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FeaturesProjects: The FT's former and future home at Bracken House, London
It has in its time embodied more than one archetype of the City office block, from 1950s solid sandstone to 1980s high-tech glass and steel
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FeaturesThe digital career ladder: upskilling your staff
Jamie Harris speaks to three firms that are tackling the digital revolution and the skills crisis through digital upskilling
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FeaturesLead times: January - March 2019
Lead times have remained static, but widespread reports of labour shortages mean firms are starting to predict increases soon
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FeaturesAre permitted development rights a stroke of genius, or have they created a new generation of slums?
The government鈥檚 scheme to allow developers to bypass the planning system has been a roaring success, but why do so many want to ditch it?
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FeaturesProjects: How the Royal Papworth Hospital has health at heart
The Royal Papworth hospital has moved into a brand-new building that places health outcomes at its centre
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FeaturesNot a good look: assessing construction's image problem
A recent brace of surveys show that while construction is few youngsters鈥� first choice of career, once working inside the sector most find it fulfilling
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FeaturesTracker: March 2019
Overall activity slipped to its lowest point in almost three years, with contraction in every sector, while tenders continued to fall
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FeaturesProjects: Gu茅delon Castle, France
It may resemble a restoration project, but this 13th-century castle in France is being built from scratch entirely by hand
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FeaturesInterview: Charles O'Neil - solving construction's competency problem
Construction expert Charles O鈥橬eil reckons the industry鈥檚 core problem is competency. So he鈥檚 doing something about it
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FeaturesElectric dreams: how construction is improving its use of clean technology
With the future of our planet at stake, construction urgently needs to prove its capacity for innovation through clean technology
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FeaturesInspirations: architecture admired by the next generation
Architecture that delights the upcoming聽generation of construction professionals: four of our guest editors pick buildings that either inspired聽them to waork in construction or have impressed on them the importance of design quality early in their careers
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FeaturesBuild-to-rent: a sleepover at a Wembley scheme
Quintain鈥檚 5,000-home build-to-rent development in Wembley seeks to create a sense of community living through wine tastings, tutored events and supper clubs 鈥� a place where residents can return from work to a concierge-serviced, hassle-free oasis. How does it score? Hamish Champ slept the night there to find out
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FeaturesOutreach: what the industry should do to attract school leavers
The skills shortage continues to worsen, and while the government聽is taking action now with the apprenticeship levy, it鈥檚 not enough. Debika Ray reports on what the industry is doing to inspire young minds and win new recruits聽
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FeaturesReverse mentoring - how to give the next generation a voice
What do young people really think? What will make them join a company, and stay? Reverse mentoring might be the answer
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Features好色先生TV's Next Generation takeover: what鈥檚 the story?
Read on for a fresh perspective on some聽familiar issues as 好色先生TV鈥檚 advisory panel of recent graduates guest edits this week鈥檚 magazine
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FeaturesWe want change! What young people in construction really think
好色先生TV鈥檚 first survey of the perceptions of young people working and studying in construction reveals its future leaders to be made up of optimists who are happy in their work. But dig deeper and they also voice many criticisms of an industry that too often seems to overlook fresh talent. ...
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FeaturesWish you were here? How to get into construction in Australia
Australia offers a strong infrastructure pipeline and a host of opportunities, which explains the growing number of UK players heading there
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FeaturesBoulevard Theatre: turning tricks in Soho
How Charcoalblue and Soda Studio fit a theatre into a tiny space so it could be financially viable
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FeaturesCosting steelwork April 2019: Market and cost models update
This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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FeaturesConstruction's gender pay gap: the numbers
How does the construction sector compare with the rest of the UK?