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My route into construction … Shreya Aneja, architectural designer at White Arkitekter
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this  series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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Updated National Planning Policy Framework explained
The government’s proposed changes to national planning policy saw just a few tweaks from the draft set out in the summer. Daniel Gayne looks at what has stayed and what has been changed
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Top 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: The full table
Full sortable data from ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s ranking of the top 150 contractors and housebuilders in the UK
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Top 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Crunching the data
Beneath the headline rankings of the top 150 contracting and housebuilding firms in the sector, there are more complex stories to tell based on turnover, profit and margins. Here we unpack the figures in more detail
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Top 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Improving prospects or more of the same? Contractors keep eyes peeled for signs of optimism
Contractors hope to see more work get off the ground, but familiar problems provide a nervous backdrop
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Top 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Searching for silver linings in gloomy year for housebuilders
A year of uncertainty and malaise in the housing sector has seen income and profit plunge across this year’s Top 50 rankings. Daniel Gayne looks for silver linings in a gloomy year
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Top 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Top 20 Contractors
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s ranking of the Top 20 contractors by turnover
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Top 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Top 50 Housebuilders
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s ranking of the Top 20 contractors by turnover
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Top 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Top 20 FM/Services firms
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s ranking of the Top 20 facilities management and services firms by turnover
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Costing Steelwork 30: Market update and guidance on demonstrating competency
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life
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Who came out on top of the table? The ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Quiz results revealed
Some of construction’s best and brightest battled it out at this year’s ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Quiz, writes Jordan Marshall. Photography by Frank Moon
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Angela Rayner: a secretary of state on a mission, but has she won over the industry?
In a hurry to get on with things, Labour’s minister in charge of housing, communities and local government looks like she might dodge the fallout from the Budget that is blunting industry optimism
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The resurrection of Notre Dame: inside the restored cathedral in pictures
Explore the intricate restoration of the cathedral in Paris, where centuries-old craftsmanship meets contemporary design
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How can digital and technological tools help boost the retrofit and refurbishment agenda?
A virtual roundtable hosted by ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ and Bluebeam addressed how emerging technologies and multidisciplinary collaboration can drive forward retrofit
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5 minutes with … Sarah McDonnell at TFT Dublin
The property consultancy’s director of project management on the best and worst of Dublin’s architecture, juggling work with parenthood and how golf (and red wine and tapas) helps her to recover after a busy week
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Is an oversupply of architects driving down fees?
A recent downturn in construction has left architecture practices competing for dwindling work. But do longer-term structural issues underlie this situation?
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Downfall of ISG: how and why it collapsed
Report by administrator EY says firm was set to post after tax losses of £133m while would-be buyer eventually offered £1 for business
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My route into construction … Amy Laycock, construction manager at BW: Workplace Experts
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this  series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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Cost model: What solutions are there for low embodied carbon office fit-outs?
Office fit-outs score poorly on whole-life emissions, because short tenancies lead to repeated refitting. Aecom’s Lauren Lemcke, Danielle Rowley and Dave Cheshire report on new solutions
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From the archives: Trouble at the Lloyd’s building, 1986
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ reports mixed reactions from occupants and doubts about the building’s future prospects in a piece published shortly after the opening of the Richard Rogers-designed landmark