Opinion – Page 67
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Digitalisation is changing everything - but we need to give people the opportunity to explore its capabilities
It will make the whole construction industry more efficient – but it will also make it a more interesting sector for new recruits to join. And with that potential for creativity, it will start to attract different kinds of talent
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Why do young women need senior women?
We know how vital ongoing support is for ensuring the next generation sticks with the industry. So, how do we keep these young, talented women interested?Â
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Hansom: What’s a man to do?
This week’s construction gossip: Not only are women refusing to put up with any more nonsense, but now a man can’t even trust his smartphone not to cause offence
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Housebuilders' salaries are healthy - but is the market as rosy as it looks?
Despite soaring salaries in the housebuilding sector, there’s an air of nervousness that the government will burst the bubble by scrapping its Help to Buy scheme
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Are we creating enough in-depth learning spaces?
Helen Groves says that while universities have great areas where students can work together and interact, they lack spaces to allow quiet immersion in studyÂ
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Preparing for the new dawn
As we head towards Brexit, the Construction Leadership Council continues to build foundations to ensure stability and robustness in the industry
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Reading into the student accommodation sector: strong steps forward
Brexit looms large on the horizon across all sectors, but the fundamentals of the student sector would appear to remain solid
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Securing our future – how to fix the pension system
The UK pension systems is broken – expensive and benefiting only the largest companies and public sector employees. Colin Harding suggests how to change that
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Hansom: Straight talkers
We hear Peter Rogers likes to get to the point, somebody isn’t very polite about 22 Bishopsgate, and a Man U fan is blindingly faithful …Â
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The human toll of poor payment practices
Business failures often seem abstract and remote. How does it actually feel to go through the process of winding up your own business?
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It has its flaws but Bloomberg is a worthy winner
Fosters’ Stirling laureate is an environmental game-changer
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Legal: Be careful what you wish for
Victoria Peckett describes a case where a strategy to push a contractor into insolvency to resolve a dispute seriously backfiredÂ
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We desperately need new ways to build
The percentage of homes built offsite remains low due to concerns from housebuilders, but with new government thinking MMC could provide urgently needed housing
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Want new recruits, career progression and a diverse workforce? You have to start the conversation
When young people do decide to join the sector, we must support them so that they stick around, says Sarah Beth Riley, part of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s graduate panel
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Blockchain and the UK property industry: opportunities and risks
Despite the criticism, others are confident that blockchain, bitcoin, and bank-backed alt-chains and cryptocurrencies are here to stay
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Shining a light on quality: RIBA, RICS and CIOB launch Quality Tracker tool
Formulated by a cross-disciplinary working group and feeding off pan-industry consultation responses earlier this year, the Quality Tracker addresses many long-acknowledged problems in the construction industry, writes Nigel Ostime
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The Tories put housing in the spotlight
The PM surprised conference with a welcome boost to council house building, but elsewhere private housebuilders got a bit of a kicking
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Hansom: What money can’t buy
The Tate’s wealthy neighbours find they’ve bought into being part of the view, while youngsters’ financial aspirations are less than realistic – and the Bloomberg building smells of more than money …Â
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We're experiencing a construction waste problem - let's make it easier to reuse materials
By challenging the traditional routes of waste disposal, companies can not only meet their waste objectives, but also improve their social and economic targets for reuse in the community
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British builders need restrictions on EU workers like they need a hole in the head
Contingency plans will be essential if the rules trigger a Brexodus of European workers – and key to this will be a campaign to tempt more young Britons into pursuing a career in construction