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Market review: Looking downwards

2017-08-31T12:18:00Z

Construction activity has declined during the second quarter, despite overall UK growth, and contract values are decreasing

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London's High Point: Race to the top

2017-08-30T11:10:00Z

In creating the UK’s tallest build-for-rent development – Highpoint in London’s Elephant and Castle – flexibility, efficiency and speed were key concepts for contractor Mace and structural engineer AKT II

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Sketch of the week: Watford Junction offices

2017-08-29T09:25:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Dan Burr, partner at Sheppard Robson

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This week in 1992

2017-08-25T12:27:00Z

Construction cuts back on entertaining

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Procurement update: Uncertain markets

2017-08-25T06:00:00Z

Clients are returning to package-based procurement to get better value from their supply chain, even though this involves taking on much more risk

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Image of the week: Listening as the bells end

2017-08-25T06:00:00Z

Big Ben falls silent as work begins to repair the tower

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PFI: In the balance

2017-08-25T06:00:00Z

With the risk of taking on work rising and the pipeline of promised projects yet to materialise, is the fate of PFI as a funding mechanism up in the air?

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Shots in the dark

2017-08-24T06:00:00Z

Commentators are starting to predict a gloomier picture for the UK economy and the construction sector due to the negative effects of constant political uncertainty

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Passivhaus: Economy of scale

2017-08-23T15:21:00Z

When it’s finished, Goldsmith Street in Norwich will be the largest Passivhaus scheme in the UK - but built as a 100% social housing scheme, it had to be delivered for a competitive price. But how is it being achieved?

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Online poll: Using PFI

2017-08-23T15:09:00Z

Do you think PFI will continue as a widely-used funding model for construction in the UK?

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No place like home: Staycations, Part 3

2017-08-15T06:00:00Z

Looking for a vacation without airport stress and high costs? Read the third part of a trip around the UK’s best holiday destinations

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Wild imaginings: Beach huts, Part 2

2017-08-14T06:30:00Z

The humble British beach hut is being reconfigured for the 21st century, as Part 2 of our guide shows

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No place like home: Staycations, Part 2

2017-08-14T06:00:00Z

Looking for a vacation without airport stress and high costs? Read the second part of a trip around the UK’s best holiday destinations

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Sketch of the week: London regeneration project

2017-08-11T06:00:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by architect Patrick Spears of bptw partnership

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Image of the week: Facing their Waterloo

2017-08-11T06:00:00Z

Workers at Waterloo station, London, on Monday

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This week in 2007

2017-08-11T06:00:00Z

Premiership football teams seek new stadiums

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CPD 13 2017: Specifying access rooflights

Rooflights can help to transform a roof into usable, desirable space. This module, sponsored by Glazing Vision, outlines how to design an attractive, safe rooflight in accordance with Part K of the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Regulations

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No place like home: Staycations, Part 1

2017-08-11T06:00:00Z

Looking for a vacation without airport stress and high costs? Read the first part of a trip around the UK’s best holiday destinations

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Wild imaginings: Beach huts, Part 1

2017-08-11T06:00:00Z

The humble British beach hut is being reconfigured for the 21st century, as Part 1 of our guide shows

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Rail infrastructure: Losing track, Part 2

2017-08-10T06:00:00Z

Read the second part of a tour of the UK’s major planned rail schemes. What are the chances of them hitting the buffers?