All International articles – Page 3
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News
Fosters working on four-tower New York masterplan
Practice unveils early proposals for redevelopment of world’s busiest bus station
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Comment
Short-term solutions must not prevent us from building back better
Boris Johnson made a lot of promises. I fear the next PM may abandon those pledges to ease the cost-of-living crisis
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Comment
This is not the end of globalisation for construction
Net zero is no barrier to a globalised market. A focus on local materials and labour should not mean taking an eye off the market elsewhere
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Keller posts strong half-year results ahead of first work on Saudi mega city
Geotechnical firm recently awarded £50m package on controversial Neom project
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Comment
Rebuilding Ukraine will be neither quick nor easy. We should start planning now
Colin Ross, general director of the Gleeds office in Kyiv, looks at the reconstruction task ahead – and asks who is going to pick up the bill
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Features
Cooking up a Storm in Dubai
The world’s first rollercoaster integrated into a building’s structure gives thrill seekers the ride of their lives
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Inside Google’s global HQ: a temple to post-covid working culture
Google’s new campus in Silicon Valley opened last month. Tom Lowe spoke to Heatherwick’s Eliot Postma about how the concept was developed
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This is not just a green building, this is a Marks & Spencer’s green building…
The argument about the relative benefits of retrofit versus rebuild for the flagship store has been hijacked by cheap political point-scoring, writes Gleeds chairman Richard Steer
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Features
International cost comparison 2022
The latest trends in international construction costs as markets around the globe adjust to post-covid recovery, the Ukraine war and other factors
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Construction must respond quickly to the fast growing number of vacancies
Job vacancies grew faster than in any other sector in the UK economy in Q1, and there’s an elephant in the room no one wants to talk about
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Murphy offers jobs to 175 Ukrainians fleeing conflict
Figure equates to around 5% of contractor’s current workforce
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In Pictures: Amanda Levete’s firm picked to design Belgrade concert hall
London-based practice wins international competition to design Serbia’s largest cultural project
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‘Many problems appear, but we manage them’ – at war and under siege, a Ukrainian manufacturer perseveres
Work continues at the EVB Facades factory in Kyiv with the firm insisting it will deliver on a contract for a Birmingham student block next month
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Quality of buildings helps push London into top spot for building costs, Arcadis says
Productivity issues also behind rise, consultant adds
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Inflation worries and impact of Ukraine war take gloss off rise in output
Sector confidence slumps to 17 month low
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Comment
How to understand the effects of the crisis in Ukraine
The true impact of war is hard to ascertain so we must focus instead on how best to navigate the current challenges and uncertainties
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards unveils two new categories as entries open for 2022
New awards recognise positive contributions in areas of people strategy and net zero
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Overseas work boom set to see Mace’s consulting arm break £500m turnover target
Business expected to be in reach of number by end of year
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Lawyers expecting to see contractors cite Ukraine war in upcoming legal wrangles with clients
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø understands one Tier 1 firm has invoked force majeure clause over missing steel on central London job
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Ukraine’s refugee crisis – businesses want to help but it’s not proving easy
Business leaders, with their reputation for cutting through problems, have a role in pushing ministers to take a more active role