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FeaturesSketch of the week: Bluecoat House
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Martin Douglas, associate director of Bristol-based Pad Design
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FeaturesOne Blackfriars: Second time around
Three years after completing One St George Wharf in London鈥檚 Vauxhall, St George is well on its way to the top of a striking residential skyscraper on the South Bank
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FeaturesFighting for air: Pollution from on-site machinery
Sadiq Khan is on a crusade to improve London鈥檚 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 ...
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FeaturesCost model: Car showrooms
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
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FeaturesMarket review: Housing leads the way
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鈥檚 monthly Economic Construction review
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Off-site
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
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FeaturesImage of the week: Not holding back
Water overwhelms the USA鈥檚 tallest dam, causing an evacuation
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FeaturesBruno Dupety: Action man
In 2014, Bruno Dupety was brought in to sort out Vinci鈥檚 UK construction arm: managing some massive project losses, refreshing the leadership team and restructuring struggling parts of the business
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Greenaways
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Hannah Smart of West Waddy ADP
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FeaturesA quiet revolution?
For some, last week鈥檚 housing white paper wasn鈥檛 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
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FeaturesLive Works: As you like it
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鈥檚 拢10m office project, to see how the building fits into Newcastle鈥檚 historic Quayside
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FeaturesCPD 2 2017: Implementing lean construction
Lean construction can be applied at every stage of a project to cut waste and improve efficiency. This CPD, sponsored by Newforma, discusses the challenges of implementing this approach and how they can be overcome
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Still on the up
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
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FeaturesBrexit: What we really really want
When 好色先生TV launched its 好色先生TV 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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好色先生TV's Brexit survey results in full
View the full results from over 2,000 readers who took part in our survey to find out the Brexit deal construction needs
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Youth zone
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by John Puttick of John Puttick Associates
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FeaturesImage of the week: Picturing resistance
A Zaha Hadid painting is displayed in New York in MoMA protest against Trump鈥檚 travel ban
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FeaturesStrategic advances?
The government鈥檚 modern industrial strategy has been welcomed by business groups but are there opportunities for construction to benefit?