Own The Build
By C-Link
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Construction is one of the most complex, fragmented and challenging industries to work in, but when you reflect on a finished project, there is always great satisfaction in the work done. Join Quantity Surveyor and Founder of C-Link (www.c-link.com), Paul Heming, each week as he interviews experts from across the construction industry to share tactics for project success and uncover technologies of the future that will take us forward. Own the Build is a show for Main Contractors, Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers or anyone interested in learning more about the construction world.
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Psychic Entropy: The Silent Killer of Leadership Teams in Construction (EP 218)
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May 19, 2025 |
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Mental Toughness = Commercial Power: Win the Hard Meetings (EP 217)
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May 12, 2025 |
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Question Time #5: Your Construction and QS Challenges Answered (EP 216.1)
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May 06, 2025 |
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The Immune System of the Project: How QSs Can Protect Margin and Spot Risk Early (EP 216)
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May 05, 2025 |
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The Softer Side of Contract Management: Lessons from the Real World (EP 215)
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Mastering FIDIC: How to Handle Claims, Payments & Disputes Like a Pro (EP 214)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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What to Do When a Client Refuses Practical Completion (EP 213)
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Question Time 4: Subcontracting Pressure, QS Career Advice, Design Management (EP 212.1)
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Mastering Contract Audits: The 3-Page Hack Every QS and Project Team Needs (EP 212)
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Mastering Project Planning & Delay Analysis with David Moreland (EP 211)
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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How to Reduce Disputes and Build Stronger Project Relationships (EP 210)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Pointless Amendments: Why the Industry Needs a Simpler Approach to Contracts (EP 209)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Question Time #3: Your Construction and QS Challenges Answered (EP 208.1)
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Breaking the Silence: Why QSs Need to Pick Up the Phone with Keith Kelliher (EP 208)
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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£4,500 a Tender: Why Specialists Are Walking Away and How MCs Can Win Them Back (EP 207)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Demystifying Recent Legal Cases: Lessons for Construction Professionals with Sam Bawden (EP 206)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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The Construction Act and Prolongation Claims with Scott Coulton (EP 205)
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Question Time #2: Your Construction and QS Challenges Answered (EP 204.1)
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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The Aspiring QS – The Path to Becoming a Commercial Director (EP 204)
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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AI, Blockchain, and the Future of Dispute Resolution with Rob Dean (EP 203)
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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How to Scale Your Construction Business and Boost Profitability with Greg Wilkes (EP 202)
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Systemising Procurement and Rethinking Construction Value with Chris Mackenzie-Grieve (EP 201)
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Question Time: Your Construction and QS Challenges Answered (EP 200.1)
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Celebrating 200 Episodes: Reflecting, Growing, and Looking Ahead (EP 200)
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Turning the Tables: Your Questions, My Answers – A Special Listener Q&A (EP 199)
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Mastering Delay, Disruption, and the Power of "No" in Construction Disputes (EP 198)
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Mastering the Middle East Construction Market: Lessons from 70 Years in Business with Marcus Siddons (EP 197)
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Why Construction Needs to Act Like a Satnav: Ali Mafi on Time, Flow, and Project Success (EP 196)
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Changing Perceptions: How Deconstruction is Fixing Construction’s Reputation (EP 195)
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Understanding Construction Costs and the Pitfalls of Low Tendering (EP 194)
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Valuable QS: How to Create or Become a 10/10 Quantity Surveyor. (EP 193)
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Can we Rebuild Confidence in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) (EP 192)
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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From Variations to EOTs: How to Defend Claims - Your Framework for Success (EP 191)
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Mastering Provisional Sums: Navigating Complex Situations as a World-Class Quantity Surveyor (EP 190)
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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How to Stop Micro-Managing and Become an Effective Construction Leader: Insights from Eric Anderton (EP 189)
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Transforming Construction: Insights from the FIS Manifesto and Design Development Proposals (EP 188)
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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From Basic Tools to AI: Understanding Digital Maturity in Construction (EP 187)
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Mastering Groundworks Procurement: A World-Class Approach for Quantity Surveyors (EP 186)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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CSI meets Construction: How Reconstructing Crime Scenes for the Met Police Makes Me an Expert in Reconstructing Construction Claims (EP 185)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Mastering On-Account Payments: Ensuring Smooth Cash Flow in Construction. (EP 184)
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Navigating Uncertainty: Insights from the Q3 2024 Construction Market Report. (EP 183)
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Data Visualisation Secrets Every Quantity Surveyor Should Know (EP 182)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Mastering Delay Analysis: A Deep Dive into How to Win Your Next Claim. (EP 181)
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Construction Leadership – Are We Cultivating High-Quality Leaders in Our Industry? (EP 180)
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Navigating Disputes: A Career in Construction Adjudication (EP 179)
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Winning at Procurement: Success Tactics for Now and the Future (EP 178)
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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How to manage a Main Contractor: A subcontractor view. (EP 177)
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Behind Tender Rejections: Unveiling the Reasons Main Contractors and Sub-Contractors Fall Short (EP 176)
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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3 Pleas to Construction Clients to Improve the Construction Industry (EP 175)
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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The 14 Biggest Reasons Construction Companies Go to Adjudication (EP 174)
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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A Review of Mitigation Obligations in Construction Contracts (EP 173)
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Spreadsheets: Why Data Visualisation Matters in Construction Claims. (EP 172)
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Why Carbon is the New Currency for Quantity Surveyors. (EP 171)
