More Focus – Page 20
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Sustainability: Estate decarbonisation
In decarbonising their portfolios, estate owners must strike a careful balance between making sound investments and driving efficiencies
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What is East West Rail and why is it being built?
Linking up the Oxford-Cambridge Arc was one of the pledges in the autumn statement and now the team for phase two is being apppointed, so what do we know about this important rail project?
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Top 50 Housebuilders 2022: full table
Full sortable data from Housing Today’s ranking of the top 50 UK housebuilders
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Top 50 Housebuilders 2022: in-depth analysis
Exclusive data and full analysis on the biggest homebuilders in the UK
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Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2022: full table
Full sortable data from ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s ranking of the top 150 contractors and housebuilders in the UK
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Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2022: Signs of hope in the economic phoney war
Contractors are wary but the need for more recruits and a better-than-expected autumn statement mean it’s not all doom and gloom for the year ahead, writes Dave Rogers
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Top 50 Contractors 2022: the table
Full sortable data from ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s ranking of the top 50 contractors in the UK
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Top 20 Facilities Management & Services Firms 2022: the table
The fully sortable data has been taken from ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s ranking of the top 20 facilities management & services firms in the UK
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How to retrofit a historical building: the challenge and solutions
Permission must be sought and appropriate materials used in order to thermally upgrade traditional buildings. Thomas Lane looks at the issues involved
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To refurb or rebuild? Join the great M&S Oxford Street store debate
Henrietta Billings and Fred Pilbrow put the case for and against plans to build a new flagship store for Marks & Spencer on Oxford Street
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Infrastructure update: Can investment in energy security be compatible with net zero?
The war in Ukraine has highlighted the importance of energy security. But how does investment in greater resilience align with progress towards net zero?Â
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Bankside Yards: A new net zero model for London?
Native Land’s scheme will be the UK’s first major mixed-use net zero development thanks to an ambient heat network. Thomas Lane reports
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Meet the UK materials start-up chasing the Prince of Wales’s million-pound prize
Ahead of the Earthshot Prize 2022 ceremony tonight, we spoke to Dr Natasha Boulding, co-founder of Low Carbon Materials, about her firm’s plans to green the building materials sectorÂ
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Cost of living guide: How firms are helping their staff
As inflation soars, many construction companies and housebuilders are looking at how they can support their staff with extra pay, support or other benefits. Here is a guide to what individual firms are doing
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Why everyone’s getting excited about the new energy efficiency taskforce
Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to set up a team to drive a programme of energy efficiency improvements to the UK’s buildings, with an ambitious new target. After a series of past blunders, could it actually work this time?
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Glencar’s founders on boxing clever and why warehouses can be beautiful
Eddie McGillycuddy and Chris Gleave tell Dave Rogers how the firm they set up six years ago is branching out and why clients now want ‘sheds’ to look pretty
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Help to Buy: It’s the end of an era
The final applications have been submitted and the government’s equity loan scheme in England is due to wind up on 31 March next year. Emily Twinch considers what impact this will have on housebuilders. Â
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Sunny side up: why the future for solar power looks bright
With energy prices going through the roof and demand for electricity from data centres and electric vehicles soaring, the case for solar power has never been strongerÂ
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Factory International: Manchester’s new joy division
Manchester’s Factory International mega‑venue aims to encourage artists to push the boundaries – as the designers themselves have done
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Your guide to the World Cup 2022 stadiums
Ben Flatman assesses the eight stadiums used in the world’s biggest global sporting event, which kicked off on Sunday.