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FeaturesImage of the week: Wall eyed
In central St Petersburg, artist Ulyana Poloz has been reproducing sections of famous masterpieces on the broken walls of old buildings
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FeaturesTracker: June 2018
Overall activity remains strong, but those working on non-residential and civil engineering projects are starting to experience a fall in work in hand.
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2008
Been moaning about the heat? We may have found the job for you. Back in 2008, an intrepid team of contractors experienced summer in the snow.
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FeaturesCPD 14 2018: Intumescent coatings
Intumescent coatings are often used as fire protection for steelwork in busy public locations. This guide, sponsored by Jotun, looks at how film intumescent products react with heat and flames and how they are applied, along with regulation and certification
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FeaturesProjects: Back for good
The stereotype of聽back-to-back housing as cramped and poorly lit is overturned by AHMM鈥檚 Signal Townhouses, where thoughtful design has maximised natural light and outdoor space
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FeaturesOnline poll: Can the sector deal deliver?
This week鈥檚 poll: Will the new sector deal deliver what the industry needs?
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FeaturesConstruction Sector Deal: big on aspiration, but can it deliver?
The government has published its long-promised construction聽sector deal 鈥� a document that the industry is hailing with cautious聽optimism, albeit with worries that it鈥檚 light on details. What might聽stand in the way of this strategy for change having a real impact on聽the industry?
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FeaturesNPPF: Industry reaction
Now the final National Planning Policy Framework has been unveiled, how do construction professionals rate it?
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FeaturesImage of the week: Too darn hot
Parched yellow grass covers Greenwich Park in south-east London as the heatwave continues
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FeaturesSketch of the week: adapted Victorian post office, Bury St Edmunds
This #buildingdoodle sketch is by Tanvir Hasan, deputy chair of Donald Insall Associates.
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2005
Low margins, as highlighted in our Top 150 Contractors table this week, are nothing new. Back in 2005 we reported on how difficult things were in the sector.
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FeaturesTop 150 contractors and housebuilders: Split fortunes
好色先生TV鈥檚 exclusive full Top 150 league has been released
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FeaturesNuclear energy: Gone with the wind
The National Infrastructure Commission鈥檚 landmark report this month seemed to sound the death knell for nuclear energy new-build, calling for a large-scale shift to renewables by 2050 鈥� and for only one more nuclear power station approval by 2025. But are we really likely to get 90% of Britain鈥檚 electricity ...
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FeaturesTop 150 contractors and housebuilders: Part 2
好色先生TV鈥檚 exclusive full Top 150 league is out tomorrow, but here selected results on the top 20 housebuilders have been released early
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FeaturesFire safety at 22 Bishopsgate: A race to the bottom
At 22聽Bishopsgate,聽Lipton Rogers has developed the UK鈥檚 first lift evacuation strategy聽
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FeaturesTop 150 contractors and housebuilders: Part 1
好色先生TV鈥檚 full Top 150 league is out on Friday, but here selected results have been released early
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FeaturesConstruction methods: modular
Modular construction is touted as the future of the building industry, but while the sector is rapidly growing in some areas, there are still obstacles to overcome. Alex Hyams of Alinea with Ed McCann of Expedition Engineering and Hugh Ferguson assess the pros and cons of volumetric modular offsite construction ...
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FeaturesCosting steelwork: Cost models update
Costing Steelwork is a series from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork. This quarter provides a market update, focuses on long-span and column-free design and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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FeaturesOnline poll: Net migration
This week鈥檚 poll:聽Should net migration, which is at its highest rate since 2011, be cut to the government鈥檚 target of tens of thousands?