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FeaturesLive Works: As you like it
Live Theatre has ventured into the high-stakes world of property development to enable it to plough the profits back into making plays. Ike Ijeh takes a look around Live Works, the theatre鈥檚 拢10m office project, to see how the building fits into Newcastle鈥檚 historic Quayside
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Still on the up
The trend continues for rising optimism and workload, though materials costs and wage rates are also increasing, while market uncertainty may have some surprises to pull, says Michael Hubbard of Aecom
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FeaturesBrexit: What we really really want
When 好色先生TV launched its 好色先生TV A Better Brexit campaign at the start of the year, we promised a reader survey to find out what the industry wanted the government to take into its negotiations with the EU
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好色先生TV's Brexit survey results in full
View the full results from over 2,000 readers who took part in our survey to find out the Brexit deal construction needs
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FeaturesStrategic advances?
The government鈥檚 modern industrial strategy has been welcomed by business groups but are there opportunities for construction to benefit?
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FeaturesA question of priorities
The government鈥檚 flagship programme to regenerate the schools estate has just seen the start of its second phase. Ike Ijeh assesses what the Priority School 好色先生TV Programme has offered pupils and the construction industry so far
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Education
There鈥檚 lots to learn this week about the new products for schools and universities, from hard landscaping for a primary school to Portakabin modules and floor screed
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FeaturesLead times: October - December 2016
Lead times have changed for only two packages - the lowest level of change recorded in the last decade. But many packages are reporting difficulty in getting qualified or experienced staff, reports Brian Moone of Mace
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FeaturesHell or high water
The North-west may have been spared flooding so far this winter, but the occurence and severity of the region鈥檚 floods is steadily increasing
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FeaturesNew prisons: Not much in the swag bag
Converting old prisons into housing to fund new prisons in less expensive locations isn鈥檛 going according to script
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FeaturesTracker: December 2016
In the final month of last year there was growth in the total activity index due to improvements in the non-residential and the civil engineering sectors
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FeaturesRedressing the balance: Women engineers
With just 9% of UK engineers women, the sector clearly has a long way to go to achieving a diverse workforce
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FeaturesMarket review: Contract values fall
Despite the vote to leave the European Union, construction output remained healthy in 2016, but the value of contract awards declined over the year
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FeaturesMentoring: Support act
Mentoring is touted as an effective way to help employees starting off in their careers to work their way up the ladder. So what do those who have signed up to be mentored get out of it? Yoosof Farah asked three of them
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FeaturesGreat Arthur House: Colourful character
The grade II-listed Great Arthur House in the City of London urgently needed a new facade that stopped its leaks and improved its thermal performance, but double glazing was too heavy for its structure
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Cladding
This week, cladding systems are bolstered by heavy duty bonding for natural stone and a windproof membrane, and given a makeover with translucent panels and a traditional red brick finish
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FeaturesSustainability: Efficient offices
How do you create an energy-efficient office that is cost effective and great for the workforce?
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FeaturesThe sky鈥檚 the limit
New York is home to some of the most pioneering modern engineering feats - a 7,000-ton hovering stadium roof, impossibly skinny skyscrapers and a mammoth flood defence system disguised as a park
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FeaturesBrexit: Make yourself heard
As Theresa May makes clear that she favours full separation from the EU and we approach the March deadline to trigger Article 50, 好色先生TV launches a survey to find out what readers want from the Brexit deal, both for your business and the wider industry