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FeaturesGrenfell two years on: what really has changed?
As the consultation on how to implement the Hackitt review鈥檚 reforms is launched, Joey Gardiner looks at the response to Grenfell so far
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FeaturesHackitt: Where do we go from here?
Two years on from the Grenfell fire and a year after the resulting Hackitt report, the government is at last moving forward on strengthening the regulatory environment for construction. To assess the industry鈥檚 progress so far, 好色先生TV carried out a survey ahead of its upcoming conference
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FeaturesCrossing the line: how government is cracking down on construction corruption
How big a problem is corrupt behaviour in the industry - and are attitudes changing?
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FeaturesInterserve crisis: ahead of Friday's crucial vote, will shareholders vote to rescue the contractor?
As Interserve鈥檚 financial woes start to undermine its ability to win work, the firm鈥檚 future hangs on a choice between two rival rescue plans
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FeaturesHow can construction adapt to the government鈥檚 skills-based immigration strategy?
Last month鈥檚 government immigration white paper 鈥� 鈥榮kills-based鈥� with a 拢30,000 salary threshold and no route for the self-employed 鈥� is almost the complete opposite of what construction has been calling for, says Joey Gardiner . So what鈥檚 the likely impact going to be and what can the industry ...
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FeaturesBrexit and construction law: Changing times
One year on from the EU referendum, nobody knows how a post-Brexit world will look
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FeaturesWho鈥檚 who in government?
Who in Theresa May鈥檚 reshuffled team will have an effect on construction?
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FeaturesWhat next for Atkins and SNC Lavalin?
Deal creates 拢7bn turnover US and European consultancy powerhouse
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FeaturesLet's love industrial estates
The changing nature of manufacturing and enterprise means we need to unlock many sites in our cities, integrating industrial estates with surrounding neighbourhoods
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FeaturesWest Ham's new home: Who forgot the roof?
At a cost of 拢700m, nearly three times the initial estimate, questions are being raised about the price tag of the former Olympic stadium
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FeaturesOlympic Games: Keeping the legacy alive
Has the LLDC managed to adhere to the legacy promises that won the UK the Olympic bid in the first place?
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FeaturesFixing the NHS
Health service spending on building maintenance and repairs faces a 拢4.3bn backlog. But there is good news for the construction industry
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Features鈥楾he next Canary Wharf and Stratford combined鈥�
A planned interchange between HS2 and Crossrail has made an unassuming spot of west London a candidate for the largest regeneration scheme in the UK
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FeaturesSweett hereafter
With Sweett鈥檚 purchase by WSP PB making it the latest venerable UK consultant to be snapped up by a bigger foreign firm, 好色先生TV considers how such takeover deals - and the spin-off firms that often result - are changing the market
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FeaturesThe verdict: BIG's Serpentine Pavilion
After 15 years the Serpentine has added four summer houses to its series of single pavilions. Is it enough to revive an ageing format? Ike Ijeh is in no doubt
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CommentBuild costs: Keep your options open
If uncertainty is construction鈥檚 worst enemy how can architects and engineers help clients manage build costs?
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FeaturesHeseltine: 鈥業 haven鈥檛 yet been told to shut up鈥�
While most 83-year-olds settle for a quiet life and daytime TV, Lord Heseltine鈥檚 time is taken up spearheading the government鈥檚 regeneration agenda
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FeaturesAndy Steele: 鈥榃as that me?鈥�
It took Andy Steele just five years to transform Connaught into a 拢240m-turnover sensation. Can he pull it off again?
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FeaturesSimon Eyers: Beating the odds
National Apprenticeship Week: Being born deaf and mute hasn鈥檛 stopped Simon Eyers landing a job as an electrician at contractor FM Conway
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FeaturesMarket review: The down and ups
The UK economy looks set to have grown by 2.4% in 2015, a slowdown compared with 2.9% in 2014 鈥� but construction鈥檚 future pipeline looks strong