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FeaturesAnalysis: the rise of the mid-rise
Dame Judith Hackitt鈥檚 review into fire safety 鈥� prompted by the Grenfell disaster 鈥� will have consequences for every aspect of how we build homes. Many of the potential changes will favour the medium-sized building
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Maintaining margins
Technically the construction industry is in a recession, but many firms continue to report stable activity levels for now
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FeaturesProjects: Built by gaslight
An eagerly awaited luxury housing development at King鈥檚 Cross has an unusual exterior 鈥� three Victorian gasholders frame the structures
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FeaturesOnline poll: Financing the NHS
This week鈥檚 poll:聽Is there still a place for private finance in the NHS?聽
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Watford Museum
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch of Watford Museum is by John Puttick of John Puttick Associates
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FeaturesHealth check
The government鈥檚 new PPP, Project Phoenix, was hailed as the NHS鈥� big hope, bringing much-needed cash to the ailing healthcare estate. Nearly a year on, have any hospitals been fixed up yet? And what are the other prospects for desperately needed additional funding?
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FeaturesLead times: October-December 2017
Our previous look at lead times back in September forecast little alteration, but as it turned out there were no changes at all over the subsequent three months
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Features鈥楾his was a house of cards that could fall down at any moment鈥�
Invited by MPs this week to explain how the construction and FM giant collapsed so聽precipitously, the firm鈥檚 former bosses聽revealed something of the mess they got聽themselves into
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FeaturesProjects: Pane management - the restoration of the Temperate House at Kew
The Temperate House at Kew, the world鈥檚 largest Victorian greenhouse, is about to emerge from a painstaking 鈥� and at times nerve-racking 鈥� restoration
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Faith Schools Joint Campus, Glasgow
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by John Russell at BDP鈥檚 Glasgow studio
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FeaturesTracker: December 2017
Little growth was in evidence as most indices stayed steady or contracted, while all sectors experienced less work in hand
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FeaturesCPD 3 2018: Steel and fire protection
This CPD, sponsored by Steel for Life, provides an overview of the performance of steel in fire, including key standards and fire resistance periods
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FeaturesOnline poll: Westminster works
This week鈥檚 poll:聽Should MPs move out of the Palace of Westminster to allow essential works to carried out?聽
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FeaturesChanging track
Clients, architects and contractors all view construction projects very differently. But does that perspective change when you cross over to a different part of the industry?
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FeaturesProjects: Raiders of the lost car park
Multi-storey car parks may not traditionally have been seen as desirable real estate,聽but a lucky few are聽being repurposed as everything from luxury hotels to micro-flats
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FeaturesLooking back to 2005
This week鈥檚 archive piece looks back at brutalist parking blocks, 鈥渕onstrosities鈥�, and a Michael Caine-inspired script starring a besuited architect
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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