All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 12
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NewsSunak’s big election gamble: How the construction sector reacted
Initial thoughts from industry leaders as the prime minister unexpectedly calls a 4 July election
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NewsContractors mull whether to bid £1bn London towers job as firms worry fixed price will be too risky
Development manager Lipton Rogers believed to be still deciding how to procure 18 Blackfriars project
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Features‘We have witnessed increasing hostility in these meetings’... Architect Joe Morris explains what’s wrong with the planning system
Ben Flatman talks to Joe Morris about the complexities of the planning system and the importance of workplace civility
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NewsBuilding engineers group picks former civil servant as chief
Richard Harral has led work on transition towards building control accreditation regime
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CommentIt’s time to prepare for change – although we don’t have much to go on
The local election results confirmed what we already suspected about the likely outcome of the forthcoming general election. Anticipating where opportunities might be found under a new government is another matter, but Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis stirs the tea leaves
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NewsOutput grows again but housing continues to stutter
Latest PMI data says commercial and civils activity on the rise
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NewsNext government should protect HS2 land until fresh strategy developed, says rail group
Funding model to kickstart mothballed Euston site should be agreed quickly, body adds
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CommentGetting serious on serial disputes
Tony Bingham considers the subtleties of serial adjudications and when an adjudicator is bound by what was decided last time around
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CommentLocal strengths, national growth: the case for place-led growth in the UK
We’ve got to start now. And if we get tied up in bureaucracy, we won’t build anything, writes John Rayson, director northern transformation programme, AtkinsRéalis
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NewsTurner & Townsend takes share in Danish offshore specialist
Combined team will be run by Jumbo Consulting’s existing management
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NewsRelated Argent appoints former Cushman & Wakefield boss as strategic advisor
Move comes as tie-up between Argent and sister firm is formally confirmed
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CommentWe’re a nation of NEETs. Something must be done
The UK has one of the worst productivity rates in Europe and we need to get more people working. Who will take ownership of this national tragedy, asks Richard Steer
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NewsSwedish firm’s deal to buy Birmingham ventilation company triggers watchdog concern
CMA gives pair until end of this week ‘to offer solutions’ to resolve worries
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Features‘Construction seems to have fallen down the food chain’ – Scape’s Mark Robinson on what the government must change
As the public sector-owned procurement specialist launches its Charter for Change, its chief executive tells Daniel Gayne how the next government can do more to promote the construction sector
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NewsConstruction still accounts for more insolvencies than any other sector
Latest official figures show industry remains under pressure from high interest rates
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CommentEssential law: Termination, part four
As part of our essential law series, Patricia Nathan-Amissah and Mark Barley consider whether you can terminate under common law and under the contract simultaneously
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NewsSupply chain fragility takes over from material prices as biggest threat to contractors, RLB finds
New research shows 87% of firms are now most worried about vulnerability of suppliers
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Features‘Government flip-flopping on climate has cost us work’: Ramboll’s Philippa Spence on what she wants from UK politicians
The UK managing director talks to Tom Lowe about the impact that government dithering over net zero policy has had on her firm and the industry as a whole over the past five years
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CommentWas Angela Rayner right to buy?
The shadow levelling-up secretary has taken flak for exercising her right to buy, but Labour has a long history of dalliance with the concept of selling council homes, writes Ben Flatman
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CommentConstructing the Gold Standard for public sector frameworks – has anything changed?
David Mosey on how the new breed of contracts are rising to meet the challenges to transform industry performance.