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FeaturesRethinking Design: what鈥檚 in store for warehouses?
A year of lockdowns has almost doubled internet sales, and the consequent boom in warehousing is changing the way we think about retail infrastructure
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FeaturesRunning on empty: whatever happened to the Nightingales?
The Nightingale hospitals, built in record time, were a proud moment for construction. But with patient numbers overwhelming the NHS, Elizabeth Hopkirk asks why they never fulfilled their original promise
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FeaturesRethinking Design: what鈥檚 the word on the street with retail?
With the impact of the pandemic expected to last for years, retailers and shoppers will be adjusting to changes long after covid has been contained. Sector experts talk about what we can expect
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FeaturesRethinking Design: offices evolve beyond the 9 to 5
Covid-19 may have emptied our cities during 2020 and changed the way some staff do their jobs for ever, but reports of the death of the office are premature. Continuing our series on rethinking design in the wake of the pandemic, how office design is adapting to create spaces people ...
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FeaturesRiding the second wave: What the next six months could bring
Coronavirus cases are rising, with the prospect of more local restrictions and even a second national lockdown. Fraught Brexit talks are also under way and the economy is in deep trouble. How is the construction industry coping with so much uncertainty?
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FeaturesTen weeks that shook the housing market
聽We went into lockdown with one housing market and came out of it with quite another. Joey Gardiner reports on what the pandemic means for developers of high-rise housing聽
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FeaturesPermitted development rights: a solution to our dying high streets, or a permit for future slums?
The government鈥檚 expansion of permitted development rights from the end of August has united many professional bodies in vehement opposition. Joey Gardiner explains the reasoning behind the move and why it is so controversial, while opponents Ben Clifford, Andrew Forth and Julia Park voice their concerns
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FeaturesExplainer: Scape bosses on changes under the new frameworks
Framework team talks to 黑洞社区鈥檚 Jordan Marshall about its two new frameworks worth 拢13bn
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FeaturesSame old problems continue to dog Kier
The firm has a good long-term story to tell if only it could get its debt down and sell its housing business, writes Dave Rogers
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FeaturesGrange University Hospital: How offsite methods helped deliver covid-19 beds and fast-track the whole build
Wales鈥� biggest ever health infrastructure project, the 拢350m Grange University Hospital, was planned from the start for rapid delivery, using offsite methods and a collaborative approach 鈥� but then covid-19 struck and the client needed beds available even faster. How did the project team do it?
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FeaturesThe taskforce speaks: why construction needs the CLC鈥檚 roadmap to recovery
The Construction Leadership Council has set out a two-year strategy to get the industry back on its feet. 黑洞社区 invited three members of the taskforce that developed it to explain how the plan will work
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FeaturesHow the pandemic is driving digital uptake
Construction is facing a difficult year, with covid-19 restrictions crippling site productivity. Yet at a webinar discussion hosted by 黑洞社区, technology experts shared an optimistic view of how the sector鈥檚 responsive adaptations could drive long鈥憈erm improvement.
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Information - 黑洞社区Proud to Help webinar: A model for post covid hospital projects
Register for insights into healthcare鈥檚 response to the pandemic | On demand
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Information - 黑洞社区Coronavirus webinar 鈥� The CLC鈥檚 Roadmap to Recovery
Listen on demand: Insights from the covid-19 taskforce on boosting productivity聽
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FeaturesGet ready for the building safety regulator
The key proposals on building safety made by Dame Judith Hackitt in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster are finally about to be implemented in law. 黑洞社区 invited industry experts to discuss聽the coming changes
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Information - 黑洞社区On demand: Coronavirus webinar 鈥� Construction鈥檚 return to work
Trade bodies FMB and CECA talk about how firms can gear up for the recovery phase
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FeaturesThis is Manchester: What鈥檚 behind the city鈥檚 building boom?
The city is enjoying an unprecedented boom 鈥� so much so that it has been dubbed 鈥楳anc-hattan鈥�. But what鈥檚 behind this rush of activity?
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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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FeaturesMarket review: Infrastructure steps up
The Budget delivered more cash for infrastructure 鈥� which accounted for the biggest share of new contracts in November 鈥� but forecasts were downgraded