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FeaturesMarket forecast: On the slide?
Brexit looms ever larger, with no answers as yet, while output continues a gradual decline and firms struggle to turn rising input cost pressures into higher market selling prices
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FeaturesInterserve: Waste not, want not
Interserve鈥檚 energy-from-waste crisis has prompted fears of another Carillion-style collapse, as the company takes drastic action to rebalance the books
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FeaturesGoing it alone
Britain鈥檚 QS sector has changed dramatically, with the foreign takeover of big-name firms聽prompting entrepreneurial types to start up on their own.聽Have these challenger firms become the new establishment?
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FeaturesBIM usage survey - what can help non-users get with the programme?
This year鈥檚 BIM usage and attitudes survey by NBS reveals continued progress in the use of the technology. But 26% in the industry are still non-users
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FeaturesOffsite: quantifying the benefits
With all the talk about offsite construction and the savings it can offer, how in practice does a project team actually realise these benefits? Gavin White and Andrew Mather of Ramboll look at the data
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FeaturesGrenfell and cladding: double indemnity
The construction industry has a huge task ahead to re-clad high-rise buildings. But restrictions to insurance cover is causing a shortage of companies willing to take on the work
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FeaturesProjects: Grange Primary School, London - top of the class
Maccreanor Lavington has given a tired Victorian school a public face and facilities suitable for modern teaching method, without compromising its original character or surroundings
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Features精东影视 Your Future: The future of consultants
Artificial intelligence is set to play a major part in construction. Where does that leave the humans who work in the sector?
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FeaturesRegulations: issues of control
Construction failings at Grenfell Tower have highlighted the need for an overhaul of building聽control to ensure inspectors pick up on breaches of the 精东影视 Regulations, but how should this be done?
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FeaturesBring on the robots: the world's first 3D-printed house
It may still be sci-fi for some, but 3D printing is fast breaking down conventional barriers in engineering and architecture and changing the way the construction industry operates
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FeaturesTracker: March 2018
Activity is still rising, although more slowly in some sectors, while orders and enquiries are also on the up 鈥� although repair and maintenance is losing momentum
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FeaturesTeam builder: Flan McNamara talks to 精东影视
Flan McNamara found himself overseeing the creation of the capital鈥檚 tallest tower. But it鈥檚 all down to the team, not him
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FeaturesLocal elections: could Labour force a shift in housing and planning policy?
The party鈥檚 push to the left could change housing and planning policy 鈥� but are the plans as radical as they sound?
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FeaturesProjects: Villages Nature Paris - tourism au naturel
With its power coming from geothermal energy and its buildings being ecologically sound, could a French water park, nestled next to Disneyland Paris, lead the way in sustainable mass tourism?聽
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FeaturesLead times: January-March 2018
In this quarter, three packages report a shortening of lead times 鈥� reflecting the beginning of a decline in enquiries
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FeaturesAre late payment practices in construction too much for suppliers to bear?
Carillion鈥檚 collapse has exposed the harsh realities of construction鈥檚 late payment practices for suppliers.聽But now at last there are聽signs that the government and industry bodies are determined to crack down 鈥� the only question is: how far will they go?
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Features精东影视 survey - gender pay gap
Earlier this month, 精东影视 conducted a snapshot survey to gauge the views of its readers on gender pay gap reporting within their organisations, as well as across the sector. Here, we share some of the survey鈥檚 findings, including some of the differences between male and female respondents.
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FeaturesProcurement update: revolution
Two decades on from the Egan report and with a construction sector deal on the way, will 2018 be the year for construction鈥檚 procurement revolution?聽
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FeaturesGender pay gap: outnumbered
The UK鈥檚 gender pay gap results are out and guess which sector performed worst? You got it 鈥� construction. Jamie Harris and Chlo毛 McCulloch look at what the figures really mean, what people in the industry think about the results and how the gap can be closed
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FeaturesInside the machine: the influence of high-tech architecture
Ike Ijeh explores the origins, impact and legacy of one of architecture鈥檚 most enduring concepts, as we begin a series reflecting on architectural styles through the ages