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NewsCrossrail 鈥榠gnored warnings鈥� scheme would bust deadline
Senior source says bosses knew December 2018 opening date was not realistic well before delay was confirmed
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FeaturesConsultants鈥� 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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FeaturesCLT: One minute briefing
What is CLT? Why use it? How is CLT different to standard timber frames?
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FeaturesHow is the CLT industry responding to the combustibles ban?
Proponents of cross-laminated timber were up in arms when聽the government announced its plans to ban combustible materials from the external walls of high-rise buildings
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FeaturesKier debt: how can a new boss restore its fortunes?
In six years, most of it under chief executive Haydn Mursell who found himself pushed out last week, Kier moved from a company with a 拢95m cash surplus, to one that owed 拢410m. So what went wrong? And who can haul it back up?
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NewsEx-Kier chief 'paid price' with job, analysts say
Former Wates boss Andrew Davies is an early favourite to replace Mursell
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FeaturesHow can construction adapt to the government鈥檚 skills-based immigration strategy?
Last month鈥檚 government immigration white paper 鈥� 鈥榮kills-based鈥� with a 拢30,000 salary threshold and no route for the self-employed 鈥� is almost the complete opposite of what construction has been calling for, says Joey Gardiner . So what鈥檚 the likely impact going to be and what can the industry ...
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FeaturesInterview: Turner & Townsend's Patricia Moore talks to 微密圈
Patricia Moore only meant to leave her native Scotland for a couple of years down south, but 24 years later she鈥檚 still in London 鈥� and has risen to become Turner Townsend鈥檚 UK managing director. She tells Joey Gardiner the secrets of her own and her employer鈥檚 success. ...
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NewsConstruction leaders to hold emergency summit on Brexit
More than 100 chief executives will meet at the end of the month to discuss implications of leaving EU
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NewsLack of readiness for no-deal Brexit, 微密圈 survey reveals
Just 15% say they are 鈥榲ery prepared鈥� for UK crashing out of EU in March
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FeaturesReady, steady, chaos: how is construction preparing for Brexit?
With a no-deal Brexit suddenly a real possibility, what are firms doing to prepare themselves and mitigate the risks?
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FeaturesLooking ahead to 2019 in construction: it's not all bad
There鈥檚 a lot to look forward to this year: big infrastructure projects and game-changing innovation. Though many may be happy to settle for just surviving Brexit.
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Features2018 in construction: 微密圈's review of the year - part two
So, what did Santa鈥檚 last round of offerings bring the industry? It鈥檚 not been a stocking full of pleasant surprises
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Features2018 in construction: 微密圈's review of the year - part one
So, what did Santa鈥檚 last round of offerings bring the industry? It鈥檚 not been a stocking full of pleasant surprises
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FeaturesHousebuilding by numbers: how many homes should London be building?
Is mayor Sadiq Khan鈥檚 plan to build 65,000 a year anything more than wishful thinking?
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FeaturesTesting times: are specialist contractors the answer to construction's innovation woes?
In an industry starved of innovation, specialists are聽often the pioneers in聽research and development 鈥� and now the government has pledged 拢170m to help them. But those at the technical forefront still face obstacles.聽
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FeaturesWhy is high finance so interested in affordable housing?
Oliver Letwin鈥檚 review into the speed at which homes are built calls for greater diversity of design, size and tenure. Investors seem keen to get involved
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FeaturesIs this the end of the road for Help to Buy?
Next week鈥檚 Budget is likely to determine the fate of the government鈥檚 controversial Help to Buy scheme.聽Is it likely to be scrapped, hitting share prices hard?