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Will Our Industry Face Up to its Biggest Challenge?
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Many construction firms have taken steps to reduce their environmental impact, but there is a way to...
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Fight the Good Fight: Collaborating Through the Political Chaos
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This article, written by Ann Bentley, RLB Global Board Director, was originally published on 9 ...
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How Urbanisation Will Enhance Our Lives
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By 2030 it is estimated that around 60% of the population will live in urban areas, and one in every...
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Healthcare Masterplanning: Making Healthcare Estates more commercial and sustainable
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Despite the wave four funding offered in December 2018 to NHS Trusts, we are now in an era where ...
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RLB Tender Price Forecast UK – Q3 2019
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The essential forecast for Tender Price Inflation, RLB UK’s quarterly Tender Price Forecast ...
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Moving the dial: is construction an economic enabler once again?
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Environmental challenges are ones that our industry should rise to because they will create enormous...
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RLB Tender Price Forecast UK – Q2 2019
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The essential forecast for Tender Price Inflation, RLB UK’s TPF Q2 2019 contains an economic ...
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Retail goes back to the future
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Julian King, Partner – National Head of Retail at RLB UK, discusses a new way of looking at ...
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The moment of truth: we need to be honest with ourselves about construction’s recruitment problem
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Construction’s recruitment crisis is often attributed to an image problem, but perhaps that image ...
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Timber Frame Pricing 2019: helping to see the wood for the trees
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Ian Dacre is a Partner at Rider Levett Bucknall and author of the 2019 RLB Structural Timber ...
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New Models of Care Driving Future Estate
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The financial pressure on the NHS increases year on year. With net expenditure rising from £78.9 ...
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Brexit: a classic case of poor project management
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The prime minister’s handling of Brexit bears uncanny parallels to poor management of construction...
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Perspective a global magazine by Rider Levett Bucknall
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Cities around the world are shaped by their built environment and constructed with the intent to ...
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Structural Timber – Estimating Guide 2019
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The latest Structural Timber Estimating Guide is designed to ensure that estimated costs and outline...
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RLB Tender Price Forecast UK – Q1 2019
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The essential forecast for Tender Price Inflation, RLB UK’s TPF Q1 2019 contains an economic ...
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We might already have the answers to construction’s productivity issues
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Talk of a united, collaborative construction industry is fine, but how do we get the message out to ...
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RLB comment on the Hackitt Review
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In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire the Government commissioned Dame Judith Hackitt, a ...
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2018 has been a year of anger and frustration for construction – but we are resilient and on the cusp of change
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This year has highlighted some ugly aspects of the industry – like unfair payment practices and ...
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RLB Tender Price Forecast UK – Q4 2018
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The essential forecast for Tender Price Inflation, RLB UK’s TPF Q4 2018 contains an economic ...
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RLB BIM Protocol Guide for clients and designers released today
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Released today, the RLB BIM Protocol Part 1: A Guide for Clients and Designers is part of a suite ...
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RLB statement on the government’s Transforming Construction Alliance announcement
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Following a nationwide competition, Innovate UK has awarded £72 million to the Transforming ...
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UK Budget 2018 – the RLB view
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This budget was short on detailed capital budget commitments, which is perhaps not surprising given ...
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Preparing for the new dawn
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As we head towards Brexit, the Construction Leadership Council continues to build foundations to ...
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RLB Tender Price Forecast UK – Q3 2018
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The essential forecast for Tender Price Inflation, RLB UK’s TPF 3Q 2018 contains an economic ...
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Government supports industry development of ‘best value’ tools to transform procurement culture
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Built environment professionals have united to look for a new approach that will change procurement ...
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Strategies, reports and the future of the industry: just do it
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There’s no lack of holiday reading for those interested in how the industry needs to change, but ...
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Summer in UK Retail – The Heat is On
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Julian King, Partner & National Head of Retail at RLB UK, discusses a turbulent summer for UK ...
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Procuring for Value
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This report provides recommendations on how government, clients and the industry can maximise the ...
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CLC rally industry following Construction Sector Deal with launch of Procuring for Value report
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A rallying call for an “outcome based, transparent and efficient industry” has been made by the ...
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Let’s not lose the global view
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We are seeing the rapid growth of nationalism and popularism – what does this mean for ...
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Perspective; the inaugural global magazine of Rider Levett Bucknall
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Cities around the world are shaped by their built environment and constructed with the intent to ...
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Home truths
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The housing crisis isn’t about land supply; it’s about affordability and quality. Let’s stop ...
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Brexit: Impact and consequences on public procurement
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Karolina Grzegorek, Contract Advisory Consultant at Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB UK), discusses the ...
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The Town Centre Formula?
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With the average national retail vacancy rate currently standing at 11.2%, how can retailers harness...
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Let’s fasten our seatbelts – Ann Bentley on the fallout from Carillion’s collapse
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It’s tempting to chafe at constraint, but had project bank accounts been compulsory then the ...
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Retail Predictions: 2018
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As we continue our bumpy retail ride into 2018 we ask… What next? It’s been a rough ride for ...
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