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CommentThe tipping point
With the release of a bullish set of forecasts predicting the industry鈥檚 global market will double over the next 15 years, Christmas could come early for construction
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CommentOnline poll: UK construction economy
Do you think the UK will have Europe鈥檚 biggest construction economy by 2025? Vote below
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CommentStanding room only
Agile working isn鈥檛 a phase; it鈥檚 here to stay. As desk-to-worker ratios become tighter, it鈥檚 essential that building designers respond to the shift in office requirements
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CommentFooting the bill
The new housing bill would cut permanently the regulation on converting office or light-industrial sites into housing, circumnavigating both local authorities and affordable housing obligations. So who would be the winners and losers?
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CommentInterim payment applications: Leeds City Council vs Waco UK Ltd
Before Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart. Judgment dated 22 May 2015
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CommentHansom: Going viral
Ah, the internet. Where else would we find an Essex bricklayer capable of laying 90 bricks in a minute, the Institute of Civil Engineering鈥檚 self-penned song, or China鈥檚 psychedelic promotion of its five-year plan?
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CommentOsborne and Crossrail: The end of the affair?
Whatever went wrong? I suspect political ambition and calculation have intervened
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CommentCouncils can find a way to make Right to Buy work for them
Housing associations can help councils ease the pain of 鈥榝orced鈥� housing sales
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CommentBIM for QSs: Adapt or die
BIM won鈥檛 kill the QS profession but firms that don鈥檛 embrace the changes will lose relevance
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CommentOnline poll: Steel
Will government measures on buying and sourcing steel succeed in levelling the playing field for UK firms competing against overseas suppliers? Vote below
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CommentFacing an uncertain future
This government鈥檚 shift into a higher gear has presented many positives for the industry but there are still question marks around apprenticeships. How can we best deliver a new generation of skilled construction workers?
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CommentA new challenge
Investors no longer want us asking if they need project management, quantity surveyor or employer鈥檚 agent services 鈥� they are looking for support with the bigger picture
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CommentHansom: As time goes by
It鈥檚 like being in a time machine this week what with Back to the Future fervour, the return of Nick Clegg, the never-quite-finished Sagrada Familia, Croydon heading towards hipdom, and the ONS rewriting the past
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CommentIs a dark season coming?
With the summer of recovery looking in increasing danger of being over before it has really begun
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CommentWhat we want from the NIC
I welcome the government鈥檚 focus on infrastructure but, for the NIC to start work quickly and effectively, these are my top five priorities for the commission
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CommentOnline poll: End of the recovery?
In the light of recent economic data, are you worried that construction鈥檚 recovery is coming to an end? Vote below
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CommentChina鈥檚 brave new world?
Weeks on from the Chinese stock market crash the markets have calmed down, but what does it mean for the global economy?
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CommentGet Britain planning
If the government is to effectively revamp the country鈥檚 planning system, it must have local authorities at its core
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CommentBIM Level 2: Yes, no, maybe
The ECA鈥檚 sector-wide survey on BIM Level 2 suggests that while some are already on board, many in building services still haven鈥檛 got their heads around the process