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CommentCollaborative working: Going nowhere fast
The unfortunate tendency for everyone in this industry to go it alone means we will fail to capitalise on a new stable government - unless we finally start collaborating
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CommentHansom: Parties and politics
The anti-Garden Bridge brigade phone it in, RIBA gets theatrical in an ex-Shed, Prince Charles鈥� fears about fish are published, and someone has to pay at Balfour Beatty. Plus, Make parks itself in its new studio
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CommentWhat鈥檚 really going on?
Latest statistics show construction industry has shrunk in first quarter of 2015
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CommentBusiness as usual
Housing and construction activity not affected by election uncertainty according to latest indices
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CommentOnline poll: Professions
Are the institutions of construction professionals becoming less relevant to the industry? Vote here
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CommentWhy can't we build homes people actually want to live in?
We have a housing crisis not just because we are building too few homes - it鈥檚 also because the ones we have already built are just not popular
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CommentWhat does negative inflation mean for construction?
Why news of 0.1% fall in prices in April isn鈥檛 something to get too worried about - yet
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CommentThe government's energy savings are not all they seem
Evidence has emerged the UK govt is massaging figures to meet EU energy saving targets
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CommentCan rooftop solar work on commercial buildings?
The current vogue for PV on domestic roofs needs to be extended to the nation鈥檚 commercial building stock
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CommentSteve Gee鈥檚 campaign diary: week 4
John Rowan and Partners鈥� managing partner Steve Gee who stood as a Lib Dem candidate for the Epsom and Ewell constituency on how defeat feels
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CommentTimes are changing
The industry must change to meet the challenge facing construction鈥檚 professional institutions
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CommentContractors can - and should - drive the adoption of BIM
While collaboration is the real key, it is contractors who are best placed to lead the use of BIM on projects
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CommentHansom: Ups and downs
This week, London property moguls and an arts executive consider their respective fortunes under a Tory government, while others escape politics by embracing the virtual world and life at high altitude
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CommentPros and cons
So, now the news has sunk in and David Cameron is back in Number 10, what does the result really mean for construction?
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CommentWhat the reshuffle means for construction
David Cameron鈥檚 second term looks set to be one of the most aggressive government programmes in recent history
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CommentIs it time to move house?
Should Parliament be moved to a northern city or remain in the capital?
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CommentOnline poll: New government
Do you expect the new government to be good for construction? Vote here
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CommentThe first 100 days
Construction was vital to the UK鈥檚 economic recovery and acknowledged as such in the election campaign of all the major parties. Now, the new government must put words into action
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CommentHow to create productive workplaces
The link between design, wellbeing and productivity undeniable, so shouldn鈥檛 we being doing more to improve our office space?
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CommentSNP sound and fury could signify nothing for construction
The Scottish nationalists may have entered Parliament en masse, but their influence on construction will be small