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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How can AI help Main Contractors Reimagine the Construction Supply Chain? (EP 170)
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Construction Productivity is Broken - How Technology Can Fix It. (EP 169)
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May 27, 2024 |
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Strategies for Improving Procurement: Strategic Procurement vs. General Buying. (EP 168)
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May 20, 2024 |
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Navigating Today's Market: 3 Critical Contract Clauses Contractors Must Master. (EP 167)
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May 13, 2024 |
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The Death of the Quill - and the Birth of the eSignature (EP 166)
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May 06, 2024 |
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Final Account Meetings: How an FBI hostage negotiator’s tactics impact my approach. (EP 165)
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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How to resolve construction contract disputes quickly and cheaply. (EP 164)
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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How Mace are seriously addressing Collaboration with their Supply Chain through its Business School. (EP 163)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Dragging the dreaded Tender Analysis process into the 21st Century with AI (EP 162)
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Data and designing an equitable built environment in the ‘post-growth’ era. (EP 161)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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How learning a language makes me a better Project Manager! (EP 160)
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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How to Best Manage the Design Process - a focus on M & E and Services. (EP 159)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The death of D & B and Traditional Contracting: a new procurement route for the 21st Century (EP 158)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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How to Write Simple and Effective Subcontracts that are Back to Back with the Main Contract. (EP 157)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Lessons from Rugby: How Contractors can build a world-class Company Culture and improve employee retention using Rugby principles. (EP 156)
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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QS’s as data scientists: will this improve margins in the construction industry? (EP 155)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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A reflection on construction costs in 2023 and a look ahead to 2024 and Beyond (EP 154)
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Where is the data to decarbonise the built environment? (EP 153)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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The Future of Construction Payments (EP 152)
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Financial Forecasting: A Construction Economist reviews 2023 and explains where we are heading in 2024. (EP 151)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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How Main Contractors manage subbies today and how they will manage them tomorrow. (EP 150)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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From 120-Day Payment Periods to Fair Payment: Rudi Klein's Vision (EP 149)
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Managing Risks in Tendering: What's a World-Class process when receiving a Tender? (EP 148)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Strategies for Improving Procurement: A Focus on the Relationship between Procurement and Commercial Departments. (EP 147)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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The Future of Contracting Series: Why QS’s shouldn’t only have margin as their KPI. (EP 146)
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Building Profits: Mastering Sub-contractor Payments, Applications, and Cashflow! (EP 145)
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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BIM: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Project Success. (EP 144)
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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How to get paid (everything your mate down the pub doesn’t know). (EP 143)
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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The Future of Contracting Series: The end of the ‘subcontractor’ and the start of something new. (EP 142)
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Understanding the Difference: Liquidated Damages vs. Consequential Damages Explained. (EP 141)
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Making Health and Safety a Profit Centre, not a Compliance Department. (EP 140)
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Emotional Intelligence in Construction: How to Build a team and Project. (EP 139)
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Wrongful Termination in Construction and how to spot a Termination at Will Clause. (EP 138)
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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The new way to tender and manage your supply chain: a Main Contractor’s story. (EP 137)
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Navigating Collateral Warranties: A lawyer’s insight into what they are and when you need them. (EP 136)
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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The Future of Quantity Surveying: The Project Brain. (EP 135)
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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From Estimator to QS: How do you handover from pre-construction to construction? (EP 134)
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Project Delays: How do you recover the cost of delay in three simple steps? (EP 133)
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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86% of workers believe they need to up-skill to cope with the changes that AI will bring. How does the RICS recommend Quantity Surveyors do this? (EP 132)
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Construction Contracts: Common misunderstandings, misconceptions and how to avoid mistakes that have massive consequences. (EP 131)
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Working with the RICS on the Conflict Avoidance Pledge. (EP 130)
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Contract Management in Construction: Tips to Avoid Pitfalls with Variations, Payments, and Nominated Subcontractors. (EP 129)
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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The Future of Construction Technology and the Role of Contractors and Quantity Surveyors. (EP 128)
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Expert Insights for Quantity Surveyors on Resolving Claims in Construction. (EP 127)
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Redefining the Hard Hat: Stories from 16 Years as a Woman Working on Site (EP 126)
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Why subcontractors should never walk off site when they are not getting paid. (EP 125)
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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How much should Quantity Surveyors be paid? A Recruiter's view... (EP 124)
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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An Open Letter to the Construction Minister - why we need Project Bank Accounts. (EP 123)
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Letters of Intent: A How To Guide. (EP 122)
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Making Construction a great place to work: can flexible working help - a view after one year of research. (EP 121)
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Smash and grab adjudications: what are they and how can you protect your project? (EP 120)
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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The Power of Record-Keeping: Why Records are Critical for Project Success. (EP 119)
