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Notes from the practice.

Practical writing on how construction and refurbishment projects are run – the contracts, the programmes, the sustainability targets and the decisions that shape how a scheme turns out.

The finished aparthotel reception: a rattan-fronted desk on patterned encaustic floor tiles, with a full-height abstract mural in bright colours behind and glass pendant lights above

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Turning three buildings in Earls Court into a 70 key aparthotel

A £2m soft refurbishment turning three adjoining Earls Court buildings into a trading 70 key aparthotel in six months, with FF&E, systems and staffing included.

A low-rise office building with a full-height living green wall wrapping its corner, green-tinted solar shading fins and a landscaped public plaza in front

What it takes to reach BREEAM Excellent

BREEAM ratings explained, and a practical look at what a project has to get right early to reach Excellent rather than settling for Very Good.

The entrance of a stone and bronze-clad apartment building at dusk, with a deep cantilevered canopy over the doors and a glazed double-height lobby lit by cluster pendants behind

What to get right before opening serviced apartments

From use class to fire strategy and staffing, the decisions that determine whether a serviced-apartment or aparthotel opens on time and trades well.

A Georgian terrace in red brick with stone dressings, a pedimented stone centrepiece and portico, iron balconies at first floor and a slate mansard roof lined with dormers and chimney stacks, shown at dusk

Listed buildings

Listed building consent explained

What listed building consent is, when you need it and how to get it. A plain guide for owners planning work on a listed property in England.

A tower crane above a part-built concrete frame at sunset, with reinforcement bars projecting from the top slab and the low sun breaking through the structure

The five dates that matter in a construction programme

A construction programme can run to hundreds of lines. For a client, only a handful of dates really tell you whether the project is on track.

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