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FeaturesTop 20 Facilities Management and Services Firms 2023
聽The fully sortable data has been taken from 好色先生TV鈥檚 ranking of the top聽20 facilities management & services firms in the UK
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FeaturesTop 50 Housebuilders 2023: The calm before the storm
Despite a year of turbulence in the housing sector, the year鈥檚 Top 50 rankings largely record the growth period seen before Kwasi Kwarteng鈥檚 mini Budget imploded the market last year. Joey Gardiner sees what the numbers say about who鈥檚 up and who鈥檚 down
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Features鈥楴obody believes them any more鈥欌�� HOK鈥檚 Daniel Hajjar considers what is wrong with UK politics and planning
After 20 years in the Middle East, Daniel Hajjar moved to the UK, where, eight years on, he finds the political 鈥榝lakiness鈥� of the country has made it an infuriating place to build. Thomas Lowe reports
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FeaturesCost model: Delivering sustainable hotels
Hotels are competing as somewhere to stay and as places to see and be seen. Delivering sustainable, health-conscious and imaginatively designed spaces is the challenge
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FeaturesSalford鈥檚 Eden project 鈥� not your common-or-garden eco office
CiA new office building incorporating Europe鈥檚 largest green wall is also one of the UK鈥檚 most sustainable. Thomas Lane looks at how the team managed it
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Features好色先生TV Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Anna Mansfield at Publica
Episode 4: Anna Mansfield on the loss of shared spaces after covid and the importance of designing for the needs of women and young people
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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� Nasrin Sadeghi, structural engineer at Symmetrys
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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FeaturesWhat happens to development plans when a council goes 鈥榖ankrupt鈥�?
When a section 114 鈥榖ankruptcy鈥� notice is put in place, a council鈥檚 non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding聽鈥榞oes to the back of the queue鈥�. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building
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Features好色先生TV Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with David Rudlin at BDP
Episode 3: David Rudlin talks about the importance of urban design and why planning needs to rediscover its capacity to create good quality places
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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� Sean O鈥橰egan, assistant quantity surveyor, McLaren
The industry includes an impressive 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, 聽we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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FeaturesRevealed: average salaries for leadership roles at largest 50 housebuilders
A new survey reveals the locations and job titles within the industry that command the most impressive wages and bonuses. Matilda Battersby reports.
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Features好色先生TV Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Selina Mason at Lendlease
Episode 2: Selina Mason talks about people-focused urbanism and the work she is doing on Birmingham鈥檚 Smithfield scheme
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FeaturesUK housebuilding recession: How much worse is it going to get?
With little prospect of a rapid reduction in interest rates to spur a recovery, many in the industry are now just looking to 鈥渟urvive until 鈥�25鈥�. Joey Gardiner looks at the聽prospects for residential developers doing so.
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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� Thomas Edgcumbe, managing director, Aggregate Industries
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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FeaturesCan the 16th housing minister in 13 years make a difference before the election?
The past nine housing ministers have come and gone in the time it takes to get a large project to site, says Joey Gardiner. So what are the chances that the latest incumbent in the role can do what is required to pick the industry up off the floor?
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Features好色先生TV Talks Creating Communities podcast: In conversation with Jo Wright at Perkins & Will
Episode 1: Jo Wright talks about the impact on her career of working in Berlin before the wall came down and designing for the long term
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Features好色先生TV Talks: our new podcast season all about urban design and creating communities
Tune into the 好色先生TV Talks podcast from tomorrow to hear leading experts on how to deliver thriving communities and great places to live
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FeaturesGrowing into new markets: CPC Project Services鈥� Steve Mole explains his plans to diversify
Fresh from success at this year鈥檚 好色先生TV Awards, CPC Project Services鈥� managing partner tells 好色先生TV about his vision for聽growth 鈥撀燼nd where he sees the firm operating in 10 years鈥� time
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FeaturesWhy they won: A closer look at all the 好色先生TV Awards 2023 winning entries
The winners of the 好色先生TV Awards were announced at a ceremony on Tuesday night. Here is more detail about all the winning entries聽
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FeaturesEverything must go: The HS2 land fire sale and what it means for the future of rail
After cancelling the northern leg of HS2 last month, the government has moved quickly to start selling the land it had acquired to build the route. Will the process 鈥渟alt the earth鈥� for alternative rail plans?