Executive Briefings
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Market overview: Film studios
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
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
The London Plan now requires a whole lifecycle assessment as a condition of planning. We examine the implications for the industry Â
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Does the QS have a future?
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
The consultation on reducing energy use in non domestic buildings has been a long time coming. We examine the implications of the main proposals