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May 29, 2023 |
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Entire Agreement Clauses: What You Need to Know Before Submitting Your Tender (EP 118)
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May 22, 2023 |
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Navigating the Use of Provisional Sums in Construction Contracts (EP 117)
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May 15, 2023 |
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The Equipment Equation: Weighing the Costs of Hiring vs. Buying Plant for your business (EP 116)
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May 08, 2023 |
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The Contractor's Guide to Getting Paid: Dealing with Delays and Cost Disputes (EP 115)
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May 01, 2023 |
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The Future of Quantity Surveying: Data Analytics and the Changing Landscape of Construction with the RICS (EP 114)
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Inside the Mind of a Subcontractor: What Happens when they receive a Main Contract Tender (EP 113)
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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How to navigate the choppy waters between material supplier and customer, as a subcontractor. (EP 112)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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How to Work Smarter, Not Harder: Balancing Work and Life in Construction. (EP 111)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Beyond the Headlines: The Impact of Value Engineering on the Grenfell Disaster. (EP 110)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Why Subcontractors need to be better at saying no (EP 109)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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How a kit-of-parts will impact construction in the future (EP 108)
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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How to ACTUALLY manage risk on construction projects (EP 107)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Project Alliancing vs. Fixed Price Contracts - A New Dawn (EP 106)
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Why construction finds a home in the circular economy (EP 105)
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Could we do a 4-day week in construction? (EP 104)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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How main contractors collaborate: a subcontractor's story (EP 103)
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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The top 10 things to look out for in a contract (EP 102)
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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How do you get your contract right? (EP 101)
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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How one woman’s attempt to save her family business is saving UK construction (EP 100)
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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5 Own the Build moments you need to listen to! (EP 99)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Why are we struggling so much with labour in UK construction? (EP 98)
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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How to manage pre-construction: a digital QS’ perspective (EP 97)
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Do main contractors realise how fragile their supply chain is? (EP 96)
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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How do you best procure an M & E package? (EP 95)
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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How will bitcoin and blockchain technology affect construction? (EP 94)
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Why only 15% of contractors have valid insurance (EP 93)
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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How a lawyer suggests you manage the final account process (EP 92)
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Why you should use mediation to solve disputes (EP 91)
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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How to save Quantity Surveying from extinction (EP 90)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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The skyscraper of the future (EP 89)
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Is Quantity Surveying on the verge of extinction? (EP 88)
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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A secret about Building Regs you need to know (EP 87)
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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How to avoid disputes in construction? (EP 86)
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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A guide to patent defects, latent defects and structural warranties (EP 85)
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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How smaller main contractors can spot timewasters at tender stage (EP 84)
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Broken window theory with Danny Clarke (EP 83)
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Specifications: your project needs one! (EP 82)
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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How to recover from losing 50 million pounds (EP 81)
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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How to change procurement - the construction playbook (EP 80)
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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How to prove variations: a lawyer's 5-step guide (EP 79)
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Managing inflation claims from your supply chain (EP 78)
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Bridging the knowledge gap between Main Contractors & Subcontractors (EP 77)
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Is off-site manufacturing dead? (EP 76)
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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From the BBC to ESG (EP 75)
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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How to build a neighbourhood (EP 74)
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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What construction learned from NASA (EP 73)
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Who are the ICE and what's it's place in the modern world? (EP 72)
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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How to build your own custom home - A conversation with Gus Zogolovitch (EP 71)
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Mental health in construction (EP 70)
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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From Handbags to Cherry Pickers: the AWS of construction (EP 69)
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May 30, 2022 |
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Episode 68 - Construction workers are the real heroes
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May 23, 2022 |
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Episode 67 - How hydrogen power can revolutionise your project
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May 16, 2022 |
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Episode 66 - Talking with the Government about Architecture
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May 09, 2022 |
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Episode 65 - A lawyers guide to adjudication
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May 02, 2022 |
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Episode 64 - The story of London's super sewer
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 63 - Data literacy and the blockchain in construction
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Episode 62 - Better Call Saul and the future homes standard
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Episode 61 - What can construction learn from other industries
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Episode 60 - BIM there, done that.
