All Features articles – Page 99
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The face of diversity: construction’s hidden problem
Diversity and inclusion is the subject of our latest industry survey, conducted by Hays. Debika Ray looks at what the results say about the industry, and finds out what employers can do to improve the situation
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Roundtable: Striving for quality in construction
Standards in construction clearly need to be raised – so how can the industry go about improving quality, and how exactly do we define it? Hamish Champ reports on a roundtable by the STA
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From the archive: 2016 - the bold and the beautiful
Can you remember a time when we didn’t know what Brexit was? Arguably, we still don’t
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Over the line: How 21 Moorfields was built above a station
Site constraints and client demands meant the columns supporting a new over-rail scheme would have to bear unusually heavy loads
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Image of the week: Dark days
The Palace of Westminster shut off its lights for WWF’s Earth Hour to highlight climate change, in which 6,434 cities and towns took part this year
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Online poll: How scared are you about a no-deal Brexit?
This week’s poll: Do you have no-deal jitters?
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Interserve prepack administration - unpacked
What does Interserve’s prepack administration actually mean – for suppliers, customers, employees and lenders?
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Spurs stadium: the £1bn building opening in London's fifth poorest ward
The stadium dominates the local skyline and dwarfs neighbouring homes Will Ing, reporter, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Opposite a row of empty shops, jerk chicken joints, laundrettes and bookmakers, one of the most expensive buildings ever built on this island is about to open in ...
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Sketch of the week: Cycle to Mipim, France
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is one of a series of pictures created on location on this year’s Cycle to Mipim
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Brexit chaos: What's the impact on construction?
B-Day may have been dodged first time round but how can the industry best cope with the uncertainty?
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This CPD, sponsored by Viega, looks at the issues around ensuring that piping systems carrying drinking water meet current regulations
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From the archive: 2015 - Brexit - what Brexit?
Can you remember a time when we didn’t know what Brexit was? Arguably, we still don’t
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Projects: Smith's Dock, North Shields
Urban Splash and Places for People’s £140m regeneration of a North Shields dockyard at Smith’s Dock includes a high proportion of modular homes manufactured offsite
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Online poll: Should Article 50 be revoked?
This week’s poll: Should Article 50 be revoked?
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Image of the week: They think it's all over
Harvey White scores for Tottenham Hotspur in the Under-18s Premier League test event at the club’s new stadium
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Financial results: it's bad for Interserve, but how is construction faring in 2019?
The UK contractors’ financial results are in. We know it’s been a bad year for Interserve, but how have the rest of them done?
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This CPD, sponsored by Eurocell, will look at the scope of VE, its application and how its utilisation can benefit a production process
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Development update: residential
Changes to the planning system are designed to accelerate housebuilding by bringing new entrants into the market
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Sketch of the week: Lyon Close apartment scheme, Hove
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Stuart Bertie, a director in Broadway Malyan’s Weybridge studio
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Projects: London Screen Academy, Islington, London
Turning a former radio factory into a sixth-form film and television school proved a structural challenge for the project team