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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� Damilola Ola, assistant site manager at Mount Anvil
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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FeaturesKey points from the CMA鈥檚 housebuilding report
From land banking to a probe into anti-competitive activity, we breakdown the critical points from the UK competition regulator鈥檚 report into the housebuilding market
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Features鈥楾hey needed this鈥� 鈥� McAlpine鈥檚 new boss wins plaudits as industry prepares for firm to reset
Neil Martin is expected to ring the changes and take the blue-blooded contractor back to centre-stage. Dave Rogers reports
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Features鈥楢 nightclub on a massive scale鈥�: touring Populous鈥� 拢365m Co-op Live arena
Soon to be the UK鈥檚 biggest indoor music venue when it opens in April, the 23,500-seat Manchester behemoth is an impressive site. Tom Lowe has a look around
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FeaturesAlex Ely: 鈥楢rchitecture is so central to our culture - it鈥檚 a pity it doesn鈥檛 seem to gain the traction it deserves鈥�
The founder of the Stirling Prize-winning Mae Architects shares his influences and inspirations with Ben Flatman and concludes that his profession still has much to offer聽
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FeaturesRace against time before April: Are we heading for a building control inspection crisis?
LABC fears a shutdown of building control services in April due to a lack of certified inspectors. How worried should we be? asks Daniel Gayne
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FeaturesCost model: Making sports stadiums fit for purpose
Today鈥檚 sports stadiums face new challenges and require redeveloping for audiences in a diverse and sustainable way.聽Will Goring of Turner & Townsend Alinea and Philip聽Johnson of Populous outline the issues.
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FeaturesSoben: How a small Scottish family firm became the fastest growing consultancy in construction
Soben now operates in 35 countries and is aiming to become a 拢100m-turnover firm within five years. Founder Scott Smyth tells Carl Brown all about the firm鈥檚 strategy and journey to date
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FeaturesRise of housebuilding 鈥榮uperleague鈥� predicted in wake of Barratt鈥檚 deal for Redrow as analysts brush off regulatory worries
Yesterday鈥檚 拢2.5bn move has analysts wondering who might be next to join forces聽鈥� and reduce risk of being picked off themselves
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Features精东影视 the Future Commission: why recruitment is industry鈥檚 top priority
After a year of consultation and careful consideration, the 精东影视 the Future Commission has published its final report. In this final chapter, Dave Rogers considers the challenge of building a skilled workforce to do increasingly complex jobs 鈥� and then keeping them happy
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Features鈥楾he figures on starts are terrifying鈥�. What鈥檚 really happening to the 拢11bn Affordable Homes Programme
The government has admitted that it will not hit its development targets. Joey Gardiner聽asks what鈥檚 really going on and looks at how the situation can turn around
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Features精东影视 The Future Commmission: Delivering the communities the nation needs
聽After a year of consultation and careful consideration, the 精东影视 the Future Commission has published its final report. In this chapter, Ben Flatman explores ways in which we might close the聽gap between good development and the development we too often deliver
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FeaturesHow new satellite data is changing our understanding of London鈥檚 overheating problem
A new report by Arup for the mayor of London has highlighted the worsening issue of heat risk in our city centres as summers get steadily hotter. Tom Lowe reports.
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Features精东影视 The Future Commmission: Take a long-term view to give UK the infrastructure it needs
聽After a year of consultation and careful consideration, the 精东影视 the Future Commission has published its final report. In this chapter, Dave Rogers explains why the country鈥檚 economic welfare depends on efficient planning and a clear and stable pipeline
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Features鈥業鈥檇 recommend it to anyone鈥�: views on why an apprenticeship is better than university
For National Apprenticeship Week we spoke to three people who went the apprentice route about the benefits of being paid while you learn
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Features精东影视 The Future Commmission: Attracting, engaging and retaining the next generation
聽After a year of consultation and careful consideration, the 精东影视 the Future Commission has published its final report. In this chapter, Ben Flatman considers the challenges facing construction in its quest to employ the brightest and best
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FeaturesGove and Khan鈥檚 row over London鈥檚 housing delivery numbers explained
How the mayor鈥檚 spatial development strategy become the centre of a spat in this year of multiple elections
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Features精东影视 The Future Commission: Time to prepare for the next digital revolution
Last week the 精东影视 the Future commission published its final report. In this chapter, Thomas Lane considers聽the best ways to increase productivity by investing in and embracing emerging technologies 聽
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Features精东影视 the Future Commission: This is how we make our buildings safer
After a year of consultation and consideration, last week the 精东影视 the Future commission published its final report. In this chapter, Carl Brown considers the implications of the 精东影视 Safety Act聽
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FeaturesHow and why Stewart Milne collapsed: analysing the numbers
The collapse of the well-known Scottish housebuilder has shocked many within the housing sector. As聽Daniel Gayne finds out, the firm鈥檚 balance sheets over the past few years provide some clues as to what went wrong聽