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Data Centre Trends Report 2025
The data centre sector is booming, reaching a critical inflection point. However, this rapid expansion brings a unique set of challenges. How should the sector prepare to navigate the complexities of the supply chain, rising costs, and increasing ...
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Construction Market Intelligence UK Edition Q1 2025
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Q1 2025 edition of Construction Market Intelligence, RLB’s insightful, up-to-date guide to construction activity around the UK incorporating our quarterly tender price forecast. In our latest ...
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Sustainability Glossary
Sustainability is a complex field, with many definitions and acronyms, and the aim of this glossary is to help clients and colleagues and wider industry contacts improve their knowledge in this field and use clear and consistent terminology. The ...
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RLB Global Annual Report 2025 – out now
The RLB Global Annual Report 2025 demonstrates how our 4,500 people worldwide are improving project delivery and achieving better outcomes for everyone. RLB is a place where people make progress – for our clients, communities and colleagues – ...
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Data Centre Trends Report 2025
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The data centre sector is booming, reaching a critical inflection point. However, this rapid ...
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Whole life carbon – an evolving legislative landscape
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As we move into the second quarter of 2025, RLB Sustainability Associate, Mike Bentham has reflected...
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Construction Market Intelligence UK Edition Q1 2025
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Using Public-Private Partnerships to Navigate to Net Zero
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With the UK Net Zero Strategy targeting a 50% reduction in emissions from public sector buildings by...
The Role of Material Passports in Advancing Construction’s Circular Economy
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Digitally Proficient Construction
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RLB Global Annual Report 2025 – out now
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Are KPIs in the Procurement Act the equivalent of a shipping forecast for the built environment?
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With the Procurement Act now in effect in the UK as of 24 February, RLB Partner and Head of Industry...
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Celebrating the new Procurement Act and looking beyond compliance
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On 24 February 2025 the ‘new’ Procurement Act will result in changes to the way public projects ...
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Employer Tuesday Reflections on National Apprentice Week
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With this week marking National Apprenticeship Week, we are celebrating the incredible individuals ...
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How RLB is spearheading digital upskilling
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With digital capability becoming essential for organisations to futureproof their business, RLB’s ...
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Building Wales’ future: Industry leaders charted path for growth and innovation
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RLB Managing Partner for the West and Wales, Jackie Pinder recently joined a regional roundtable ...
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Is “why?” the big question of 2025?
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This was the question posed by RLB’s Head of Industry and Service Insight Paul Beeston in his ...
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Can Meta and Google go green with geothermal energy?
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This was the question posed by Stuart Watson of RICS Modus to industry experts including RLB ...
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Information management: it’s time to focus on first principles
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We can’t do our jobs without information and when information is difficult to find or incorrect, ...
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Construction Market Intelligence UK Edition Q4 2024
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No significant breakout in tender prices is expected in the UK construction sector even though input...
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How schools can plan for estates despite the autumn budget disappointment
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The promised additional funding for estates won’t get near fixing long-term neglect. RLB Senior ...
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Making PFI Hand Back Collaboration Work in Practice
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As the first wave of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) projects begin the transition to expiry, ...
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Time for a New Approach: The Importance of Quality in Construction
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Quality is a word that is frequently bandied around in construction, yet for all the rhetoric, it ...
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How to transform architecture, engineering and construction data management
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Emma Hooper, Head of Information Management Strategy at RLB Digital joins Senda Ben Abdallah on ...
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Building smarter: Five essentials for the future of data centre development
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With increasing demand for AI and cloud-based applications fuelling exponential growth in data ...
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Circular Economy in Construction: A Strategic Pathway to Net Zero
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In today’s construction industry, clients are navigating a complex landscape of rising costs, ...
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RLB up in the bright lights
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Lucent is an amazing building. From the outside, it looks like several different buildings. But on ...
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A year of building safety changes: reflections and the path forward
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Samantha Mepham, partner, National Head of Health and Safety Services, at Rider Levett Bucknall ...
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Defining Digital Twins; the built environment’s powerful and misunderstood technology
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RLB Digital’s Head of Information Management Strategy, Emma Hooper, recently shared her views with...
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The UK Net Zero Building Standard: A Game-Changer for the Construction Industry
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In our daily conversations with clients, one question keeps coming up: how can we effectively ...
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Adapting to Change – A reflection on ShedMasters
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Like many in the built environment, I was fortunate to attend ShedMasters recently, the European ...
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Human or artificial intelligence? It’s all a matter of trust
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RLB’s Head of Industry and Service Insight, Paul Beeston recently asked just this question while ...
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Construction Market Intelligence UK Edition Q3 2024
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We are pleased to announce the publication of the Q3 2024 edition of Construction Market ...
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How to lead an organisation through change when uncertainty is the only constant
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With the right leadership mindset uncertainty can be seen as a gift rather than a cross to bear. ...
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Experts discuss how industry can address climate change
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While construction growth over the coming decade is likely to benefit from technological ...
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How can we develop our PPP capability?
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For those in the built environment, Private Public Partnerships continue to raise huge challenges ...
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The Future of Retail Spaces: Adapting to the Hybrid Shopping Experience
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The retail industry is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the convergence of physical ...
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