Opinion – Page 113
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CommentYou shall go to the ball
A Winter Ball, filled with magicians and dancers, as well as a competition to design a light… and all in the name of a good cause
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CommentOnline poll: DECC
Is shutting down the Department of Energy and Climate Change ‘plain stupid’? Results are in
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CommentNegotiating a post-Brexit position
The British economy could well slip into recession as a result of the decision to leave the EU - and negotiating a benign post-Brexit position will take years. We have no option but to choose the best model and make a good fist of it
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CommentLooking for the ‘Brexit effects’
Some businesses may be feeling the effects of a downturn already but it will take months for it to show up in official statistics
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CommentContract awards: Waiting for impact
Contract awards rose in June but that’s less of a surprise when we look at the sector driving that rise
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CommentWhy is there such cost variation in social housing?
An HCA report signals a change in how it scrutinises value for money achieved by housing associations
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CommentBuilding cost managers need to keep up
In an age of smart tech, the role of the building services cost manager is changing fast
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CommentWellbeing: Going mainstream
It’s time for all of us to talk the language of health and wellbeing
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CommentHansom: Going up in the world
Despite crashing markets, many things are on the rise, from the social climbers at The Ivy, to house prices for Europhiles, the appeal of upping sticks for New Zealand, and a really massive pile of cous cous
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CommentReading the signals from our new PM
Theresa May’s abrupt arrival in Britain’s top job should, at the very least, restore some sense of stability to the country’s leadership
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CommentBrexit: Leaving the environment behind?
What environmental regs will be in the firing line after Brexit, and will Theresa May be a green PM?
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CommentOnline poll: Theresa May
Will Theresa May be a good prime minister for the UK construction industry? Results are in
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CommentWhy can't builders and architects work it out?
Topping out ceremonies present builders with an irresistible opportunity to throw the architect off the top of the building but we need to collaborate
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CommentHansom: Corridors of power
This week, the industry considers the legacy of Boris Johnson, eyes a career serving a khaleesi, props up the bar in the Commons and treads in the footsteps of Winston Churchill
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CommentBrexit: Dominoes start falling
Just a fortnight after the UK voted to leave the European Union, the construction industry is starting to feel a nasty pinch
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CommentFuture of SMEs after Brexit
What does the future hold for SME’s in the wake of the UK’s vote to leave the EU? It’s not quite all doom and gloom
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CommentOnline poll: Pension worries
Are you worried about how Brexit will affect your pension? Results are in
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CommentBrexit could move Scotland's economy forward
We are seeing more enquiries from the public and the private sector north of the border, so perhaps we have reason to be optimistic
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CommentHas Kier overreached itself?
Kier’s latest trading update suggests its acquisitions of May Gurney and Mouchel have incurred significant ‘integration costs’
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CommentThe WELL building standard is changing how we design
Truly embedding wellbeing into our buildings may be new to the UK but it will become second nature soon