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Could filling empty homes solve the housing crisis?

Britain has up to 1.5m unoccupied homes that could be brought back into circulation, but housing organisations believe stronger state intervention is needed to solve the problem

Gela Pertusini14 October 2024

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Tick tock talk: the daylight saving debate

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Tick tock talk: the daylight saving debate

Should we ‘lock the clock’ and stop changing the time twice a year or would that prove detrimental to industries and individuals around the world?

Modus staff 13 October 2024

Katharine Cary MRICS: ‘what better career is there?’

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Katharine Cary MRICS: ‘what better career is there?’

Having worked on high profile projects including a COVID-19 memorial and Buckingham Palace, her new challenge is the British Museum’s 10-year masterplan

Karen Day 07 October 2024

go to article Let’s reduce construction waste with a circular economy

Tina Paillet FRICS06 October 2024

Building control

Ethical practice

Materials and resources

Minerals and waste management

Quantity surveying and construction

Sustainability

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go to article Can self-build housing lift people out of poverty?

Gregory Scruggs30 September 2024

Quantity surveying and construction

Residential

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go to article Brian Ashby FRICS: from surveyor to the silver screen

Mark Williams24 September 2024

Running your business

Valuation

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go to article Disney vs DeSantis: does self-governance work?

Modus staff16 September 2024

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go to article Why later living design must prioritise social wellbeing

Mark Williams09 September 2024

Housing

Infrastructure

Infrastructure and services

Property finance and investment

Residential

Wellbeing

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go to article How Luton Town revamped its stadium in just three months

Stephen Cousins04 September 2024

Commercial property

Maintenance and repair

Planning and development

Projects and people

Quantity surveying and construction

Sustainability

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go to article ‘Our bursary programme will broaden the talent pool’

TIna Paillet FRICS02 September 2024

APC

Building surveying

Diversity and inclusion

Learning and development

Planning and development

Research

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go to article Stephen Radford MRICS: the pub surveyor

Karen Day27 August 2024

Commercial property

Commercial valuation

Corporate real estate

Projects and people

Valuation

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go to article How much are you paid – and should you get more?

Gela Pertusini19 August 2024

Commercial property

Diversity and inclusion

Economics

Research

Residential

Running your business

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go to article The secret museum: preserving Ron’s Place

Gela Pertusini12 August 2024

Building surveying

Ethical practice

Heritage and conservation

Housing

Property finance and investment

Residential

Modus editorial advisory group members

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Alice Graham MRICS MSc

Alice is a chartered quantity surveyor with six years of consultancy experience on public and private sector projects. Alice currently works at Procore Technologies, a construction technology company. In her role, she specialises in supporting clients to digitally transform their construction cost management processes.

Kevin Keane FRICS

Kevin is the quality and training manager at Allied Surveyors Scotland, a member of the RICS Scotland Board, Inspire Ambassador and Lionheart Ambassador and throughout all this is an advocate and champion for DE&I. Kevin is passionate about property, people and the development of the surveying profession.

Jomailyn Sanchez AssocRICS

Jomai is an assistant cost manager with five years' experience in infrastructure projects across the water, rail and road sectors. She has worked on major schemes for Southern Water, Transport for London and currently the TransPennine Route Upgrade. Jomai actively promotes RICS in the Philippines and champions global collaboration to foster diversity in engineering and quantity surveying.