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CommentLeader: South-eastern promise
Consumer products giant LG鈥檚 new super laboratory on the edge of South Korean capital Seoul has to be seen to be believed.
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CommentHave we reached collaboration nirvana?
After years of talk about how important collaboration is in the engineering industry, the team working on Crossrail鈥檚 Farringdon station believe they鈥檝e reached the summit. Ken Davis, project director at SNC-Lavalin鈥檚 Atkins business, talks about how they got there
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CommentHansom: What a coincidence
England hung on in the World Cup for just long enough to inconvenience consultants鈥� party planning 鈥� and is it Big Ben鈥檚 lack of hands that has removed parliamentarians鈥� sense of urgency about Brexit?
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CommentThought for tomorrow: An end to fixed-price contracting
We ask readers to share their visions of the construction industry in 25 years鈥� time
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CommentLegal: A different kind of model approach
Daniel Garton and Ralph Goodchild on using system dynamics as evidence in delay and disruption claims聽
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CommentLook east to export
We need to sell our brands abroad in new ways if UK businesses are to take聽advantage of emerging opportunities in fast-growing South-east Asia
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CommentThe importance of emotional intelligence in construction
In the hard-nosed construction environment, terms like emotional intelligence can be easily misunderstood or misinterpreted. It鈥檚 not a soft skill. It鈥檚 about helping teams perform at their collective best
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CommentNational Infrastructure Assessment: More devolution required
Whilst the NIC is making great progress and giving a clear voice, it does ultimately operate within the constraints set by the Treasury, writes Ramboll鈥檚 Mathew Riley
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CommentNational Infrastructure Assessment: the roadmap to meet our infrastructure needs is welcome: now for delivery
The industry has been calling for decisive action to accelerate infrastructure delivery for years. What鈥檚 needed next is certainty around project delivery
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CommentHow can tall buildings benefit UK cities?
BDP鈥檚 Yuli Cadney-Toh thinks there are real benefits, but masterplanners and architects need to illustrate the vision clearly
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CommentNational Infrastructure Assessment: Metro mayors must focus on soft power to boost infrastructure
Over a year into the metro mayors project, KPMG鈥檚 Jonathan White says soft power can help boost regional infrastructure
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CommentRiding the storm
Yet another government reshuffle and another housing minister is in place, but does any of this Westminster chaos matter to construction鈥檚 core issues?
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CommentWhy the UK's buildings must plan for electric vehicles
By the time the ban on pure combustion vehicles comes into force by 2040, we may have shifted the way in which we use our vehicles.聽The UK needs to confront the issue sooner rather than later
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CommentHansom: For a better world
This week, women in construction stick the boot in, scientists harness the power of mushrooms for a more聽eco-friendly brick and the words 鈥榗offee mug鈥� get a whole new meaning
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CommentDigital dexterity
Next-generation technology and digitalised workflows have the power to revolutionise our industry, but to make the most of their potential we must give up on old ways of thinking
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CommentWhat is on Kit Malthouse's to-do list
With the introduction of Kit Malthouse as the latest housing minister, TLT鈥檚 David Smithen hopes that he will resist the temptation to demonise the development industry
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CommentWhen it comes to building affordable homes, Dutch courage is called for
hile political initiative and leadership for affordable housing is more reliable and convincing in the Netherlands than it has been in the UK, we need a bit of Dutch courage to tackle Britain鈥檚 housing crisis head-on, says Martin Bellinger
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CommentTime鈥檚 up on 100% time bars
Why do time bar provisions strike down all of a claim, not part of it? Standard forms should allow a less extreme option
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CommentReaching new heights with MMC
Modern methods of construction are seen as the silver bullet for the housing crisis, but we need change through the whole supply chain to deliver real results, says Mace鈥檚 Mark Reynolds聽
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CommentComputers take over the courtroom
Technology in the legal world has opened up a host of opportunities. Rebecca Shorter looks at new ways of making the most of digital evidence in construction cases and the risks to be aware of when there is such a vast amount of data at your fingertips