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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Our hydrogen future
Interest in green hydrogen has escalated rapidly, so what are the benefits and challenges of this highly sustainable energy technology and what would a hydrogen revolution mean for the built environment?
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: Park Crescent rebuilt
Plans to demolish a grade I-listed crescent were never going to be uncontroversial, but PDP London has redressed a botched 1960s rebuild and restored many of the original features
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FeaturesThe drive for green machines
Things are changing on construction sites, and some of the biggest polluters are taking significant steps to reduce their carbon footprint
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FeaturesGrenfell Inquiry module two: A look back at key evidence about the cladding materials
The section of the inquiry covering products installed on the tower contained many shocking revelations. Now that it is over,聽Tom Lowe explains who said what
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FeaturesCovid has set back women鈥檚 progress by years, experts fear
Extra childcare burdens and a higher proportion on furlough could be disadvantaging women
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FeaturesBrexit bureaucracy: The new challenges for UK firms exporting to the EU
The new post-Brexit trading environment is making life difficult for UK firms trying to export to SMEs in the EU 鈥� with little government guidance on how to cut through the bureaucratese
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FeaturesRethinking Design: what鈥檚 in store for warehouses?
A year of lockdowns has almost doubled internet sales, and the consequent boom in warehousing is changing the way we think about retail infrastructure
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FeaturesPete Redfern interview: We were right to shut down but could have got back up to speed sooner
Chief executive of Taylor Wimpey acted faster and more decisively than most firms during last year鈥檚 lockown. Here he looks back at those decisions聽
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FeaturesResults season sees industry impress with fortitude and recovery but dark clouds remain
Construction showed collective resolve to rally and survive a year like no other but headwinds loom
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FeaturesIn Business: How demolition firm McGee knocked down perceptions and branched out
Managing director Seb Fossey on moving away from its traditional roots and into new markets
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FeaturesRethinking Design: putting the fun back into the future
How will the hospitality and leisure sectors adapt to post-covid restrictions while satisfying our craving for excitement, wellbeing and social interaction?聽Debika Ray聽reports
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FeaturesIn Business: How Tetra Tech hopes to leave its WYG past behind
After racking up millions in losses, the GB boss of the renamed consultant says it has found a home free from the whims of the City
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FeaturesCost model: Later living provision
The later living sector must grow rapidly to support the UK鈥檚 ageing population. Alex Hyams of Alinea and Assael Architecture鈥檚 F茅licie Krikler and Rory O鈥橦agan consider how to unlock the sector鈥檚 potential from a聽design and location perspective and break down the costs of building a retirement community
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FeaturesChurch of England and its affordable housing ambitions
One of the UK鈥檚 biggest landowners is preparing to put its principles into action at scale. Elizabeth Hopkirk reports
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FeaturesBarony Campus: Scotland鈥檚 new super school
It has been described as the most innovative, ambitious and inclusive learning facility in the country - Sheppard Robson tells how the client ditched the frameworks route for a bespoke design聽
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FeaturesMore questions than answers for national infrastructure bank
While the idea of the new bank has been welcomed across the sector, the devil will be in the detail 鈥撀爓hich remains largely unknown, Jonathan Owen reports
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FeaturesRICS reforms: More demands from members
Letters continue to pour in about the future of the RICS, here are the latest views from the membership
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FeaturesCOP26: Time to get ready 鈥� the world will be watching
The UN conference on climate change 鈥� COP26 鈥� in Glasgow this November will be the largest such gathering ever held in the UK. Its significance in the fight against global warming cannot be overestimated
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FeaturesConsultants鈥� salary survey 2021
Marginal increases for most roles mask some big pay hikes, while majority of employers plan to recruit in next 12 months
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