More Focus – Page 110
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Skills: Up to the job?
With funding of apprenticeships under threat and training providers not always churning out people with the right skills, how will we get the workers we need?
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PC Harrington: The higher they climb…
When PC Harrington Contractors collapsed into administration in May, it had debts of around £28.4m and just £900 cash in the bank. We reveal the true story of the firm’s demise
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Sustainability: Life cycle carbon management
Usual depictions of a building’s carbon life cycle fail to consider the day-to-day running of the place. Reimagining a building’s life cycle could improve its carbon efficiency
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Foresight saga
QSs are supposed to price a job accurately and de-risk procurement. But some clients are wondering what they’re paying them for
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Free webinar: Using BIM on the London Bridge project
Hear views from key players on how BIM is being used on one of the capital’s landmark infrastructure projects
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Infrastructure: Keep the engine running
Lack of investment in UK infrastructure could be a serious barrier to economic growth, but is the government prepared to pay for it?
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London Business School: A perfect match
Sheppard Robson’s partial conversion of the Westminster Register Office complex includes a glazed link building for the entrance
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Free webinar: The future of school building
Hear views from architects, contractors and QSs on the Conservative government’s school building plans and the impact of tight budgets on projects
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Cost model: Car parks
While a concept relatively unchanged over the past 50 years, car parks can still have a dramatic impact on commercial space around them
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What to specify: Cladding
This week’s cladding products include a ventilated facade, a ballistic protection system and eco-friendly cladding
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Hays international salary survey 2015
The clamour for talent in the UK is growing and salaries are rising in response
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The centre cannot hold
Our Inside Westminster series continues with a look at the government’s plans to devolve powers to mayor-led cities and regions
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A care in the world
Architype’s £9.6m overhaul of St Michael’s Hospice in Herefordshire is a nuanced balance between residential and institutional functions
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Tracker: April 2015
Constraints on activity tightened in April and the orders index has stopped growing but there’s less worry about labour shortages even though employers look set to take on more workers
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Francis Crick Institute: Larger than life
The awe-inspiring scale, ambition and innovation of the Francis Crick Institute more than matches the pioneering biomedical research that is soon to take place within its walls
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Schools: Where are they all going to sit?
25% more new school places will be needed in the next five years than the previous five, yet the government is cutting overall capital funding by 16%
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Cost update Q1 2015
The consumer price inflation rate dips into negative territory on a single-month basis for the first time in recorded history
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Market review: An unexpected drop
Construction activity increased in March against a backdrop of wider economic stability, with low inflation, low unemployment and forecasts for moderate growth
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Consultant’s duty to warn: Edward Goldswain and Jacqueline Hale vs Beltec Limited and AIMS Plumbing and ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Services Limited
Before Mr Justice Akenhead in the TCC. Judgment delivered 10 March 2015
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It’s time to fix the housing crisis
With a dire shortage of homes in the country, what has the government got to do to get housing working again?