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CommentStaying on top in challenging times
As we compare the market share between the 20 biggest contractors pre and post recession, the next question is what must firms do to ensure they鈥檙e on top in another six years?
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CommentUniversity challenge
The Russel Group鈥檚 plans to spend 拢9bn on capital projects between now and 2016/17 makes them a more powerful client base than the Olympic Delivery Authority was back before the 2012 Games.
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CommentLet's pick up the pace
Despite claims that Westminster has entered a 鈥榸ombie state鈥�, it鈥檚 the perfect time for the industry to be putting forward policy ideas
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CommentTackling the skills gap
To attract new talent the industry has to improve its record on big issues such as long hours, employing people from diverse backgrounds and dealing with workplace stress
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CommentBalfour Beatty: Embers of ambition
There鈥檚 no escaping the fact that the ambitions of the UK鈥檚 largest contractor are rapidly disintegrating
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CommentEFA needs to go back to school on costs
The news that contractor Bam has been dropped from five London schools worth almost 拢50m, after, it is understood, claiming it could not deliver two of them without making a loss, has thrown the problem of cost inflation firmly into focus
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CommentSeize this chance for change
The government鈥檚 Payment Charter takes us a step closer to fixing the industry鈥檚 ills
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CommentIt's time for the construction industry to adapt to BIM
The Dark Ages of BIM may be over, but many firms are still behind the times when it comes to implementing the technology
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CommentStill waiting for fair payment times
Success of the Construction Leadership Council鈥檚 fair payment initiative depends on government and the industry backing enforcement measures
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CommentPower games in the energy market
Can contractors working in the energy infrastructure sector survive the fallout from Ofgem鈥檚 competition review?
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CommentThis is one tax change we should welcome
In amending its false self-employment rules HMRC is giving employers a chance to change the construction industry鈥檚 image
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CommentIt鈥檚 no full house, George
In a mixed Budget for the construction sector, the chancellor left some conspicuous gaps
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CommentSafety first
A series of serious accidents in the past week has highlighted the need to maintain focus on site safety
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CommentA new world after the flood
Greg Barker presented was optimistic about the UK鈥檚 progress on carbon reduction at Ecobuild this week, but the pace of change needs to accelerate
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CommentHidden challenges
Overheating is just one of the previously unreported design issues we face - the government must invest in sustainability to avert a national crisis
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CommentIt鈥檚 not over yet
Paul Sheffield may be leaving Kier in good shape but the contracting sector as a whole is not entirely out of the woods
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CommentDoing the robot
For an industry still, largely, employing the same methods of construction as it did five decades ago, advances in technology represent an opportunity to explore more efficient ways of working
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CommentPoliticians need to take green drive up a gear
How much will the EU鈥檚 new targets for reducing carbon emissions fuel energy efficiency work in the near term?
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CommentAgenda 15: Time to build our future
精东影视鈥檚 new initiative, aimed at influencing the main political parties鈥� policies for the sector, kicks off with one of the biggest industry consultations ever undertaken.
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CommentFree schools: Harsh lessons
This week鈥檚 National Audit Office review of the free schools programme shows that capital costs have varied widely