All Features articles – Page 109
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A tale of two hospitals: how Carillion's unfinished jobs are shaping up
Among the casualties of Carillion’s collapse were two major new hospital schemes, the Midland Metropolitan and the Royal Liverpool. After lying abandoned for months, work is at last restarting on site – but both are now years behind schedule.
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Online poll: Do you like the Tulip?
This week’s poll: Fosters’ Tulip: fleur du mal or bloomin’ marvel?
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The Tulip: a point of contention
In the forest of tall and quirky structures that is the City of London, it’s beginning to seem that nothing is too bizarre to get built. So why has Fosters’ proposed Tulip prompted such a barrage of opposition? And will it nevertheless gain approval?
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In pictures: Famous observation towers around the world
If the Tulip is ever built, it will enter the rarefied group of high-profile observation towers across the world
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Tracker: January 2019
Activity and new orders are losing momentum overall although the non-residential sector is holding up well
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Image of the week: Cross-eyed
The pedestrian section of the Maastunnel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was converted into a Tunnel of Love this week to celebrate the tunnel’s 77th anniversary, which fell on Valentine’s Day
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Sketch of the week: Eric Parry: Drawing exhibition
This week’s #buildingdoodle is by Eric Parry, founder of Eric Parry Architects
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Cost model: Life sciences buildings
Research methods in the life sciences are developing at an unprecedented rate, so how can our buildings keep up with these developments?
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΢ÃÜȦ podcast: Crossrail crisis, regulating construction, and making the built environment beautiful
Listen on our website here or on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or your preferred podcast app
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This CPD, sponsored by Autodesk, will consider how BIM 360 Design is overcoming the challenges design teams face
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Does construction need a national regulator?
Taming the industry’s out-of-control practices could benefit all levels of the supply chain – but who can make that happen?
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Projects: Xiqu Centre Opera House, Hong Kong
The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera in Hong Kong soars above its constrained site with two theatres suspended above public space, by using some ingenious construction solutions
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From the archive: 2008 - All aboard
Never mind the benefits promised by Crossrail when it’s finally finished, in 2008 Ken Livingstone came up with an idea that could really have transformed Londoners’ lives for the better
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Crossrail delay: what's gone wrong – and why
Already a year behind schedule and with no end in sight, Crossrail is burning £30m a week in cash as it struggles to reach completion – but as yet, no one can say when that might be. Why is the trans-London line causing such pain?
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Futurebuild 2019: Uniting industry to tackle the big issues
Taking place on 05-07 March at ExCeL London, Futurebuild 2019 will tackle the biggest challenges impacting the industry
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Sketch of the week: Hotel in Lake Chapala, Mexico
This week’s #buildingdoodle is by Diego Calderon, director of DF_DC architects
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΢ÃÜȦ podcast: Interserve's woes, London's new symphony hall, and what is your role worth?
This ΢ÃÜȦ podcast includes troubling times for Interserve, London’s £288m symphony hall and this year’s consultants’ salary survey
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Consultants’ salary survey 2019: what is your role worth?
Skills shortages mean salaries in the sector are rising more rapidly than inflation, and more people are looking to move jobs
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Consultants' salary survey 2019: full tables
See full survey results for salaries by region, profession and gradeÂ