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Review 2017: Crackers to cheer the spirit - so, what’s the good news?
It hasn’t been all doom and gloom
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Review 2017: Speech! - the year’s aptest quotes
From George Osborne to Lord Stunell, some of the quotes from 2017 in construction
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Review 2017: Family rows - legal spats
It’s the season of goodwill, but that’s unlikely to bring an end to the rows that have blighted the construction industry family this year
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Review 2017: A toast to absent friends - in memorium
From Anna Stewart to Sir Michael Latham, the industry has lost some of its greats this year
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Review 2017: The overcooked sprouts - those who felt the economic heat
If there’s a list of big losers from 2017, then there’s not much doubt that £5.2bn-turnover contractor Carillion is at the top of it
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Review 2017: Did you forget the bread sauce again? - unfulfilled expectations
As well as outright failures there were a number of less dramatic setbacks, delays and disappointments on key projects in 2017
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ's review of the year 2017
It wasn’t exactly the year that knocked the stuffing out of construction, but nor was it the grand feast many had hoped for. The ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ news desk reviews the year in construction
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Review 2017: Dry turkey - a year of disappointments
The big disappointment of the year was, without doubt, the story on the two big-picture issues that define the environment in which our industry works
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Review 2017: A painful topic nobody can avoid
Whatever else might have happened in 2017, the construction industry was never going to be able to look back with pleasure
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Projects of the year: 2017 in review
Source: Riverfilm / Martin Richardson PLP Architecture’s 22 Bishopsgate This year’s striking schemes include AL_A at the V A museum, Foster + Partners’ Bloomberg HQ, and Herzog de Meuron’s triumph over chaos in Hamburg
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Christmas charity challenge: Piece of cake?
Construction skills, design flair and collaborative teamwork: we are talking, of course, about cake decorating. Three brave teams came to compete in ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s very sweet Christmas challenge
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Peter Rogers: The long view
Peter Rogers, the ebullient developer, speaks on his passion for the industry – which he predicts he will leave only horizontally – and what he thinks it should be doing differently
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Live 2017: Over to the floor
This year’s ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Live conference coverd topics with far-reaching implications for the future of the industry, but what did conference delegates have to say?
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Live 2017 in pictures
A selection of photos from November’s ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Live conference, held at 155 Bishopsgate in London
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What to specify: Residential
A quadruple-glazed rooflight for a Passivhaus, underfloor heating in a converted dairy, and technical mortars suited to balcony repair are among the featured products and schemes
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Video: keynote interview with Peter Rogers
Peter Rogers, the ebullient developer behind high-profile London towers such as 22 Bishopsgate, tells Chloë McCulloch about his passion for the industry – which he predicts he will leave only horizontally – and what he thinks it should be doing differently.Â
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Cost update Q3 2017
Price pressures continue to be caused by weak productivity aggravated by Brexit negotiations, while exchange rates improved as the Bank of England prepared to raise interest rates.
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Projects: Hope for the slope
On a narrow, sloping site in Muswell Hill, architect pH+ has responded imaginatively to a host of site constraints to produce a compelling example of how London’s awkward little corners can help tackle the capital’s housing shortage.
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Rocky road: Cemex's Michel André talks to ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ
Cemex’s new UK boss, Frenchman Michel André, talks about his vision for the company and for the construction industry as a whole