 years refining and monitoring their standardised school solution and have now gone from gas guzzlers to carbon negative, Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesCost model: How construction can meet the data centre challenge
With the demand for data storage soaring, the construction industry must find ways to rise to this challenge efficiently and sustainably, against a background of land and energy scarcity
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Features鈥榃e鈥檝e not had any engagement from the Labour leadership 鈥� and we鈥檝e tried鈥�: The CPA鈥檚 new chair on the need for a positive products strategy
It was not that long ago that Adam Turk was knocking on doors for the Tories. Now he says the construction products sector needs a change. But Labour is proving a tough nut to crack
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FeaturesVentilated aluminium wall cladding for data centres
To protect servers from overheating and maintaining the architectural integrity of the building and its surroundings are integral to consider
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Features鈥業鈥檓 at a loss about what to make of it all鈥� 鈥� Will Lendlease disappear from UK construction, and what would that say about the state of the sector?
A sale has to happen quickly or staff will leave and jobs will disappear, say rivals. Dave Rogers looks at the implications of the decision to sell up聽鈥� or shut down
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FeaturesA harmonious blend of context and concept: Mass Studies reimagines the Serpentine Pavilion
Mass Studies鈥� innovative design for this year鈥檚 Serpentine Pavilion, engineered by Aecom, reimagines traditional concepts, blending contextual sensitivity with conceptual boldness, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesHome Truths podcast: In conversation with Liz Peace
Episode 5: Follow the money 鈥� Liz Peace, former chief executive of the British Property Federation, talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about finding a financial model to kick-start a nationwide affordable housebuilding programme
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FeaturesHome Truths podcast: In conversation with Darren Rodwell
Episode 4: Bricks and mortar, hearts and minds - Darren Rodwell, Labour鈥檚 candidate for Barking and council leader for the east London borough, on how he expects the Labour leadership to reveal more housing policy detail now the election has been called
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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� Milind Page, surveyor at Rund
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 聽series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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FeaturesHome Truths podcast: In conversation with Toby Lloyd, former No 10 adviser
Housing policy expert Toby Lloyd talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about his time in government at the height of Brexit chaos, higher space standards, capturing land value and what we should read into Labour鈥檚 stated ambitions for after the general election 聽
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Features鈥榃e have witnessed increasing hostility in these meetings鈥�... Architect Joe Morris explains what鈥檚 wrong with the planning system
Ben Flatman talks to Joe Morris about the complexities of the planning system and the importance of workplace civility
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FeaturesIt鈥檚 M&S鈥檚 Oxford Street neighbour 鈥� and it鈥檚 being refurbished, not demolished
The former House of Fraser store is just half a mile from the M&S flagship which the retailer controversially wants to knock down and rebuild. Thomas Lane meets the team to find out how they are making the refurbishment work聽
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FeaturesBeyond the surface: An examination of building envelopes through architectural case studies
好色先生TV, in conjunction with Carlisle, hosted a CPD-accredited event exploring choices influencing the design and delivery of building exteriors