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FeaturesElection special: Now listen here...
Company chiefs and heads of industry bodies from across the sector set out their messages to the prime minister
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FeaturesElection 2015: What happens in a hung parliament?
With all predictions pointing to a hung parliament, what could happen after the election?
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FeaturesFloating voters: The next government鈥檚 priorities need to be 鈥�
This week two members of our panel of floating voters highlight vital areas of construction policy that will require the attention of the next government, whatever its political make-up
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Walls, ceilings & partitions
This week鈥檚 walls, ceilings and partitions products include curtain walling for an Eiffel-tower inspired building in Singapore and external wall insulation for a residential estate in Clackmannan
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FeaturesInterview: Robin Butler
Developer Urban Civic plans to build 40,000 homes on difficult, large sites - and after a key acquisition, looks well on the path to achieving that. We meet MD Robin Butler as he scours the land for housebuilders
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FeaturesImage of the week: On the road again
We just had to squeeze in another prime-minister-in-a-hard-hat-on-site photo, this time at the Bexhill to Hastings link road in East Sussex taken during election week
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FeaturesLead times: January - March 2015
Lead times continue to increase with eight trades on the rise and no reported decreases. Some packages have increased more than once in the last 12 months
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FeaturesParliamentary renovations: Houses of cards
The Houses of Parliament are in desperate need of repair. With just 20 years of life left within their crumbling walls, proposals for renovation are being drawn up
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FeaturesImage of the week: Selfie on site
In the last in our series of prime-minister-in-a-hard-hat-on-site photos before the election David Cameron poses with workers at an M S site in Longbridge, West Midlands
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FeaturesSketch of the week: High level park, Peckham
This week鈥檚 sketch is part of a proposal for a high level park in Peckham, south London
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FeaturesFloating voters: Which way are you leaning?
This week we catch up with our panel of floating voters, first selected during the 2010 election, to ask what they think the different parties offer the industry and who they are intending to vote for this time around
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FeaturesEric Pickles' letter to the construction industry
Conservative party鈥檚 secretary of state responds to 好色先生TV鈥檚 manifesto aims
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FeaturesThis week in 1997
Labour predicts that plans for Regional Development Agencies will spread quickly across the North if elected, ahead of the 1997 election
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FeaturesElection special: The parties compared
With less than a week to go until the election, and all parties having finally published their manifestos, how do the parties line up on the key issues for construction?
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FeaturesNigel Farage鈥檚 letter to the construction industry
Leader of UKIP responds to 好色先生TV鈥檚 manifesto aims
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FeaturesInside Westminster: Housing by numbers
In this election鈥檚 battle of the building stats, a major focus has been that worryingly few houses have been built in the last five years. But is this the coalition鈥檚 fault? Could other parties do better?
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Features好色先生TV Award Winners: Specialist Contractor of the Year
All of the nominees for this year鈥檚 specialist contractor category have experienced impressive growth in recent years, with the winner showing true innovation in its work
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Features好色先生TV Award Winners: 好色先生TV Magazine Project of the Year
This category included a number of high-profile schemes but was ultimately won by a refurb project that has transformed a dated office building into a landmark 鈥榖usiness hotel鈥�
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Features好色先生TV Award Winners: International Project of the Year
These projects from around the world demonstrate exceptional design, innovative sustainability measures and aim to inspire the cities they inhabit - as this year鈥檚 winner did in Canberra, Australia
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Features好色先生TV Award Winners: CITB Training Initiative of the Year
This year鈥檚 shortlisted training initiatives take focus on safety, customer satisfaction and leadership aspects of development, with the results of one scheme proving particularly impressive