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  • Welcome to Northern Ireland
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    Northern Ireland: ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ a wall

    2017-03-09T06:00:00Z

    The UK region most hard-hit by the economic crash and the most reliant on EU trade, Northern Ireland is preparing for another body blow as Brexit negotiations threaten to put a barrier between it and its neighbour, the Republic of Ireland

  • St Peter’s Seminary
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    The resurrection of St Peter’s

    2017-03-08T06:00:00Z

    St Peter’s Seminary near Glasgow is a brutalist ruin that is being given new life as an arts venue. What makes the refurb really unusual is that the crumbling decay, instead of being covered, will be used as a central feature

  • Apprentice Alamy
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    How will T-levels affect construction training?

    2017-03-07T14:39:00Z

    Industry gives a mixed reaction to the government’s latest technical training initiative

  • Berlin
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    City focus: Berlin

    2017-03-07T06:00:00Z

    Ciara Walker, Birgit Detig and Ramiro Forné of Arcadis and CallisonRTKL consider whether Berlin will still be sexy, when it is no longer so poor

  • Sika flooring
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    What to specify: Refurbishment

    2017-03-06T11:46:00Z

    If you are looking to breathe fresh life into an old building, this issue’s Specifier features the latest products for replacing roofs, ceilings, floors and interiors, including rooflights and internal screens

  • Apprentices
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    The apprentice

    As the government’s new apprenticeship levy kicks big questions remain over how it will work

  • Philip Hammond
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    Budget preview: Inside the box

    2017-03-02T06:00:00Z

    Philip Hammond is not known for showmanship or drama - perhaps that’s for the best, given the wider political and economic upheaval. But the last-ever spring Budget is even more of a mystery than usual

  • Silvertown Quays
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    Ecobuild 2017: Regeneration now

    2017-03-01T10:20:00Z

    The construction industry is in the throes of a major drive to renew and revive communities - but how is it best done? Ecobuild 2017 next week will attempt to address this question

  • tracker-index
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    Tracker: January 2017

    2017-02-28T11:12:00Z

    The total activity index fell into negative territory for the first time since July last year. The repair and maintenance index also continued on its downward trend

  • One Blackfriars from level 41
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    One Blackfriars: Second time around

    2017-02-24T06:00:00Z

    Three years after completing One St George Wharf in London’s Vauxhall, St George is well on its way to the top of a striking residential skyscraper on the South Bank

  • Pollution
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    Fighting for air: Pollution from on-site machinery

    2017-02-23T06:00:00Z

    Sadiq Khan is on a crusade to improve London’s air quality and now has construction firmly in his sights. Joey Gardiner reports on the high levels of pollution coming from building sites, the danger they pose to workers, and the pressure being put on the industry to clean up its ...

  • New Jaguar Land Rover dealership at Manor Royal, Crawley
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    Cost model: Car showrooms

    2017-02-22T06:00:00Z

    The motor industry is booming, with showrooms continuing to be built. And with the customer experience at the heart of the schemes, substantial add-on features may be included

  • Economic Construction Market Review
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    Market review: Housing leads the way

    2017-02-21T11:30:00Z

    The number and value of construction contracts awarded is rising, with growth in the residential sector especially clear. Michael Dall discusses the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction review

  • John Lewis
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    What to specify: Off-site

    2017-02-21T06:00:00Z

    Manufacturers offer a range of off-site solutions to suit projects of every size, from the modular building complexes at Hinkley nuclear power station to luxury bespoke panels featuring gold-printed wool

  • Bruno Dupety
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    Bruno Dupety: Action man

    2017-02-17T06:00:00Z

    In 2014, Bruno Dupety was brought in to sort out Vinci’s UK construction arm: managing some massive project losses, refreshing the leadership team and restructuring struggling parts of the business

  • Houses being built
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    A quiet revolution?

    2017-02-16T06:00:00Z

    For some, last week’s housing white paper wasn’t worth the white paper it was printed on, but for others it presents a radical shift in policy away from home ownership and towards a much wider range of housing needs

  • Street detail
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    Live Works: As you like it

    2017-02-15T06:00:00Z

    Live Theatre has ventured into the high-stakes world of property development to enable it to plough the profits back into making plays. Ike Ijeh takes a look around Live Works, the theatre’s £10m office project, to see how the building fits into Newcastle’s historic Quayside

  • UK construction quarterly output
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    Market forecast: Still on the up

    2017-02-14T06:00:00Z

    The trend continues for rising optimism and workload, though materials costs and wage rates are also increasing, while market uncertainty may have some surprises to pull, says Michael Hubbard of Aecom

  • Megaphone
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    Brexit: What we really really want

    2017-02-10T06:00:00Z

    When ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ launched its ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ A Better Brexit campaign at the start of the year, we promised a reader survey to find out what the industry wanted the government to take into its negotiations with the EU

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    ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ's Brexit survey results in full

    2017-02-10T06:00:00Z

    View the full results from over 2,000 readers who took part in our survey to find out the Brexit deal construction needs