All Features articles – Page 37
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Digital integration in construction
How can the industry embed technology, make it stick and leverage the benefits over time? Deltek and Building hosted a roundtable to discuss the way forward. Emily Twinch reports
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The true cost of Gove’s new cladding policy on the housing sector
Michael Gove’s announcement that housebuilders will foot the £4bn cladding repair bill sparked a share price nosedive. Is the City overreacting?
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Costing Steelwork 19: Market update
Costing Steelwork is a series from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork. This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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How Gleeds boss in Ukraine escaped from Kyiv
Scotsman in charge of firm’s office in the capital is back in Manchester with his wife having travelled for 80 hours to border with Slovakia
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CPD 2 2022: Sustainable Drainage Systems
Regulations now state that sustainable drainage systems should be included in new housing schemes where feasible. This AG sponsored CPD explains how these systems work and the specification considerations. Deadline: 22nd April 2022
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Net zero at risk as global energy concerns from Ukraine war send green goals back down the agenda
Agreements reached at COP26 were always going to be vulnerable to the unexpected, but the case for energy efficiency and alternative supply sources is now even more urgent
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Ukraine: a tragedy and crisis beyond belief with an impact felt all over the world
Everybody is worried about events in Ukraine, from a humanitarian viewpoint to the detail of firms navigating the impact on their cost base
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Smart buildings: the digital workplace
The focus of office fit-out is increasingly on using digital systems to optimise the user experience. How best can one realise the opportunities of smart technology?
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The scheme now approaching the finish is Crossrail: All aboard the Elizabeth line
We take the 10-minute journey from Paddington to Liverpool Street with the railway’s boss Mark Wild
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Where have all the workers gone? Construction’s shrinking talent pool
The pandemic has deepened problems with availability of labour, putting at risk firms’ backed-up workloads
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Mentoring Circle: Building up women in the built environment
How a mentoring scheme for women has grown beyond all expectations in only a year
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Finding the right tools to survive in the shortage economy
The importance of embracing the right tools – and knowing what makes a tool right for you – can’t be overstated, writes Tom Noctor, team lead of strategic product consultants at Procore
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5 minutes with … MJ O’Shaughnessy at Will Rudd
The firm’s craic-loving, drum-playing managing director is no fan of excessive bureaucracy but loves working with passionate and creative people
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Lessons of the Nightingales: how covid changed construction
A range of pandemic-prompted innovations have changed industry practice for good. Josephine Smit talks to those who led the way
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What is the legacy of the Nightingales?
A range of pandemic-prompted innovations have changed industry practice for good. Josephine Smit talks to those who led the way
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5 minutes with … Anil Singh Rana at Constructing Professional Development
The project manager and mentor is based in Mauritius. He has built a business based on his belief in positive collaboration
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A deep green retrofit crafts a sustainability HQ
The Institute for Sustainability Leadership needed an HQ that reflected its values. Here’s what it did next to a Cambridge telephone exchange
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Explainer: Gove’s threats to shut down housebuilders over building safety
Housebuilders are locked in negotiations with Michael Gove over paying another £4bn to repair housing blocks affected by the fire safety crisis
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Cost model: Low carbon frames
Structural frames are one of the biggest contributors to embodied carbon, but issues with data quality have made tackling this difficult – until now
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Algeco becomes the new face, new name and new future of Elliott and affiliated UK companies
The move creates a single, consistent brand across the UK and Europe