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FeaturesZero hour: 好色先生TV's predictions for 2018
With growth predictions for 2018 as dire as 0%, there are reasons to feel trepidation. But at the start of this聽year, there are signs of positivity
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FeaturesProjects: US Embassy - Safe house
Architect Kieran Timberlake鈥檚 new US Embassy is set to become the centrepiece of Battersea鈥檚 Nine Elms regeneration
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FeaturesBarometer - November 2017 data now available
The latest Barometer statistics are now available to view. You鈥檒l find interactive, sortable league tables of contract wins on our Barometer site:
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FeaturesReview 2017: Sixpence in the pudding - mergers, takeovers and buyouts
The year saw a revival of the tradition of mergers and acquisitions in the construction sector, after the Brexit vote malaise marred 2016.
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FeaturesReview 2017: Crackers to cheer the spirit - so, what鈥檚 the good news?
It hasn鈥檛 been all doom and gloom
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FeaturesReview 2017: Speech! - the year鈥檚 aptest quotes
From George Osborne to Lord Stunell, some of the quotes from 2017 in construction
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FeaturesReview 2017: Family rows - legal spats
It鈥檚 the season of goodwill, but that鈥檚 unlikely to bring an end to the rows that have blighted the construction industry family this year
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FeaturesReview 2017: A toast to absent friends - in memorium
From Anna Stewart to Sir Michael Latham, the industry has lost some of its greats this year
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FeaturesReview 2017: The overcooked sprouts - those who felt the economic heat
If there鈥檚 a list of big losers from 2017, then there鈥檚 not much doubt that 拢5.2bn-turnover contractor Carillion is at the聽top of it
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FeaturesReview 2017: Did you forget the bread sauce again? - unfulfilled expectations
As well as outright failures there were a number of less dramatic setbacks, delays and disappointments on key projects in 2017
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Features好色先生TV's review of the year 2017
It wasn鈥檛 exactly the year that knocked the stuffing out of construction, but nor was it the grand feast many had hoped for. The 好色先生TV news desk reviews the year in construction
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FeaturesReview 2017: Dry turkey - a year of disappointments
The big disappointment of the year was, without doubt, the story on the two big-picture issues that define the environment in which our industry works
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FeaturesReview 2017: A painful topic nobody can avoid
Whatever else might have happened in 2017, the construction industry was never going to be able to look back with pleasure
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FeaturesProjects of the year: 2017 in review
Source: Riverfilm / Martin Richardson PLP Architecture鈥檚 22 Bishopsgate This year鈥檚 striking schemes include AL_A at the V A museum,聽Foster + Partners鈥� Bloomberg HQ, and Herzog de Meuron鈥檚 triumph over chaos in Hamburg
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FeaturesChristmas charity challenge: Piece of cake?
Construction skills, design flair and collaborative teamwork: we are talking, of course, about cake decorating. Three brave teams came to compete in 好色先生TV鈥檚 very sweet Christmas challenge
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FeaturesPeter Rogers: The long view
Peter Rogers, the ebullient developer, speaks on his passion for the industry 鈥� which he predicts he will leave only horizontally 鈥� and what he thinks it should be聽doing differently
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Features好色先生TV Live 2017: Over to the floor
This year鈥檚 好色先生TV Live conference coverd topics with far-reaching implications for the future of the industry, but what did conference delegates have to say?
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Features好色先生TV Live 2017 in pictures
A selection of photos from November鈥檚 好色先生TV Live conference, held at 155 Bishopsgate in London
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Residential
A quadruple-glazed rooflight for a Passivhaus, underfloor heating in a converted dairy, and technical mortars suited to balcony repair are among the featured products and schemes