All Features articles – Page 186
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Interview: Tim Farron
Leading the Lib Dems may sound like the worst job in politics following the party’s drubbing in last year’s election, but an out-of-sorts Labour sees Tim Farron adopt the role at a time of opportunity
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Occupational health: Fit for purpose
The construction industry has made huge progress on on-site safety in the last 20 years but health conditions have largely been neglected. Are things starting to change?
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Online poll: Sink estates
Will the £140m funding the prime minister has promised be enough to spur the regeneration of 100 of the UK’s worst `sink’ estates? Vote here
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Frampton Park Baptist Church
A long way to heaven: A Baptist church in Hackney, east London, has broken with the archetypes of church design to place community facilities, a cafe, creche and offices at the congregational heart of the building - prayers go on up on the third floor
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ intelligence: Q3 2015
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that total construction output dropped across the quarter, but is marginally up on a year ago
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Tracker: November 2015
The construction activity index drops into negative territory for its third time in 12 months, while most individual regions experience a soft decrease in activity level
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A non-starter?
In a week in which the government announced its intention to ‘directly commission’ up to 13,000 homes, you might think it had begun, finally, to get a grip on housebuilding. But its flagship Starter Homes policy is set to shake up the development industry, causing delays - and fears it ...
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Predictions 2016: What does your future hold?
What lies in wait for construction in 2016? We read the cards on the projects, the politics and the policies set to shape the year ahead – while key industry insiders predict what the major talking points for the next 12 months will be
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This week in 2015
Industry experts are asked to predict what the next 12 months has in store for construction
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Global city focus: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rotterdam’s dramatic skyline highlights its transformation from its blue collar, port city roots to a modern high-rise metropolis connected to the largest harbour in Europe
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Projects for 2016: Heathrow airport
The wrangling over a third runway is one of the longest-running farces in recent British political history
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Projects for 2016: Elbphilharmonie​ Concert Hall
This £617m Herzog de Meuron project was originally costed at less than £60m and scheduled to complete in 2010
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Projects for 2016: Greek National Opera House
With a crippled state apparatus and a national debt standing at almost 180% of GDP, one might be forgiven for thinking that a £500m new opera house might not be uppermost on the Greek government’s mind
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Predictions for 2016: Politics
What are the challenges, key developments and government policies that look set to shape 2016? ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ asked key industry insiders to make a call on what they think will become the major talking points of the next 12 months
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Predictions for 2016: Economy
What are the challenges, key developments and government policies that look set to shape 2016? ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ asked key industry insiders to make a call on what they think will become the major talking points of the next 12 months
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Projects for 2016: Abu Dhabi Louvre
While originally scheduled for 2012, the Louvre’s first museum outside of Paris should be worth the wait
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Projects for 2016: World Trade Center Transportation Hub
With its original cost nearly doubled to £2.3bn, the almost decade-late World Trade Center Transportation Hub will become the world’s most expensive station