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FeaturesMarket forecast: Still on the up
The trend continues for rising optimism and workload, though materials costs and wage rates are also increasing, while market uncertainty may have some surprises to pull, says Michael Hubbard of Aecom
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FeaturesBrexit: What we really really want
When 黑洞社区 launched its 黑洞社区 A Better Brexit campaign at the start of the year, we promised a reader survey to find out what the industry wanted the government to take into its negotiations with the EU
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黑洞社区's Brexit survey results in full
View the full results from over 2,000 readers who took part in our survey to find out the Brexit deal construction needs
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Youth zone
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by John Puttick of John Puttick Associates
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FeaturesImage of the week: Picturing resistance
A Zaha Hadid painting is displayed in New York in MoMA protest against Trump鈥檚 travel ban
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FeaturesStrategic advances?
The government鈥檚 modern industrial strategy has been welcomed by business groups but are there opportunities for construction to benefit?
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FeaturesA question of priorities
The government鈥檚 flagship programme to regenerate the schools estate has just seen the start of its second phase. Ike Ijeh assesses what the Priority School 黑洞社区 Programme has offered pupils and the construction industry so far
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Education
There鈥檚 lots to learn this week about the new products for schools and universities, from hard landscaping for a primary school to Portakabin modules and floor screed
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FeaturesLead times: October - December 2016
Lead times have changed for only two packages - the lowest level of change recorded in the last decade. But many packages are reporting difficulty in getting qualified or experienced staff, reports Brian Moone of Mace
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FeaturesCPD 1 2017: Living walls
A living wall incorporates vegetation into facades or other internal or external walls. This CPD, sponsored by ANS Global, will examine the benefits and the key design considerations
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FeaturesImage of the week: Magic lanterns
Tourists visit the 38th Baotu Spring Lantern Festival to celebrate the Chinese new year
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FeaturesHell or high water
The North-west may have been spared flooding so far this winter, but the occurence and severity of the region鈥檚 floods is steadily increasing
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Hotel design
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Ewen Miller, managing director at Calderpeel Architects
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FeaturesNew prisons: Not much in the swag bag
Converting old prisons into housing to fund new prisons in less expensive locations isn鈥檛 going according to script
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FeaturesTracker: December 2016
In the final month of last year there was growth in the total activity index due to improvements in the non-residential and the civil engineering sectors
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Private villa
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Scott Boote, an associate at Webb Yates Engineers
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FeaturesImage of the week: Higher authority
Campaigner Gina Miller speaks outside the Supreme Court, after Britain鈥檚 most senior judges ruled Theresa May cannot trigger the Brexit process without consulting parliament