All Features articles – Page 49
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Mentoring Circle: ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø 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 collaborationÂ
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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
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This is my home: Gleeds’ man in Ukraine on staying put in Kyiv
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø speaks to Colin Ross, the firm’s country director, who is not planning on going anywhere
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Take a dive into the UK’s first Passivhaus leisure centre
Exeter council trailblazes a radical alternative to the energy-guzzling swimming pool
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Planning approvals by value - January 2022
The first month of 2022 saw a slump in the value of planning approvals from December’s £8.66bn to £6.22bn according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table of top spending clients
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Client contract award and planning data - January 2022
Glenigan’s sector by sector monthly round up of top spending clients and planning wins
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Top client contract awards - January 2022
New contract awards increased from December’s £4.33bn to £5.67bn in January according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table of top spending clients
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Annual planning approvals by value to January 2022
Annual planning approvals were worth £122bn in the year to January according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table
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In business: on the road with Keltbray
After 30 years at Costain, Darren James was unable to resist the call from Keltbray wanting to help to diversify and tighten up governanceÂ
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5 minutes with … Vanessa Murray at Stanhope
The asset manager at Stanhope founded Mentoring Circle, an initiative targeted at young women in the early stages of their career
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Midas is the latest in a long line of regional contractors to feel cash pinch
Devon builder entering administration this week is a reminder of the perils smaller firms face
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Market forecast: Inflation bites
As output rebounds, building costs are soaring at double-digit rates thanks to a variety of inflationary pressures, sending tender prices upwardsÂ