More Focus – Page 51
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Are contractors with poor payment records about to be let off the hook?
A government plan barring late-paying contractors from bidding for major public contracts comes into effect in September. But there are loopholes
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Tracker: June 2019
Overall activity continued to gather momentum in June, and all sectoral activity indices reflected expansionary tendencies
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Light years away: how close are we to space tourism?
Space tourism still has some giant leaps to make before humankind can take a holiday on the moon. What’s slowing lift-off?
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A construction holiday: A nerd’s guide to site-seeing
From playing I-spy with heavy plant to gasping in awe at hydro-electric dams, here is our guide to ‘geeking out’ on construction while on holiday
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Cost model: Reinventing retail assets
In the face of tough market conditions, landlords, developers and owner/occupier retailers are looking at new business models
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Projects: The story of The Tide, the Greenwich Peninsula High Line
The new part-elevated park in Greenwich Peninsula is remarkable for its use of prefabrication and parametric 3D modelling. But will it wash with the public?
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Offsite: Could schools soon be built in a fortnight?
A consortium of firms aims to create a standardised way to construct hundreds of school buildings a year – and the Department for Education is right behind them
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How will Boris Johnson’s government affect you?
As Johnson’s new cabinet gets ready to act, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV looks at how they could change different construction sectors
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‘We like to give people a chance, to give them a go’: Stanhope’s Paul Lewis and Tony Wall talk to ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV
Stanhope’s Paul Lewis and Tony Wall are preparing for the next phase in the firm’s three-decade history
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Projects: Mace's 'rising factory' at Victory Plaza, London
Do new processes such as Mace’s ‘rising factories’ help deliver projects more quickly and efficiently?
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Lead times: April - June 2019
The forecast is for little change with workload and enquiry levels being static
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Introducing ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s digital champions: ‘You have just got to be brave’
Here we present our digital champions: construction professionals for whom digital is ingrained and embedded in everything they do
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Costing steelwork July 2019: Market update
This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2019: Treading a tightrope
How will the current top players ensure they survive to earn a place on next year’s table?
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Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2019: The tables
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV reveals its exclusive Top 150 contractors and housebuilders league tables
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Housing Design Awards 2019: The winners
This year’s completed scheme winners and the Housing Design Awards 2019 overall winner
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Housing Design Awards 2019: Uncompleted scheme winners
This year’s winners take a smart approach to densification that shows how to provide quality living space in constrained sites
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International salary survey 2019
This year’s Hays International Salary Survey shows juicy opportunities in several regions – but UK professionals aren’t biting yet
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Roundtable: Gathering speed - the future of infrastructure
As Londoners’ views on the city’s infrastucture were revealed in a new report, industry experts gathered to discuss the future of infrastructure
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Was moving into support services to blame for the recent troubles at Carillion, Interserve and Kier?
These major contractors blended their traditional work with support services and all recently got into big financial trouble. Coincidence?