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Kensington Aldridge Academy - a time lapse

2017-10-27T05:41:00Z

Watch a time lapse video to get a glimpse of how Mace and Portakabin built a school for the Grenfell community in just nine weeks

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Housebuilders' Salary Survey 2017: On the up and up

2017-10-26T05:00:00Z

With fears of a housebuilding downturn in abeyance, skills shortages are helping drive up salaries, especially outside London

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Market review: On the rails

2017-10-24T05:00:00Z

In construction, activity is holding up, partly thanks to a big boost from HS2 contract awards in September

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Lara Poloni: Steady as she goes

2017-10-20T00:29:00Z

As the new boss of Aecom’s EMIA operations, Lara Poloni intends to steer a course through uncertain waters by focusing on the firm’s development role and infrastructure opportunities

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What to specify: Sustainability

2017-10-20T13:08:00Z

An automated waste collection system, circadian lighting to keep body rhythms in summer mode, and a range of solar collectors that harness the absorption properties of slate, are among this week’s products

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Carillion: back to black?

2017-10-19T05:00:00Z

Haemorrhaging both money and management, Carillion’s position evokes that of now-healthy Balfour Beatty three years back. What lessons can it learn from Balfour’s recovery?

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Project: Designer dome - the O2's recreation transformation

2017-10-18T14:16:00Z

The original Millennium Dome’s latest incarnation is as a destination for recreation. Andy Pearson finds out how to build a retail outlet village in a tent

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Lead times: July-September 2017

2017-10-17T14:29:00Z

Companies report being busier, and the lead times of several packages have changed but most have remained level, while little alteration is expected in the next six months

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Farmer Review one year on - how has the industry responded?

2017-10-13T00:16:00Z

A year on from Mark Farmer’s dramatic warning that construction must modernise or die, how has the industry responded to the challenge?

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Party conferences 2017 round-up: home truths

2017-10-12T06:00:00Z

Did last week’s Conservative Party conference do enough to persuade the industry that the government has what it takes to solve the housing crisis?

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Project: North West Cambridge Development

2017-10-11T05:00:00Z

This £1bn development is Cambridge university’s answer to its critical housing shortage. Unusually, the university has taken on the role of developer 

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City focus: Kuala Lumpur

2017-10-10T13:27:00Z

Elisabeth Selk and Girish Ramachandran of Arcadis consider the growth of Kuala Lumpur as an attractive FDI destination and its rapid transformation as Asia’s next major regional hub 

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Housing: the backlash begins

2017-10-06T00:01:00Z

A proposal to bring in an objective calculation of how many homes each council must build is ruffling feathers in Tory heartlands and traditional Labour councils alike. But will a politically fragile government risk pushing through a policy that’s unlikely to do much to boost housing growth?

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Birmingham-Manchester corridor: our trends in the North

2017-10-05T06:00:00Z

As work on HS2 gathers pace, one regional venture aims to capitalise on the potential to build in the Birmingham-Manchester corridor

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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards Project of the Year 2017 shortlist: Part 2

2017-10-04T06:00:00Z

The shortlisted entries for this year’s ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards Project of the Year aspire to the very highest functionality and aesthetics

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What to specify: Healthcare

2017-10-04T06:00:00Z

Colourful walls and glazing to cheer up hospital environments, a secure fencing system for a mental healthcare setting and a web-based key system are among the products featured this week

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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards Project of the Year 2017 shortlist: Part 1

2017-10-03T13:49:00Z

The shortlisted entries for this year’s ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards Project of the Year aspire to the very highest functionality and aesthetics

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Tracker: August 2017

2017-10-03T11:02:00Z

The total activity index rose by four points in August. The R M index fell by a point, staying just inside positive territory 

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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø intelligence: Q2 2017

2017-10-03T10:08:00Z

Although uncertainty continues to mount since the Brexit vote, the private housing sector fared better in the second quarter

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Palace of Westminster: stopping the rot

2017-09-28T07:01:00Z

The creaky old Palace of Westminster is now in a state of dangerous disrepair – but political concerns around the timing of renovation work mean a start date keeps slipping further into the never never.