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FeaturesHow is the CLT industry responding to the combustibles ban?
Proponents of cross-laminated timber were up in arms when聽the government announced its plans to ban combustible materials from the external walls of high-rise buildings
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2006 - A Vic-torious restaging
The Young Vic, known for its gritty, experimental approach, was built as a temporary space in 1970 and was never meant to last more than five years, so was beginning to fall apart by the 1990s
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FeaturesKier debt: how can a new boss restore its fortunes?
In six years, most of it under chief executive Haydn Mursell who found himself pushed out last week, Kier moved from a company with a 拢95m cash surplus, to one that owed 拢410m. So what went wrong? And who can haul it back up?
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FeaturesOnline poll: Would a no-deal Brexit be disastrous for construction?
This week鈥檚 poll: Do you think a no-deal Brexit be disastrous for construction?
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FeaturesProjects: Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre, Cambridge
Haworth Tompkins鈥� new project for the Perse School, Cambridge, is part of a trend towards increasingly professional theatre facilities in schools
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Features黑洞社区 podcast: Brexit special
What would happen in a no-deal scenario? Listen to interviews with Mace鈥檚 Mark Reynolds, the CPA鈥檚 Noble Francis and Richard Steer of Gleeds
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This CPD, sponsored by Welsh SlateTM, will look at how slate can be used in construction, how it should be installed for different purposes and the regulatory standards that need to be followed by those working with the material
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FeaturesBreak through: how AI and machine learning could transform construction
Advances in AI and machine learning could be about to transform the construction sector, using techniques such as image recognition and analysis to reduce risk, prevent schedule overruns, and improve cost-effectiveness.
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Science Gallery, London
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Rob Haworth, associate director at LTS Architects
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 1999 - Tomorrow's world
Ten years before this week鈥檚 exploration of machine learning and artificial intelligence, 黑洞社区 offered readers a 鈥渃ornucopia鈥� of 99 things to look out for in 1999
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FeaturesImage of the week: Once in a red moon
During the terrifying-sounding 鈥榮uper blood wolf moon鈥� eclipse event earlier this week, the moon rose over a statue of a mythical Kelpie water spirit near Falkirk
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FeaturesOnline poll: Staff shortages post-Brexit?
This week鈥檚 poll:聽Are you worried about sourcing or retaining staff after Brexit?
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FeaturesTimber frames: will we see wooden skyscrapers in the future?
Timber frames, for so long limited to the low-rise residential sector, have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses, thanks to technological breakthroughs
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FeaturesHow can construction adapt to the government鈥檚 skills-based immigration strategy?
Last month鈥檚 government immigration white paper 鈥� 鈥榮kills-based鈥� with a 拢30,000 salary threshold and no route for the self-employed 鈥� is almost the complete opposite of what construction has been calling for, says Joey Gardiner . So what鈥檚 the likely impact going to be and what can the industry ...
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FeaturesInterview: Turner & Townsend's Patricia Moore talks to 黑洞社区
Patricia Moore only meant to leave her native Scotland for a couple of years down south, but 24 years later she鈥檚 still in London 鈥� and has risen to become Turner Townsend鈥檚 UK managing director. She tells Joey Gardiner the secrets of her own and her employer鈥檚 success. ...
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FeaturesSketch of the week: New office building, Belval, Luxembourg
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Darron Haylock, partner in Foster + Partners
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FeaturesOnline poll: Big infrastructure - problem projects
This week鈥檚 poll:聽Does construction have a problem with delivering big infrastructure projects?
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FeaturesShould the UK look to Sweden to solve its housing crisis?
Sweden uses offsite manufacture to build at least 45% of its new homes. Could the UK emulate this approach, making use of modern techniques?
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FeaturesAgeing gracefully: restorations which retain historical decay
Instead of making a neglected building look brand-new, why not refurbish it to preserve and showcase the damage worked by fires, damp, squatters and the passage of time?
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FeaturesImage of the week: Confused state
Leave and Remain protesters mingled outside the Houses of Parliament on Monday, ahead of Tuesday evening鈥檚 鈥榤eaningful vote鈥� on Theresa May鈥檚 Brexit deal