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FeaturesResults season: Carillion has left a large hole in the market
It鈥檚 results season again, but with a difference: no Carillion. The demise of one of construction鈥檚聽biggest players has cast a shadow over the field
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FeaturesInto the unknown: a housebuilding journey
Every great housebuilding era in the last 175 years has featured in our pages. Here, Joey Gardiner asks if the next 25 years will witness a radical rethink in order to hit the ambitious goal of 300,000 homes a year
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FeaturesCost model: Primary care
Mark Robinson of Aecom and Marc Levinson of Murphy Philipps Architects report on how primary care is at the forefront of this challenge and how construction can respond
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FeaturesProjects: The NHS鈥� first high-energy proton beam cancer treatment centre
The project to complete the centre, opening this summer at the Christie hospital in Manchester, was filled with a plethora of unusual challenges
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FeaturesTen things we don't do now thanks to technology
As construction marches forwards into a shiny digital future, spare a thought for the things we have left behind. We have preserved them for future generations here
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FeaturesProjects: Centre Point - the ugly duckling
Conran and Partners has converted Richard Seifert鈥檚 landmark Centre Point into luxury flats, completing the transformation of the central London tower from rejected pariah to paragon of sixties chic
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FeaturesIs the collapse of Carillion at fault for a recent market slowdown?
Signs are that Carillion鈥檚 implosion has triggered聽a sudden downturn in contract awards. Is the shock liquidation at fault or聽are wider problems to blame?
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FeaturesTracker: February 2018
Overall construction indicators mostly showed small if steady improvement in February, though civils went the opposite way
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Features精东影视 intelligence: Q4 2017
Construction output in Q4 of 2017 was 1% above that of a year ago, with growth driven by new housing 鈥� and private housing proving particularly strong
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FeaturesGender pay gap: reader survey
We want to hear from you: women working in construction are worse off than their male colleagues, but is this reflected at your workplace?
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FeaturesSustainability: The London Plan
Clara Bagenal George of Elementa Consulting and Adam Mactavish of Currie Brown review the energy policies in the draft new London Plan and assess their implications for new development
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FeaturesGender pay gap in construction - the league table
A comprehensive list of gender pay gap data for UK firms in construction聽
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FeaturesYoung Architect of the Year 2018: Practice makes perfect
The shortlisted entrants for the Young Architect of the Year award have made big strides so far in a challenging profession - BD Online spoke with these talented young designers
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FeaturesOne year to Brexit - what should we expect?
A year to the day until the UK鈥檚 deadline to exit the European Union, we asked some industry figures to reflect on the Brexit negotiations so far and what鈥檚 in store after 29 March 2019
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FeaturesHousing density: does it stack up?
High-density housing conjures images of the nightmare slum tenements seen in some other global cities, but can modern design make high density attractive in the UK?
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FeaturesProduct fire testing: safe as houses?
Construction product safety has been highlighted in the wake of the Grenfell fire. Thomas Lane unravels the complexities of the present system
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FeaturesProjects: 22 Bishopsgate - shaping up
22 Bishopsgate, Lipton Rogers鈥� replacement for the long-stalled Pinnacle scheme is nearing completion. But it鈥檚 been far from simple
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FeaturesNot so Square Mile
With聽co-working spaces and聽start-up incubators a growing trend in the City of London, developers are finding that flexibility and fun public spaces are what occupiers want
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FeaturesOxford v Cambridge: do you fancy Oxford's chances?
Oxford has great hopes for its rowing crew鈥檚聽performance in this weekend鈥檚 Boat Race聽鈥� but are Oxfordshire local authorities equally primed to deliver on a mammoth 拢215m housing deal from central government?
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Water's smart future
Elisabeth Selk of Arcadis looks at how water companies can improve performance during Ofwat鈥檚 next price review period, PR19