All Insight articles – Page 5
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InsightAutomation can bring sustainability gains
Logistics and supply chain companies are increasingly concerned about the sustainability of their operations and the environmental performance of their warehouses. They have to be: customers are demanding greater levels of sustainability.
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InsightQ&A: Five minutes with Adrienne Howells
The senior development director at GLP on equal opportunity, Ted Lasso and visiting St Lucia.
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InsightUK Industrial & Logistics rents up 8.2% over past five years
Rental growth accelerated over the past three years but has since decelerated as the market begins to cool.
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InsightDonati’s Angelica Donati on AI’s practical applications in modern construction
Artificial intelligence holds promise for the construction industry, guiding it towards a safer, more sustainable and efficient future.
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InsightAI: The future has arrived
Forward-looking property firms are testing out artificial intelligence. Property Week asks whether it has the potential to be a game-changer for the sector.
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InsightAskporter’s Till Eichenauer asks if AI can stop the menace of mould
As the world debates the practical applications of AI, here is a clear and pressing use case: speeding up the resolution of potentially lethal mould issues through smarter communication.
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InsightCrestbridge’s Dean Hodcroft on how AI in architecture heralds a new era of design
Artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape the architectural landscape the world over. This presents a dual-edged sword, offering unprecedented design capabilities while challenging the very essence of architectural practice.
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InsightAlastair Stewart on Barratt and Redrow and the new super league of housebuilding
No one (including yours truly) saw that coming. Barratt Development’s £2.5bn offer for smaller rival Redrow rekindled almost forgotten memories of housebuilding’s deal-making glory days of the late Noughties. That all ended in tears. Could this time be different?
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InsightWorld Architecture Festival’s Paul Finch has ‘just one thing’ to say about office design
The annual British Council for Offices (BCO) dinner was a sell-out and a cheery event, despite the travails besetting the sector.
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InsightREB's NextGen results revealed: Just how inclusive is the property industry?
The results of Real Estate Balance’s 2023 equity, diversity and inclusion survey were revealed to senior and junior members of the sector last week. Property Week reports on the findings.
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InsightTrustek’s Freddie Pritchard-Smith on the 10,000 answers from proptech
There are reputedly now more than 10,000 proptech products across the built environment sector.
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InsightMIPIM preview 2024: Recovery is on the horizon
More than 22,000 property professionals from around the world are expected to attend this year’s Mipim event. Property Week speaks to representatives from UK cities and city regions about the development opportunities they are planning to promote.
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InsightDolphin’s Olivia Harris on BTR’s key role in creating 500,000 homes a year
Half a million is a recent estimate of the number of new homes the UK needs each year simply to absorb demographic growth and maintain an effective standstill.
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InsightSO Resi’s Guy Burnett on why looking beyond trades is key to addressing skills shortage
An injection of funding specifically for the training of planning officers that understand affordable housing must be addressed by the government.
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InsightElevate’s Roxane McMeeken on why property needs ethnically diverse leaders
When discussing diversity and inclusion in the built environment, the market keeps returning to one point: change does not happen within an organisation without the involvement of its leaders. This is a reminder of both the power of leadership and the potency of leaders.
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InsightThe Good Economy’s Vivienne King on a new era of sustainability accountability in real estate
Gone are the freewheeling days of sustainability language like ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’ real estate assets without robust evidence to back up the claims.
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InsightThink global, source local
When planning authorities stipulate that developers use particular materials, they may also be putting net zero targets out of reach
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InsightConstruction insolvencies: How to cope if the work stops
The high level of construction company collapses last year left thousands of projects unfinished and clients out of pocket. Ian Weinfass talks to developers trying to salvage the situation
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InsightBCIS’s Dr David Crosthwaite assesses impact of Red Sea attacks on property sector
Developers and contractors may want to act now to avoid the worst of any potential impacts that may develop if the crisis deepens or persists for any length of time.
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Insight@peterproperty on extra City office space
Hubris hobbled City of London thinking ahead of the Big Bang in 1986, when financial deregulation sparked an explosion in demand for office space.
