Opinion – Page 118
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Prefab homes could answer London's problems
The industry needs to embrace change if it is to continue to prosper
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Working directly with subbies - the collaboration game
Essential Living looks to collaboration to de-risk pipeline and get a handle on construction costs
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Hansom: That's entertainment
We’re having a good time this week cheering in Prague, on a computer in Slough, whizzing around on a multidirectional lift and China’s biggest rollercoaster. It’s a tube poster that got our subs giggling, though
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EU referendum: On a knife edge
Six days out from the EU referendum and the result is too close to call
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Online poll: EU labour
Would leaving the EU have an adverse effect on the UK construction industry’s labour costs? Here’s how you voted
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Sadie Morgan reflects on her diagnosis
A recent diagnosis has brought time into sharp focus in my life, but also emphasised that patience and thoroughness when faced with decisions - personal or professional - can only help to inform and strengthen the outcome
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Tackling homophobia and transphobia in construction
This Pride Month, I urge everyone not to stand by when you hear homophobic or transphobic language
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Why JLL supports remaining in the EU
There are many reasons why the construction industry should vote to remain part of Europe
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Hansom: The spirit world
This week, a heady cocktail of London digs, youth training schemes, celebratory relays for those who built the London Olympics, Mitie’s new surveying tool, hot air balloons and a huge gin distillery
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Online poll: Training levy
Are the government’s new training levy plans a good idea? Vote here
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Engineering the Serpentine Pavilion
Augmented reality helped unzip the designs for this year’s challenging build
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McAlpine: Pick ‘n’ mix
Sir Robert McAlpine’s diversification strategy towards civils and public sector work shows that, in the current market, contractors can be choosey about where they operate
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The future after Brexit
The EU referendum looms, but what is our relationship with the EU likely to look like if it’s an out vote?
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Hansom: A right brouhaha
This week, workers are left red faced by a builder’s crack, a developer takes the uncertainty out of the EU vote, Black Cab drivers proffer a rare opinion, and a nightclub makes a hullabaloo about development plans
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Laing O’Rourke up close
It has now been a decade and a half since then-concrete boss Ray O’Rourke pulled off what is still the biggest M A coup in construction
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Online poll: Off-site problems
Do Laing O’Rourke’s problems signal that the industry is not yet ready to embrace off-site construction? Vote here
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Build costs: Keep your options open
If uncertainty is construction’s worst enemy how can architects and engineers help clients manage build costs?