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FeaturesEconomic recovery: On the turn?
Future-gazing economists don鈥檛 have to look very far to see threatening signs on the horizon for the construction industry. As the CPA revises its forecasts down, should we be calling time on the recovery?
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FeaturesWhat do you really think about BIM?
好色先生TV wants your help in getting behind the BIM hype with this online reader survey
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FeaturesMarket forecast: A change of mood
With demand outstripping supply, selectivity was the dominant theme for contractors this year. And a failure to attract tenderers led to more creative approaches to procurement. But will these changes be lasting or is this just the current stage of a cyclical process?
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FeaturesRecycling timber: Wasting away
We recycle just one-tenth of our waste wood - the rest ends up in landfill, meaning we lose out on the huge economic and environmental benefits of using the wood again
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FeaturesHousing: Home delivery
While politicians wrangle over the number of homes they propose to build, housing stock is falling woefully behind the UK鈥檚 needs
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FeaturesMarket review: Balancing act
A buoyant infrastructure sector keeps construction stabilised despite housing seeing a significant drop in activity
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Sustainability
In Goudhurst, Kent a new fascia and soffit system has been specified for the renovation of an old Methodist chapel, while the 16th century Tudor Kirtling Tower switches to a biomass heating system
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FeaturesLos Angeles: That's sprawl, folks
The city is undergoing its biggest construction boom since the 1980s but regeneration has to battle suburban spread, and economic and racial segregation
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FeaturesLos Angeles: Bloc party
The 拢117m redevelopment known as The Bloc is the largest scheme to tap into LA鈥檚 need for mixed-use spaces
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FeaturesConstruction leaders reception
好色先生TV magazine鈥檚 publisher hosts an event for leading industry figures
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FeaturesHousebuilders' salary survey 2015: Making hay鈥�
This year鈥檚 housebuilders鈥� salary survey finds that wages and bonuses are both on the up. But how long will it last?
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FeaturesWellness: The ups and downs
Now that employers have cottoned on to the link between wellbeing and improved productivity, pressure is growing for clients to start taking the concept seriously
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FeaturesLead times: July - Sept 2015
Increases to lead times continue, albeit to a smaller number of trades than seen in previous quarters. The major issue forecast going forward is labour shortages
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FeaturesSpotlight: Managing lead times
With the ripples of recession still being felt through the lead times of many specialist trades, Brian Moone discusses how clients of the supply chain can minimise disruption
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FeaturesGlobal city focus: Jeddah
Jeddah, the Bride of the Red Sea, is a city steeped in history and culture, capitalising on its heritage as a regional hub to place itself as a leading city of the Middle East
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Hitting home
In the first of a series of articles leading up to the 好色先生TV Live conference, Joey Gardiner reports on the opportunities in infrastructure
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FeaturesBES: Birmingham or bust
Birmingham council has scrapped its energy efficiency drive. We look at how the 拢1bn Birmingham Energy Savers scheme and the Green Deal鈥檚 fates were inextricably bound, and what the city鈥檚 options are now
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Features好色先生TV hacking: Who's in control?
As building management systems become a greater part of our daily lives, their susceptibility to cyber attack is ever increasing. How would your building handle getting hacked?
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FeaturesVictoria鈥檚 super Nova
The 拢2.2bn Nova Victoria scheme was always going to be a star project. But, on a hemmed in space, it needed some special solutions to make it shine
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FeaturesCan Corbynomics get Britain building?
As the major influence on Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 economic policy, Richard Murphy has had a lot to talk about over the last few months. But what might the much-trailed people鈥檚 QE mean for the construction industry?