Executive Briefings

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    Market overview: Film studios

    2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

    In the latest of ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Boardroom’s market overviews, Josephine Smit looks at the booming UK film and TV studio sector

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    The top 150 contractors league table: The results analysed

    2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

    A look at the big contractors, where performances in line with expectations and balance sheet strengths rising are good reasons to be cheerful

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    Market overview: Later living

    2021-09-01T05:00:00Z

    In ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Boardroom’s latest market overview, Josephine Smit looks at the later living sector, which in the UK is starting from a small base but has enormous growth potential, especially with a recent rush of investor interest

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    Government policy: end-of-year review

    2021-08-12T05:00:00Z

    With the parliamentary year having drawn to a close, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Boardroom looks back on the changes it has brough to government policy on design and construction. Josephine Smit reports

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    Market overview: Green travel infrastructure

    2021-07-27T05:00:00Z

    The latest ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Boardroom market overview examines the move towards active travel infrastructure such as cycleways and pedestrianised thoroughfares, and the variety of funding streams in place to drive this. Josephine Smit reports

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    Market overview: Healthcare

    2021-07-01T05:00:00Z

    With extra funding in the pipeline to build dozens of new hospitals and tackle the rapidly growing maintenance backlog, plus a new procurement framework soon to be in place, healthcare is a major focus for construction this year

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    The ‘should cost’ model – its benefits and how to build one

    2021-05-24T05:00:00Z

    While standard cost models are limited to initial delivery, this new, greener approach – recommended by the government’s construction playbook – extends to whole-life costs (and even carbon), providing a more comprehensive overview of what constitutes good value. By Jonathan Stewart, Sara Boonham, Nicola Herring and James Garner of Gleeds ...

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    Post covid, what kinds of offices will clients want?

    2021-04-29T05:00:00Z

    Source: Hufton + Crow The view from the rooftop garden of TP Bennett’s EightyFen, to which Arcadis is moving this summer in order to fit its workspace better to post-pandemic needs Property experts tell ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Boardroom that space requirements won’t shrink significantly, but the type ...

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    The ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Safety Regulator: What will it look like?

    2021-03-25T09:01:00Z

    We talk to Peter Baker, the new chief inspector of buildings about the shape of the new organisation that will oversee building safety

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    Whole life carbon assessments: What you need to know

    2021-03-16T05:00:00Z

    The London Plan now requires a whole lifecycle assessment as a condition of planning. We examine the implications for the industry  

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    Does the QS have a future?

    2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

    ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Boardroom asks Willmott Dixon’s northern MD and a QS by training, Anthony Dillon, about the changing role of the profession within the industry

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    What the Future ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓs Standard means for the industry

    2021-02-01T06:00:00Z

    The consultation on reducing energy use in non domestic buildings has been a long time coming. We examine the implications of the main proposals