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Features70 St Mary Axe - ahead of the curve
The distinctive sloping roof of 70 St Mary Axe has earned it the nickname 鈥楾he Can of Ham鈥�. But to fulfil the demands of the build programme,聽Mace has had to adopt ultra-efficient methods that think outside the box
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FeaturesAnalysis: Fine margins
Carillion鈥檚 collapse is easy to dismiss as a one-off case of mismanagement. But what it also reveals is how hard it is to keep a healthy balance sheet in an industry with wafer-thin margins. Is it time to blame the system
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FeaturesConsultants' salary survey 2018: It's not all about the money
The opposing forces of opportunity and uncertainty are keeping construction salaries in balance. And while employers are no longer offering聽skilled professionals mega pay rises, they are refining non-financial benefits.
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FeaturesAnalysis: the rise of the mid-rise
Dame Judith Hackitt鈥檚 review into fire safety 鈥� prompted by the Grenfell disaster 鈥� will have consequences for every aspect of how we build homes. Many of the potential changes will favour the medium-sized building
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FeaturesProjects: Built by gaslight
An eagerly awaited luxury housing development at King鈥檚 Cross has an unusual exterior 鈥� three Victorian gasholders frame the structures
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Maintaining margins
Technically the construction industry is in a recession, but many firms continue to report stable activity levels for now
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FeaturesHealth check
The government鈥檚 new PPP, Project Phoenix, was hailed as the NHS鈥� big hope, bringing much-needed cash to the ailing healthcare estate. Nearly a year on, have any hospitals been fixed up yet? And what are the other prospects for desperately needed additional funding?
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FeaturesLead times: October-December 2017
Our previous look at lead times back in September forecast little alteration, but as it turned out there were no changes at all over the subsequent three months
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Features鈥楾his was a house of cards that could fall down at any moment鈥�
Invited by MPs this week to explain how the construction and FM giant collapsed so聽precipitously, the firm鈥檚 former bosses聽revealed something of the mess they got聽themselves into
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FeaturesProjects: Pane management - the restoration of the Temperate House at Kew
The Temperate House at Kew, the world鈥檚 largest Victorian greenhouse, is about to emerge from a painstaking 鈥� and at times nerve-racking 鈥� restoration
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FeaturesTracker: December 2017
Little growth was in evidence as most indices stayed steady or contracted, while all sectors experienced less work in hand
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FeaturesProjects: Raiders of the lost car park
Multi-storey car parks may not traditionally have been seen as desirable real estate,聽but a lucky few are聽being repurposed as everything from luxury hotels to micro-flats
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FeaturesCarillion: Questions to be answered
Ahead of next week鈥檚 Select Committee grilling of Carillion鈥檚 directors, Joey Gardiner delves into the 拢5bn contractor鈥檚 accounting practices and how it got itself into such an unholy mess
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FeaturesMarket review: Falling forecasts
Declines in productivity and real wages, along with the uncertainty around Brexit, are driving down growth forecasts. But only one economic sector actually shrank in Q3 2017 - construction
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FeaturesAnalysis: Housing benefits
Help to Buy is the government鈥檚 big leg-up to help housebuilders increase output. So news of 鈥榦bscene鈥� executive pay along with scandals over leaseholds and defects are not going down well
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FeaturesDigital construction: Better, faster, stronger
Construction needs to get聽with the programme. The聽new tech programme, that聽is, which can offer radical聽and disruptive solutions聽to help deal with the聽housing needs of a rapidly聽expanding population. So聽what鈥檚 on offer, and how聽could it affect your working聽life?聽
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FeaturesSustainability - productive workplace
With UK productivity lagging, the workplace environment can be a critical factor in driving improvements. How should you evaluate and improve workplace productivity?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Digital construction
An augmented reality app for choosing boilers and a platform that enables visualisation of how a project changes over time are among this week鈥檚 featured products聽
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FeaturesCarillion: counting the cost
Carillion鈥檚 collapse has left 30,000 subcontractors out of pocket to the tune of 拢1.2bn. How was the contractor allowed to get away with ths?
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FeaturesCost model: Garden towns and villages
The government is calling for a new generation of garden towns and villages to ease the housing crisis. More sophisticated masterplanning approaches are needed to deliver these complicated projects