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FeaturesTracker: April 2019
Overall activity kept falling but more slowly this month, with residential the only sector to see an actual rise
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FeaturesKeith Waller: Construction's improvement tsar
How will the Construction Innovation Hub spend 拢72m budget and four years to bring the industry into the 21st century?
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FeaturesInfrastructure policy: 鈥楧elay and procrastination鈥�
But with the government paralysed by Brexit, what hope is there construction will get the clarity on infrastructure it needs?
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FeaturesProjects: The Compton, Regent's Park
An innovative choice of cladding material 鈥� cast aluminium 鈥� has created an unusual look for these luxury flats near Regent鈥檚 Park
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FeaturesSmart buildings 鈥� the case for smart enablement
Smart, intelligent, or integrated buildings have been a topic of conversation in the construction industry for at least the last 30 years. They have often been considered prohibitively expensive, with questionable return on investment due to perceived complexities, brittleness and high ongoing maintenance costs. This article aims to show ...
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FeaturesBattersea Power Station: Powering up?
The Battersea Power Station redevelopment has hit the headlines countless times. But how is work progressing now? 精东影视 visited the site to find out
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FeaturesProjects: Exploring 鈥榯he third space鈥�
Three new London commercial schemes explore the 鈥榠n-between鈥� areas that are neither home nor workplace, neither public nor private
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FeaturesHackitt: Where do we go from here?
Two years on from the Grenfell fire and a year after the resulting Hackitt report, the government is at last moving forward on strengthening the regulatory environment for construction. To assess the industry鈥檚 progress so far, 精东影视 carried out a survey ahead of its upcoming conference
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FeaturesCost model: Manchester residential
The city is proving resilient to the UK鈥檚 political uncertainty, with a development scene that continues to expand in response to growing demand for housing
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FeaturesProjects: Laing O鈥橰ourke on site at Edinburgh St聽James
The redevelopment of Edinburgh鈥檚 St James shopping centre with new apartments, a hotel and retail is on a regal scale 鈥� but a very small site
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FeaturesPalace of Westminster: the mother of all refurbishments
Despite warnings that the Palace of Westminster was at growing risk of a catastrophe, little was done to begin work on its urgently needed refurbishment
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Features"In 100 years' time we'll have the Thames lined with derelict towers" - Peter Rees talks to 精东影视
Former London planning chief Peter Rees thinks Londoners should be worrying about the rising forest of new-build apartment blocks
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FeaturesMarket forecast Q1 2019: Slowing down
Tender prices are likely to rise at a slower rate over the next couple of years, as output wavers and business confidence stays low
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FeaturesBIM survey 2019: What's the problem?
As the government鈥檚 push for BIM eases and client expectations evolve, the latest NBS survey shows adoption is tailing off a little. So what is holding back those final few 鈥� and have the rest of us already moved on?
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FeaturesCrossing the line: how government is cracking down on construction corruption
How big a problem is corrupt behaviour in the industry - and are attitudes changing?
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FeaturesProjects: The FT's former and future home at Bracken House, London
It has in its time embodied more than one archetype of the City office block, from 1950s solid sandstone to 1980s high-tech glass and steel
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FeaturesThe digital career ladder: upskilling your staff
Jamie Harris speaks to three firms that are tackling the digital revolution and the skills crisis through digital upskilling
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FeaturesLead times: January - March 2019
Lead times have remained static, but widespread reports of labour shortages mean firms are starting to predict increases soon
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FeaturesAre permitted development rights a stroke of genius, or have they created a new generation of slums?
The government鈥檚 scheme to allow developers to bypass the planning system has been a roaring success, but why do so many want to ditch it?