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Sustainability: The housing ‘trilemma’
How can the UK deliver the volume of new homes required without sacrificing wellbeing or environmental performance?
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Market review: Rise after the fall
The economy bounced back after the immediate Brexit vote shock, with higher inflation failing to materialise
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Is Heathrow coming in to land?
The good news is the government has signalled a decision on airport expansion will finally be made this autumn. The bad news is the PM may be swayed more by political pressures than the advice of the Davies Commission to pick Heathrow
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State of play: Housing
The government wants to see one million homes built in England by 2020, but while some housing experts think a little tinkering will get us there, others countenance a far more radical plan
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards Project of the Year shortlist: Part 2
The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards Project of the Year shortlist puts the spotlight on transformative projects that have raised the bar for excellence
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Millennials: Goodbye 9-5
The world of work is changing. Forget being chained to a desk, a boss you only see through their office window
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards Project of the Year shortlist: Part 1
The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards Project of the Year shortlist puts the spotlight on transformative projects that have raised the bar for excellence. Here’s part 1
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Industry gathers to celebrate ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards shortlist
Event at ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s offices in central London attended by industry guests in the running for construction gongs
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Top 150 consultants 2016
Consultants grew their UK staff by 5% overall during the past year, but where was the biggest growth and are cuts on their way as the post-Brexit fall-out makes itself felt?
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Top 50 project managers - interactive table
Interactive table showing the top 50 project managers, ranked by the number of UK project management staff employed by each firm
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Top 50 engineers - interactive table
Interactive table showing the top 50 engineers, ranked by the number of UK chartered engineering staff employed by each firm
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Party conferences preview
The political backdrop to the approaching party conference season looks nothing like it did this time last year. The Brexit vote, which swept Theresa May to power and plunged Jeremy Corbyn into another leadership contest, has many policy implications. So what do the two main parties have to say about ...
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Cost update Q2 2016
Labour cost inflation continues to be the prime driver for an overall rise in building costs, but increased material costs are also playing their part
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Top 50 architects - interactive table
Interactive table showing the top 50 architects, ranked by the number of chartered architectural staff employed by each firm
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Top 50 QSs - interactive table
Interactive table showing the top 50 quantity surveyors, ranked by the number of chartered quantity surveyors employed by each firm
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Tokyo 2020: The recycled Olympics
As the thrills of Rio slowly subside, attention turns to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where a virtue is being made of necessity by re-using some of the venues built for the 1964 games
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What to specify: Doors and windows
This week The Book House offices’ conversion sees the placement of period-style timber windows, four London fire stations get a thermally insulated suite and PC Henderson releases a rustic door kit ideal for a barn
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State of play: Brexit
So how’s it looking for construction more than two months after the nation voted for Brexit? ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s survey of 500 construction professionals suggests that commercial, residential and infrastructure will be the worst hit sectors
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Ben Derbyshire: ‘Change is necessary’
RIBA president-elect Ben Derbyshire is sure of one thing: the 182-year-old institute can’t go on the way it has done. So he’s embarking on a UK tour to try to stir up non-engaged members and convince them that turning the RIBA on its head is the best plan for its ...
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State of play: Industry voices Brexit concerns
So how’s it looking for construction more than two months after the nation voted for Brexit? ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s survey of 500 construction professionals suggests that commercial, residential and infrastructure will be the worst hit sectors … but that it’s not all bad news