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Episode 59 - A construction lawyers guide to proving delays
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Episode 58 - Strategic construction procurement – what is it?
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode 57 - Return of the swamp thing
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 56 - The professional relationship between Architects and QS
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Episode 55 - How can main contractors improve their businesses
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Episode 54 - Growing a pipeline of site deals
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Episode 53 - How to manage a design team
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Episode 52 - Creating a legacy of healthy buildings
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 51 - The spiralling cost of construction
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Episode 50 - Helen Chorley on investor relations as a developer
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Episode 49 - Do construction folk make good developers?
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Episode 48 - The construction knowledge gap
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Episode 47 - The tech is there, why no takeup
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Episode 46 - Managing the party wall process
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Episode 45 - The decline of the high street
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Episode 44 - Can construction contracts be 500 words long?
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Episode 43 - Data-driven sustainability
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Episode 42 - What working at a big developer teaches you about being a small developer?
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Episode 41 - Creating a production line mentality
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Episode 40 - Addressing the skills shortage
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Episode 39 - Using AI to manage project risks
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Episode 38 - Identifying commercial to resi opportunities
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Episode 37 - Applying 3d Visualisation as an SME
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Episode 36 - The swamp thing – is he real?
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Episode 35 - Building a Project Business Case
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Episode 34 - Socially responsible building for SME developers
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Episode 33 - Building a capital stack
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Episode 32 - Five marketing mistakes in construction
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Episode 31 - BIM strikes back
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Episode 30 - Strip out ahead of design development
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode 29 - The Art of Tendering
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Episode 28 - Time is money
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Episode 27 - How do lenders think?
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Episode 26 - Project teams for larger SME developers: What does one look like?
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Episode 25 - Cashflow and IRR
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Episode 24 - Negotiating with neighbours
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Episode 23 - Ask the Architect #2: Discharging Planning Conditions
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Episode 22 - Swimming with Sharks
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Episode 21 - BIM for SMEs – is it even relevant?
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Episode 20 - Designing and selling unique homes
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 19 - Let’s talk about variations
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May 31, 2021 |
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Episode 18 - Planning for Success
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode 17 - Missing the boat on development finance
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May 17, 2021 |
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Episode 16 - Equity vs. Debt
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May 10, 2021 |
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Episode 15 - The cost of the fit-out
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May 03, 2021 |
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Episode 14 - Ask the Architect
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Episode 13 - Vesting Certificates
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Episode 12 - Programme Negotiations
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Episode 11 - Planning for Opportunities and Risks
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Episode 10 - Bank Monitoring on Project Developments
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Episode 9 - Where and How do I find a Project Manager?
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Episode 8 - Architects and Delay Analysis
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Episode 7 - In what circumstances is Construction Management not suitable for a developer? Part 2
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Episode 6 - In what circumstances is Construction Management not suitable for a developer? Part 1
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Episode 5 - What do lenders look for from a developer?
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Episode 4 - Late Payments & Site Delays
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Episode 3 - Subcontract Tendering and Procurement
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Episode 2 - Give me the numbers
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Episode 1 - How do I structure construction management?
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Jan 25, 2021 |