All Market features articles – Page 3

  • Sustainability
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    Sustainability: Dropping the ball

    2017-04-13T06:00:00Z

    Environmentalists have been alarmed by Trump’s reversal of US climate change policies and signs that Brexit has diverted the UK government away from sustainability priorities

  • London skyline
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    Commercial towers: Riding high

    2017-04-06T06:00:00Z

    The prospect of Brexit may not have stalled the wave of tall buildings under construction, but the market for towers is set to change as prime resi slumps

  • Drones
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    Drones: Something in the air

    2017-03-31T06:00:00Z

    Put it this way: would you rather inspect the slipform of a tall tower by dangling off the 45th storey or by sending up a drone to do the job?

  • Market review
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    Market review: Earning more for less

    2017-03-23T06:00:00Z

    The total value of construction contracts increased in February but the number of projects went down. Michael Dall discusses the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction Market Review

  • ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø A Better Brexit
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    Manifesto: Working for a better Brexit deal

    2017-03-17T06:00:00Z

    Our ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø a Better Brexit campaign asked over 2,000 construction professionals what could make leaving the EU work for them

  • Welcome to Northern Ireland
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    Northern Ireland: ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø a wall

    2017-03-09T06:00:00Z

    The UK region most hard-hit by the economic crash and the most reliant on EU trade, Northern Ireland is preparing for another body blow as Brexit negotiations threaten to put a barrier between it and its neighbour, the Republic of Ireland

  • Apprentices
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    The apprentice

    As the government’s new apprenticeship levy kicks big questions remain over how it will work

  • Economic Construction Market Review
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    Market review: Housing leads the way

    2017-02-21T11:30:00Z

    The number and value of construction contracts awarded is rising, with growth in the residential sector especially clear. Michael Dall discusses the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction review

  • A crane
    Features

    Strategic advances?

    2017-02-09T06:00:00Z

    The government’s modern industrial strategy has been welcomed by business groups but are there opportunities for construction to benefit?

  • Prison
    Features

    New prisons: Not much in the swag bag

    2017-02-02T06:00:00Z

    Converting old prisons into housing to fund new prisons in less expensive locations isn’t going according to script

  • Woman
    Features

    Redressing the balance: Women engineers

    2017-01-27T06:00:00Z

    With just 9% of UK engineers women, the sector clearly has a long way to go to achieving a diverse workforce

  • Economic-Construction-Market-Review-January
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    Market review: Contract values fall

    2017-01-26T06:00:00Z

    Despite the vote to leave the European Union, construction output remained healthy in 2016, but the value of contract awards declined over the year

  • 53W53
    Features

    The sky’s the limit

    2017-01-20T06:00:00Z

    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

  • Economic Construction Market Review - December 2016
    Features

    Market review: A bumpy ride

    2017-01-04T11:08:00Z

    The Autumn Statement put its money behind infrastructure projects - but forecasts warn that difficult times lie ahead

  • tape
    Features

    2016 untangled - part two

    2016-12-19T06:00:00Z

    Even people who like surprises are likely to end 2016 wondering if there isn’t something to be said for ‘boring and predictable’. The ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø team reports on the rollercoaster highs and lows of one of the weirdest years on record

  • tape
    Features

    2016 untangled - part one

    2016-12-16T06:00:00Z

    Even people who like surprises are likely to end 2016 wondering if there isn’t something to be said for ‘boring and predictable’. The ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø team reports on the rollercoaster highs and lows of one of the weirdest years on record

  • Economic Construction Market Review - November 2016
    Features

    Market review: Better than expected

    2016-11-29T06:00:00Z

    The economy has lost some momentum since the summer’s Brexit vote, but is doing better than analysts had forecast

  • Pound hidden under cups
    Features

    Contractors' salary survey 2016: All to play for

    2016-11-18T06:00:00Z

    Brexit uncertainty has put a brake on wage inflation among contractors, but the latest salary survey from Hays shows opportunities are still out there

  • Donald Trump
    Features

    What Trump's victory means for construction

    2016-11-09T11:08:00Z

    Back in October we asked industry experts what a Trump victory would mean for UK construction firms, here’s what they said …

  • City skyline at sunset with modern financial center behind, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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    Spain: End of the affair?

    2016-11-03T06:00:00Z

    With Spain’s economy in recovery and its construction industry bouncing back, ties between Spain and the UK have been strengthening. But after the Brexit vote, will the mutually beneficial relationship continue?