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FeaturesAre stressed contractors returning to suicide bidding to procure work?
The Brexit deadline is just seven weeks away 鈥� and still, nothing is any clearer. As tension rises, schemes are frozen and insolvencies increase, stressed contractors may turn to the bad old practice of bidding low just to keep things moving.聽
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FeaturesWorking abroad in construction: what should you know before you make the move?
Professionals who have relocated for work give practical tips for anyone contemplating doing the same
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FeaturesWorking abroad in construction: part two
Read more profiles of construction professionals who have made the move away from the UK
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FeaturesWorking abroad in construction: the employer's perspective
好色先生TV also spoke with David Carey at Turner Townsend, who supports the firm鈥檚 staff making overseas transfers, to find out about the employer鈥檚 role. What support should the employers give, and which areas are better left for the individual to sort?聽
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FeaturesIs the future of HS2 at risk?
This is a crucial year for HS2. As it waits for the government to give the signal to proceed in earnest, there are fears that rising costs could derail the project
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FeaturesHow Liverpool One is bucking the trend in the retail sector
With the British high street in the doldrums,聽Ike Ijeh聽revisits Liverpool One which, 10 years after it first opened, is attracting 30聽million visitors each year
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FeaturesLead times: October - December 2018
The past quarter has again shown little movement, however, growing uncertainty over Brexit means this steadiness could soon change
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FeaturesCosting steelwork January 2019: Market update
This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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FeaturesTracker: December 2018
Total activity continued to strengthen, with R M showing a big recovery after last month鈥檚 fall. Orders rose in all sectors if more slowly in civils, while housing led the rise in tender enquiries
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FeaturesHow is the CLT industry responding to the combustibles ban?
Proponents of cross-laminated timber were up in arms when聽the government announced its plans to ban combustible materials from the external walls of high-rise buildings
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FeaturesCLT: One minute briefing
What is CLT? Why use it? How is CLT different to standard timber frames?
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FeaturesKier debt: how can a new boss restore its fortunes?
In six years, most of it under chief executive Haydn Mursell who found himself pushed out last week, Kier moved from a company with a 拢95m cash surplus, to one that owed 拢410m. So what went wrong? And who can haul it back up?
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FeaturesProjects: Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre, Cambridge
Haworth Tompkins鈥� new project for the Perse School, Cambridge, is part of a trend towards increasingly professional theatre facilities in schools
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FeaturesBreak through: how AI and machine learning could transform construction
Advances in AI and machine learning could be about to transform the construction sector, using techniques such as image recognition and analysis to reduce risk, prevent schedule overruns, and improve cost-effectiveness.
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FeaturesTimber frames: will we see wooden skyscrapers in the future?
Timber frames, for so long limited to the low-rise residential sector, have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses, thanks to technological breakthroughs
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FeaturesHow can construction adapt to the government鈥檚 skills-based immigration strategy?
Last month鈥檚 government immigration white paper 鈥� 鈥榮kills-based鈥� with a 拢30,000 salary threshold and no route for the self-employed 鈥� is almost the complete opposite of what construction has been calling for, says Joey Gardiner . So what鈥檚 the likely impact going to be and what can the industry ...
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FeaturesInterview: Turner & Townsend's Patricia Moore talks to 好色先生TV
Patricia Moore only meant to leave her native Scotland for a couple of years down south, but 24 years later she鈥檚 still in London 鈥� and has risen to become Turner Townsend鈥檚 UK managing director. She tells Joey Gardiner the secrets of her own and her employer鈥檚 success. ...
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FeaturesShould the UK look to Sweden to solve its housing crisis?
Sweden uses offsite manufacture to build at least 45% of its new homes. Could the UK emulate this approach, making use of modern techniques?
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FeaturesAgeing gracefully: restorations which retain historical decay
Instead of making a neglected building look brand-new, why not refurbish it to preserve and showcase the damage worked by fires, damp, squatters and the passage of time?
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FeaturesMini cost model: The evolution of retail
Despite reports of the death of the retail centre, the truth is that owners, developers and local authorities are adapting to use their spaces and assets in new and diverse ways