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FeaturesPrepare to be boarded
With the recession over, rising turnover and damaged valuations have left construction firms in a climate perfect for acquisition deals. Are you in a position to grow your business or is it time to sell up?
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FeaturesBIM: World鈥檚 your oyster
The use of BIM is becoming more widespread throughout the globe. So what opportunities does this offer those with BIM skills who want a job abroad?
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Speed shift
The recovery rolls on with expectations of tender price increases still firm. But a change of pace in activity is expected to emerge this year. Michael Hubbard and John O鈥橬eill of Aecom report
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FeaturesMarket review: Slowly does it
Growth continues throughout the UK economy and construction sectors, but the gains being made are slowing down significantly. Here are highlights of Barbour ABI鈥檚 latest monthly Economic Construction Market Review
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FeaturesBristol Life Sciences: Split personality
Sheppard Robson鈥檚 Bristol Life Sciences building comprises a sober street facade that apes Georgian townhouse vernacular; and a dramatic, industrial laboratory elevation that ripples like a giant metallic wave
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FeaturesWhy we're backing Agenda 15
Our Agenda 15 campaign manifesto sets to influence the next government by setting out what construction needs to thrive. Here鈥檚 why some of those who have signed up to support it think this initiative is so important
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FeaturesFrom the archives in 2010
Thomas Heatherwick鈥檚 鈥楽eed cathedral鈥� opens at the Shanghai Expo
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FeaturesTop European contractors: Plus ca change
Deflation has darkened the mood across the eurozone鈥檚 construction markets, putting the long-awaited recovery on hold once more. 好色先生TV examines what continued stagnation means for firms on both sides of the Channel
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FeaturesSustainability: Thinner insulation
High-performance insulation materials enable much thinner profiIes to be used than their counterpart products. Sweett Group investigates if the benefits from the use of these thinner insulation materials outweigh the costs
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FeaturesBritish pavilion, Milan: Get the buzz
Much of the site of this year鈥檚 British pavilion in Milan will evoke the spirit of British landscapes. But its crowning achievement will be a gigantic recreation of a beehive
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Roofing
This week鈥檚 roofing products include roof boards at the new Woburn Forest Village Center Parcs leisure facility in Bedfordshire, and a green roof system at the Buchanan Street retail development in Glasgow
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FeaturesInterview: Stef Stefanou
The former John Doyle chairman unpicks the events that led to the firm鈥檚 closure in 2012, and reveals how the industry exposed a darker side in his hour of need
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FeaturesNo man鈥檚 land: Unwanted supermarket sites
Supermarkets are responding to the UK鈥檚 shift in shopping habits by massively cutting back their development programmes, leaving the construction industry and affected communities wondering what will happen to the unwanted sites
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FeaturesNot on the money: Over budget projects
When finally completed last autumn, New York鈥檚 One World Trade Center clocked in at a total expense of 拢2.5bn, making it not only the most expensive skyscraper of all time, but also costing eight times its original budget. But is it the most over budget project ever to be built? ...
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Features好色先生TV intelligence: Q3 2014
Experian Economics shows that construction activity increased 2% on the previous quarter, taking it 6% above the level taken for the same period in 2013
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FeaturesTracker: November 2014
The construction activity index holds its position at 60 points, while the regional composite indices show that the majority of regions saw a decrease in activity
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FeaturesA manifesto for construction
Our Agenda 15 campaign aims to influence the next government by telling politicians what construction needs to thrive. Here, we explain the manifesto aims and how you can support them
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FeaturesAgenda 15 manifesto
好色先生TV鈥檚 manifesto for construction for the next parliament is now online here - and we want you to register your support
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Infographic: How important is construction to the UK economy?
What part does the sector play in the wider UK economic recovery?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: BIM
This week, we celebrate BIM champions from around the world, as well as all manner of innovative BIM products coming to a construction site near you