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FeaturesHow do we fund the future? How 黑洞社区鈥檚 new initiative will look at options for financing public projects
黑洞社区鈥檚 new Funding the Future campaign kicks off today, looking at how to bridge the gap between what the government wants to build and the money it has to pay for its ambitions. In this first piece, Joey Gardiner explains how a key stream within the campaign will examine the ...
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FeaturesIs a Swiss lift shaft-building robot the future of construction?
In central London, a robot called Emma is being used to make the gruelling job of building lift shafts faster, safer and more precise. Tom Lowe visits the site of Skanska鈥檚 105 Victoria Street to see if the device is all it鈥檚 cracked up to be
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FeaturesCost model: Incorporating sustainability in purpose-built student accommodation
Private investment is driving change, and meeting sustainability demands within strict time, cost and labour limitations is the challenge
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Angela Joseph at Brookfield Properties UK
The firm鈥檚 development director on changing her career path, the importance of collaboration and communication and getting the day off to a good start聽
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FeaturesMax headroom: How floor jacking could give old buildings a new lease of life
Extending the building wasn鈥檛 an option as it is hemmed in above, below and on all four sides
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Features鈥榃e tried and we tried and we very nearly got there鈥�: Osborne鈥檚 finance chief on the company鈥檚 collapse 鈥� and lessons the industry can learn
A year ago, the contractor went into administration after nearly 60 years in business. Pete Duff tells Dave Rogers what happened and what needs to change
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FeaturesOpen Doors: aspiring engineers visit HS2鈥檚 Old Oak Common Station
Students from a Berkshire college got a close-up view of the largest station development in HS2鈥檚 project pipeline as part of Build UK鈥檚 recruitment initiative聽
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FeaturesWhy most new homes are still being built to old standards
Almost two in three new homes are still being built to regulations that applied in 2013, over a year and a half after the end of the transition period for the new part L and other requirements. How has the government got its projections so wrong? Tom ...
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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� Rob Willden, cost manager at Linesight
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this 聽series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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Features鈥業鈥檓 here as a change agent鈥� 鈥� Bam鈥檚 construction boss on Co-op Live, doing the right things and鈥� dealing with snakes
Australian Kim Sides took up the hot seat at the 拢800m contractor a year ago. She tells Dave Rogers how things have gone so far
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Nick Tagliarini at Pexhurst
The firm鈥檚 director on his 23 years helping Pexhurst to grow, why you should not rest on your laurels 鈥� but not take yourself too seriously 鈥� and what happens every time he loses his iPhone
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Features鈥榃e rode out the storm鈥�: Adjaye Associates upbeat after 鈥榳orst year that any architecture firm could have gone through鈥�
Practice makes loss of 拢720,000 after one-off 拢1.4m tax payment but describes drop in revenue as a 鈥渂lip鈥�
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FeaturesMore than a masterplan: the people power behind Earls Court鈥檚 next chapter
Mary Richardson went to meet the team of local people helping to shape the Earls Court redevelopment in west London as part of a wider programme of inclusive community engagement
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FeaturesFrom the archives: 黑洞社区 reviews the Channel tunnel terminals
As the world鈥檚 longest undersea tunnel prepares to open to passengers, 黑洞社区鈥檚 architectural critic is left unimpressed by the 鈥檝ast mechanical jungle鈥� built at Folkestone
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 31: Market update and guidance on Eurocode updates
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life
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FeaturesManchester United wants to build a new stadium. Who would want to do the job?
In these risk-free times, does a 拢2bn stadium and the glare of the media and 鈥榦ne billion fans鈥� really appeal to contractors? Dave Rogers reports
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: How prepared is the water industry for its biggest ever investment programme?
Geraint Jones and Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis examine the priorities and the sector鈥檚 state of readiness
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FeaturesNorman Foster and Manchester United 鈥� a perfect match?
The club is betting on the local lad to create a world-class stadium 鈥� but will ambition and reality align, asks Ben Flatman
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FeaturesIndustrial remix: how Hawkins Brown retuned Wakefield鈥檚 Tileyard North for the creative economy
Source: Hawkins\Brown Tileyard North seen from the north Once derelict and forgotten, Wakefield鈥檚 Rutland Mills has been transformed into a thriving hub for the music industry
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FeaturesWomen in Construction: Monique Suksmaningsih, principal and head of the Singapore studio, Broadway Malyan
This is part of a special report produced in partnership with Gleeds