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FeaturesTop 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鈥檚 Top 50 rankings.聽Daniel Gayne looks for silver linings in a gloomy year
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Top 20 Contractors
精东影视鈥檚聽ranking of the Top 20 contractors by turnover
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Top 50 Housebuilders
精东影视鈥檚聽ranking of the Top 20 contractors by turnover
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Top 20 FM/Services firms
精东影视鈥檚聽ranking of the Top 20 facilities management and services firms聽by turnover
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FeaturesAngela Rayner: a secretary of state on a mission, but has she won over the industry?
In a hurry to get on with things, Labour鈥檚 minister in charge of聽housing, communities and local government聽looks like she might dodge the fallout from the Budget that is blunting industry optimism
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FeaturesThe 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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FeaturesIs 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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FeaturesDownfall of ISG: how and why it collapsed
Report by administrator EY says firm was set to post after tax losses of 拢133m while would-be buyer eventually offered 拢1 for business
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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� Amy Laycock, construction manager at BW: Workplace Experts
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� 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 聽series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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FeaturesCost 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.聽Aecom鈥檚 Lauren Lemcke, Danielle Rowley and Dave Cheshire report on new solutions
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FeaturesOpen Doors: inspiring school students with a site tour around Wood Wharf
Last week, students and construction professionals gathered on the top floor of a glassy office building in Canary Wharf to discuss routes into the industry and take a close-up look at a major construction site
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FeaturesHow a Victorian hospital became a forward-focused university department
When the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh moved to a new site on the edge of the city, the old hospital was left to rot because of its uncompromising layout. Two decades later it has been reinvented as the Edinburgh Futures Institute, an educational initative which seeks to help solve the ...
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FeaturesBest foot forward: the former Army brigadier plotting Sir Robert McAlpine鈥檚 return to defence work
Mike Hickson spent 30 years in the military. He hopes his experience will help the contractor get a bridgehead in the sector, he tells Dave Rogers
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FeaturesThe industry should be grateful John Prescott stepped up on health and safety. Because somebody had to
The former deputy prime minister, whose death was announced this morning, forced construction to realise that things couldn鈥檛 go on as they were
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FeaturesFrom the ground up: Ackroyd Lowrie on a mission to turn school leavers into architects with real work experience
With a focus on innovation and access, the east London studio is leading the charge in the architectural education revolution. Ben Flatman reports on how they are helping a new generation of architects to design the cities of tomorrow
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Features鈥楤ecause the spaces work for children, they work for everyone鈥� 鈥� how the Whittington estate fosters a community for all ages
Two architects who have made a film about the child-friendly estate where they live explain what鈥檚 so special about its design
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: How can developers navigate the ever-lengthening connections queue?
In the second half of our two-part special on UK power, Turner & Townsend Alinea examine how the rising demand for new connections to the distribution network has time and cost impacts for developers.聽
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Features鈥楾his industry is absolutely fine鈥︹�� Andrew Davies on the naysayers, rescuing Kier and what the firm plans to do next
The contractor鈥檚 chief executive goes in to bat for construction. It鈥檚 a good time to be in the business, he tells Dave Rogers聽
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Features40 Under 40: meet the brightest and best of construction鈥檚 next generation
精东影视 is spotlighting 40 people under the age of 40 who seem set to change the future of construction
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FeaturesElevating security standards in commercial student accommodation
Purpose-built student housing up and down the country continues to magnetise crime. At a roundtable hosted by 精东影视 in partnership with Jeld-Wen, experts shared their insights into how risk can be managed now and in the future