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Climate Change Logistics social value

Can you put a price on love?

Let;s talk about the cost of Valentine’s day. Do you know where your flowers have come from? Pablo Escobar does! Is it really worth celebrating? Hint, if you want to avoid Valentine’s day completely, you can head to Brazil where it doesn’t exist!

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Climate Change social value

It Costs Peanuts!

“Paid peanuts” means you get very little. “If you pay peanuts, you only get monkeys” means if you don’t pay much you don’t get quality. That’s not true of peanut butter, which is more valuable than you might think.

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Cost escalation infrastructure social value Tourism

The Cost of the Marble Arch Mound

The Marble Arch Hill, a temporary tourist attraction divided opinion, tripled in cost, and resulted in heads rolling.

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infrastructure Life Cycle Cost social value

How much is a green bridge?

Why are green bridges an important part of building back better?

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Cost escalation social value Tourism

Why did the cost of this theatre double?

Could this council have done anything about the cost of the project before it doubled?

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Big Data and AI cost model Logistics

How can AI be used to cost furniture?

Machine learning and AI are being applied everywhere. Why not use it to work out how much it costs to make bespoke furniture?

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Big Data and AI cost model Life Cycle Cost

The Model is More Important than Data!

More data won’t get you to a more accurate model. A conversation with Doug T Hicks about the difference between cost and price, understanding your negotiating position, and the importance of the cost model.

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Climate Change Life Cycle Cost Logistics social value

The Cost of Fashion

Fast fashion is becoming less fashionable. You need to know about the Sharing Economy.

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Climate Change infrastructure Life Cycle Cost social value

The Cost of a Zero Carbon House

Did you know the UK set a target for all new homes built to be zero carbon by 2016? Let’s talk about net zero carbon houses.

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Climate Change social value

The Cost of a Tiny Urban Forest

In March 2020, Whitney Council (Oxfordshire) and Earthwatch UK planted the first Tiny Forest in Britain. But how much did it cost?