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Features精东影视 Awards 2017: in pictures
This year鈥檚 精东影视 Awards 2017 welcomed a full house to the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Here鈥檚 a snapshot of the evening
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FeaturesBudget 2017 preview: Something's gotta give
As the chancellor gears up聽for the Autumn Budget,聽he is under pressure to聽ease austerity, potentially taking the focus away from big-ticket construction projects. David Blackman reports on what the industry wants from the Budget versus what it is likely to see
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FeaturesBIM survey 2017: Model answers
精东影视鈥檚 annual BIM survey shows a growing gap between those embracing its potential and those still holding back. After a spike in interest coincided with last year鈥檚 BIM Level 2 mandate, take-up has slipped. But, Debika Ray reports, experts remain convinced that digitisation will continue apace
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FeaturesConstruction 4.0: where are we now?
From drones that do site inspections, to exoskeletons that save construction workers from back injury, to algorithms that crunch building codes to churn out thousands of design variants, artificial intelligence is ushering in a fourth revolution in construction.
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FeaturesCost model: Office fit-out
Office occupiers and their employees are demanding space that supports new, more efficient ways of working, with a range of environments within a building tailored to different activities. What are the聽implications for workplace design and fit-out? Martin Kellett and Nicola Gillen of Aecom explain
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FeaturesInterserve counting the cost of energy-from-waste exit: where did it go wrong?
Interserve has admitted that the cost of quitting the energy-from-waste sector would cost it close to 拢200m. How on earth did it get into this mess?
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FeaturesA clean, green fighting machine?
The government has revived its interest in green construction, which had been taken firmly off the agenda. But is this strategy a lot of hot air?
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FeaturesTracker: September 2017
The total activity index stayed steady at its highest level since the referendum, with civil engineering growing especially fast
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FeaturesProjects: Bloomberg HQ, London
Foster + Partners鈥� HQ for Bloomberg breaks with tradition for City of London聽buildings by respecting the architectural context of its surroundings
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FeaturesProjects: Grenfell - how to build a school in nine weeks
At the base of Grenfell Tower sits a state-of-the-art secondary school 鈥� now lying empty. The Education and Skills Funding Agency had a single summer to find 960 pupils a temporary new home
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FeaturesKensington Aldridge Academy - a time lapse
Watch a time lapse video to get a glimpse of how Mace and Portakabin built a school for the Grenfell community in just nine weeks
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FeaturesHousebuilders' Salary Survey 2017: On the up and up
With fears of a housebuilding downturn in abeyance, skills shortages are helping drive up salaries, especially outside London
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FeaturesMarket review: On the rails
In construction, activity is holding up, partly thanks to a big boost from HS2 contract awards in September
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FeaturesLara Poloni: Steady as she goes
As the new boss of Aecom鈥檚 EMIA operations, Lara Poloni intends to steer a course through uncertain waters by focusing on the firm鈥檚 development role and infrastructure opportunities
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Sustainability
An automated waste collection system, circadian lighting to keep body rhythms in summer mode, and a range of solar collectors that harness the absorption properties of slate, are among this week鈥檚 products
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FeaturesCarillion: back to black?
Haemorrhaging both money and management, Carillion鈥檚 position evokes that of聽now-healthy Balfour Beatty three years back. What lessons can it learn from Balfour鈥檚 recovery?
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FeaturesProject: Designer dome - the O2's recreation transformation
The original Millennium Dome鈥檚 latest incarnation is as a destination for recreation.聽Andy Pearson finds out how to build a retail outlet village in a tent
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FeaturesLead times: July-September 2017
Companies report being busier, and the lead times of several packages have changed but most have remained level, while little alteration is expected in the next six months
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FeaturesFarmer Review one year on - how has the industry responded?
A year on from Mark Farmer鈥檚 dramatic warning that construction must modernise or die, how has the industry responded to the challenge?
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FeaturesParty conferences 2017 round-up: home truths
Did last week鈥檚 Conservative Party conference do enough to persuade the industry that the government has what it takes to solve the housing crisis?