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FeaturesHow Canada took the if out of PFI
While the UK government tries to work out what to do with the controversial procurement route, the Canadians have created a version that transacts deals in half the time and gives the market far greater cost certainty. But could their approach work here?
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FeaturesCost of the Olympics: Was it worth it?
Everyone鈥檚 agreed that the Olympic park was hugely successful. But with questions raised over the cost of procuring the Games, is this a model other public sector projects should follow?
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FeaturesThe tracker: Summer calm
The overall construction activity index remain unchanged between May and June, with orders below normal for this time of year, despite the orders index increasing. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesVideo interview with David Philp, head of BIM implementation
The head of BIM implementation at the Cabinet Office discusses how the Construction Strategy has impacted on the supply chain
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FeaturesInternational costs 2012
Construction prices are rising in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Qatar, slowing in China and India, and grinding to a standstill across Europe. Paul Moore of EC Harris reports
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FeaturesAylesbury Estate: Taking back the streets
How phase 1 of a two decade redevelopment has brought back the traditional grain of the streets to London鈥檚 deprived Aylesbury Estate
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FeaturesStephen Pycroft: The man who scaled the Shard
With no more Shards on the horizon, how will Mace keep moving upwards? The firm鈥檚 chief executive explains
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FeaturesScots on the rocks: Construction in Scotland
Construction activity north of the border is expected to fall 7% this year, but does the Scottish government have better plans than Westminster for digging itself out of trouble?
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FeaturesM&E firms: The heat is on
Why have M&Es been hit so hard this year and can anything be done to stop more of them going under?
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2012
Who鈥檚 thriving and who鈥檚 merely surviving this year? Our interactive tables reveal all 鈥�
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FeaturesThe 12 key moments that made the Olympics
As the gaze of the world fixes on London for tonight鈥檚 opening ceremony, 好色先生TV looks back over the major events, turning points and chance encounters that helped to create the most extraordinary construction project the capital has ever seen
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FeaturesGardens by the Bay, Singapore
How Wilkinson Eyre found a sustainable way of cooling two vast glass conservatories in one of the hottest climates on Earth
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FeaturesInvesting in infrastructure: Safe bet
Questions remain over how the government鈥檚 拢40bn infrastructure initiative will work - and whether it will unlock the pension funds鈥� billions
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Further to fall
With the economic outlook worsening, construction activity is expected to keep slowing until the end of 2013, with prices rising slightly
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FeaturesBIM: The inside story one year on
好色先生TV caught up with the team on the Manchester library refurb project to see if BIM was everything they hoped it would be
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FeaturesSteve Hindley: Mr Happy
The chair of contractor Midas and the CBI鈥檚 Construction Council has a smile on his face. What does he know that we don鈥檛?
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FeaturesShould we work all hours?
Ray O鈥橰ourke has said a 35-hour week would make the industry more attractive to recruits. How realistic is a shorter working week is - and does anyone really want it?
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FeaturesExperimental flooring: 62 Buckingham Gate
Pell Frischmann鈥檚 experimental approach resulted in this unique post-tensioned floor slab system
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FeaturesCost model: Out-of-town retail
As the needs of shoppers change, so too do those of retail developers. Paul Zuccherelli, Ben Agyekum and Marco Ielpi of Davis Langdon, an Aecom Company, consider the kinds of shopping centre that we will need in a click-and-collect world
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FeaturesKisho Kurokawa's Maggie's Centre
Before he died in 2007, the legendary Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa sketched out a swirling, 鈥榙ragon-tailed鈥� cancer care centre in Swansea. Now the UK鈥檚 13th Maggie鈥檚 Centre has been completed in titanium-studded concrete by Garbers & James