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FeaturesWaterproofing finds flow with liquid roofing
Liquid applied waterproofing is becoming an increasingly popular flat-roofing solution for building owners, designers and contractors
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FeaturesWhat works: Helping staff go greener at home
If firms are serious about reducing their carbon footprint, they must consider how their workers behave at home as well as in the office
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Stari Most, Bosnia & Herzegovina
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Paul Mitchell of Paul Mitchell Co
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FeaturesWhat does construction want from the 2020 strategy?
What does the industry want from Whitehall, and how can the government achieve its five-year ambitions of reform?
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FeaturesProjects: Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow
It has got a beauty spa, a wedding reception venue and even a honeymoon suite, but this is not a boutique hotel
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FeaturesLead Times: October - December 2019
There was minimal movement in lead times despite some packages experiencing a change in enquiry levels and workloads
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FeaturesHas the 2016-2020 construction strategy worked?
Have the aims of the current strategy got聽anywhere near to being realised?
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FeaturesThe perilous life of the regional contractor
Construction companies are going bust at the rate of about one聽every 36 hours and regional contractors are under particular strain. Dave Rogers reports on the reasons for their demise 鈥� and what others聽are doing to buck the trend
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FeaturesIn pictures: 245 Hammersmith Road, London
Sheppard Robson鈥檚 sustainable, flexible office scheme casts Hammersmith in new light
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FeaturesSketch of the week: The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by聽experimental architect Lebbeus Woods
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FeaturesUK Hydrographic Office in Somerset: Where wood and water meet
Bringing everything together under one roof was a central aim in creating a new headquarters for the UK Hydrographic Office 鈥� so why not make it the defining feature? Helena Russell reports
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 12: Market update
Costing Steelwork is a series from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork. This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork.
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FeaturesDelivering social value: How to build and give back
Jamie Harris聽talks to experts about the origins of social value 鈥� and where it could be going next
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FeaturesProjects: 7D BIM - The BIM Identity
Could the holy grail of聽BIM-enabled whole-life cost estimation be one step closer?
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FeaturesA taste for the hard stuff: Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 Stewart McIntyre
A year after Laing O鈥橰ourke agreed a crucial 拢177m refinancing deal, the聽man who fought against the odds to make it happen talks to 黑洞社区
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FeaturesWhat works: Role-playing exercises
Arcadis鈥� Greg Bradley explains聽a training technique that has helped his team learn聽to deal quickly with the challenges of working on projects
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FeaturesProjects: The Londoner, Leicester Square
Faced with severe space constraints on the site of the former Odeon cinema in Leicester Square, Edwardian Hotels has built more than half of The Londoner underground
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FeaturesCost model: Birmingham build to rent
Birmingham鈥檚 build-to-rent sector is belatedly taking off
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FeaturesWhy is the Home 黑洞社区 Fund failing to reach small builders?
Despite being the main target of the fund and the ones that need it most, SME housebuilders are struggling to access the聽cash
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FeaturesCaroline Pidgeon: A decade spent scrutinising Crossrail
Caroline Pidgeon knows Crossrail inside out after scrutinising the project for a decade and grilling its key players聽for London鈥檚 transport committee. She speaks to Jordan Marshall about exactly what has gone wrong, why the delay is so frustrating and lessons to be learned