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CommentMy digital life 鈥� Deborah Saunt
The DSDHA director on online mapping apps, Stella McCartney handbags, and Talking Heads
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CommentChanging our culture for 'deep' retrofit
We need to substantially change the way we work to achieve the highest standards of energy efficiency and enjoy the benefits this would bring
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CommentThe Stirling Prize and the missing QSs
Quantity surveyors don鈥檛 just keep the score but contribute to good design - so why did the RIBA fail to credit them at the Stirling Prize Awards?
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CommentMight the public be the real winner of this Stirling Prize?
Astley Castle鈥檚 Stirling Prize win does not mean heritage is again at the forefront of debate - but what if anything can we read into the decision?
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CommentThe inevitable fate of Help to Buy
Chancellor George Osborne reportedly rowing back on mortgage guarantee programme
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CommentReplenishing the industry's workforce
Attracting and retaining new workers to construction will require a new approach to education and training
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Comment好色先生TV performance: Aspiration vs reality
Until buildings are installed exactly as designed and developers are involved with building performance in the long term, we will never achieve whole life value
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CommentThe CIOB moves into the future
The CIOB is in the process of modernising - and the industry also needs to step into the future
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CommentBIM, Hong Kong style
Is Hong Kong what the UK would have been like without the government BIM strategy?
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CommentHansom: Peaks and troughs
This week, start at the summit of Kilimanjaro, then work your way down to a surreal tea party and Romanian TV. You鈥檒l have reached the bottom when you find yourself at a party conference
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CommentSupply chain finance: Simply too complex
There鈥檚 nothing inherently wrong with main contractors arranging finance for their subbies, but wouldn鈥檛 it just be easier to pay on time?
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CommentPolitics without the mudslinging
Sir John Armitt鈥檚 proposals for a National Infrastructure Commission are to be welcomed, but can politics be taken out of planning so easily, asks Simon Rawlinson
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CommentSelf-build on a different scale
Actually, says Tim Byles, demand for self-build is already there and while there鈥檚 nothing wrong with one-off Grand Design projects, what we need now is something altogether more mainstream
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CommentWhat would Labour do with the Green Deal?
Labour鈥檚 pledge to replace the Green Deal with a new Energy Save scheme has caused major ripples - but what might Labour鈥檚 scheme look like?
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CommentGenerating energy at the right time
Some forms of renewable energy are unpredictable and not available at the right time - better implementation could reduce carbon emissions and save money
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CommentHS2 will speed ahead with Higgins on board
Sir David Higgins鈥� appointment to HS2 is the clearest signal yet that the project will leave the sidings
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CommentWhere are all the young QSs?
We need to tell the younger generation how much quantity surveying has to offer as a career, before the skills gap gets too big to fill
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CommentSocial media and BIM
BIM is being embraced by the social media generation and it is a disguse for a complete revolution in construction