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FeaturesProjects: 22 Bishopsgate - shaping up
22 Bishopsgate, Lipton Rogers鈥� replacement for the long-stalled Pinnacle scheme is nearing completion. But it鈥檚 been far from simple
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FeaturesNot so Square Mile
With聽co-working spaces and聽start-up incubators a growing trend in the City of London, developers are finding that flexibility and fun public spaces are what occupiers want
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FeaturesOxford v Cambridge: do you fancy Oxford's chances?
Oxford has great hopes for its rowing crew鈥檚聽performance in this weekend鈥檚 Boat Race聽鈥� but are Oxfordshire local authorities equally primed to deliver on a mammoth 拢215m housing deal from central government?
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Water's smart future
Elisabeth Selk of Arcadis looks at how water companies can improve performance during Ofwat鈥檚 next price review period, PR19
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FeaturesCost update Q4 2017
Price pressures continue to be caused by weak productivity aggravated by Brexit negotiations, while exchange rates improved as the Bank of England prepared to raise interest rates.
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Features好色先生TV 175: Your future starts here
As 好色先生TV celebrates its 175-year anniversary, we launch the most significant and comprehensive editorial campaign in the publication鈥檚 history
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FeaturesAnalysis: On the home front
The government has been making loud noises about getting more homes built 鈥� so long as it doesn鈥檛 have to build them itself, of course 鈥� and the revised National Planning Policy Framework is a big part of the plan to galvanise planners and developers into action. Is it going ...
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Features好色先生TV Your Future - get involved!
好色先生TV 175 is all about your future working practices. We want to hear from you about your careers, colleagues and businesses. Here鈥檚 what you need to know
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Features好色先生TV Your Future: #InTheSkip
Attitudes,聽tech, policies, practices: if you hate it, we want to know about it!
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FeaturesSpherical objects!
Spheres have always been seen as a rather fantastical form for a building. Yet the sphere is in a geometric sense the most efficient form there is 鈥� and new technical innovations are making it easier to exploit this potential in practice.
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: RIBA and RICS guidance
Guidance from both RICS and the RIBA on carbon reduction from a whole-life perspective can be used together to plan for resource efficiency and minimal emissions. Simon Sturgis of Sturgis Carbon Profiling reports
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FeaturesThe problem with women
As the deadline for companies to disclose their gender pay gap looms, Debika Ray looks at whether the industry is at last ready to take meaningful steps to remedy the problem
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FeaturesWomen in architecture - on a role
Although women still account for barely a fifth of UK architects 鈥� and that figure is falling 鈥� they are increasingly leaving their mark on the built landscape. Ike Ijeh talks to leading women in the field to find out how they got where they are today
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FeaturesApprenticeships: the chosen few
The government has pledged to create 3 million apprentices by 2020. But one year after the launch of the apprenticeship levy, the number of apprentices is declining fast and the target is way off course. As this week鈥檚 National Apprenticeship Week comes to an end, David Blackman reports on what鈥檚 ...
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FeaturesTracker: January 2018
The total activity index shows growth but gradual decline is in progress 鈥� while the UK regional index is slowly losing momentum
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FeaturesCarillion... the story so far
Befuddled by the sheer volume of information coming out about Carillion鈥檚 collapse? Here鈥檚 what we know, what we don鈥檛 know and what we still need to know
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FeaturesJoining forces: how UK construction helped after Hurricane Irma
When Hurricane Irma struck the British Virgin Islands last September, the government鈥檚 disaster relief effort sprung into action
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FeaturesProjects: BBC TV Centre - no place for daleks
The iconic home of television has been given a new lease of life as housing, offices - and broadcast studios. Ike Ijeh tunes in
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FeaturesCost model: Services for tall buildings
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems are a particular challenge for tall buildings, with their own considerations and commercial drivers. Alinea Consulting details the factors and costs for office towers
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FeaturesAnalysis: RIP PFI?
Reports of the death of PFI may have been exaggerated, but there鈥檚 no question it鈥檚 been聽ailing for a long while.聽Is Carillion鈥檚 collapse the last nail in its coffin? And if so, what鈥檚 going to replace it?