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FeaturesHas the 2016-2020 construction strategy worked?
Have the aims of the current strategy got聽anywhere near to being realised?
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FeaturesThe perilous life of the regional contractor
Construction companies are going bust at the rate of about one聽every 36 hours and regional contractors are under particular strain. Dave Rogers reports on the reasons for their demise 鈥� and what others聽are doing to buck the trend
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FeaturesIn pictures: 245 Hammersmith Road, London
Sheppard Robson鈥檚 sustainable, flexible office scheme casts Hammersmith in new light
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FeaturesUK Hydrographic Office in Somerset: Where wood and water meet
Bringing everything together under one roof was a central aim in creating a new headquarters for the UK Hydrographic Office 鈥� so why not make it the defining feature? Helena Russell reports
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FeaturesDelivering social value: How to build and give back
Jamie Harris聽talks to experts about the origins of social value 鈥� and where it could be going next
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FeaturesProjects: 7D BIM - The BIM Identity
Could the holy grail of聽BIM-enabled whole-life cost estimation be one step closer?
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FeaturesA taste for the hard stuff: Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 Stewart McIntyre
A year after Laing O鈥橰ourke agreed a crucial 拢177m refinancing deal, the聽man who fought against the odds to make it happen talks to 精东影视
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FeaturesProjects: The Londoner, Leicester Square
Faced with severe space constraints on the site of the former Odeon cinema in Leicester Square, Edwardian Hotels has built more than half of The Londoner underground
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FeaturesCost model: Birmingham build to rent
Birmingham鈥檚 build-to-rent sector is belatedly taking off
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FeaturesWhy is the Home 精东影视 Fund failing to reach small builders?
Despite being the main target of the fund and the ones that need it most, SME housebuilders are struggling to access the聽cash
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FeaturesCaroline Pidgeon: A decade spent scrutinising Crossrail
Caroline Pidgeon knows Crossrail inside out after scrutinising the project for a decade and grilling its key players聽for London鈥檚 transport committee. She speaks to Jordan Marshall about exactly what has gone wrong, why the delay is so frustrating and lessons to be learned
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FeaturesMy first project: Andrew Pryke
He had the chance of a lifetime when he was made project architect on James Stirling鈥檚 No1 Poultry at Bank in the City of London
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FeaturesProjects: University College Hospital, London
Despite engaging heavily with traditional build techniques the facade of University College Hospital鈥檚 latest addition is entirely prefabricated.
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FeaturesIR35: Is this the end of the road for the freelance?
New rules for off-payroll consultants are sending shockwaves through the industry 鈥� with some predicting blanket bans on the use of freelancers on projects
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FeaturesWill Persimmon now put its own house in order?
Has Persimmon鈥檚 financial success come at the expense of quality and safety?
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FeaturesBehind the hype: Explaining construction鈥檚 buzzwords
The latest series of 精东影视 podcasts casts聽an ear over some of the jargon and聽buzzwords that have聽become ingrained in the construction lexicon
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FeaturesProjects: Principal Place, London
Norman Foster鈥檚 first residential tower in London sits between the city鈥檚 financial centre聽and its hipster heart
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Features精东影视 intelligence: Q3 2019
A slowing global economy and Brexit uncertainty continue to press down on economic growth
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Features2020 vision: What do industry experts expect from construction this year?
Not just a new year, but a new decade and perhaps this is why so many of our leading industry experts are thinking far into the future.聽
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FeaturesHow will construction benefit from the Queen's speech?
Last month鈥檚 Queen鈥檚 speech should have cheered the construction sector, with billions of pounds earmarked for schools, housing, hospitals and more.