Liverpool Central Library: The "wow factor"

Austin-Smith:Lord’s £50m refurbishment of Liverpool Central Library is a compelling read

Shopping in the seventies

17 May 13

What was the new retail phenomenon in 1970?

Country focus: Burma

YK Ang from Langdon & Seah Thailand reports on the construction opportunities as Burma emerges from the international wilderness

CPD 10: Specifying steel lintels

The latest in our series of CPD modules focuses on the types of steel lintel that can be used over doors and windows and the most important considerations for specifiers. This module is sponsored by Catnic

Priority Schools Building Programme: 10 key questions answered

17 May 13

The current state of play with the government’s controversial programme

Timelapse video of Freedom Tower spire installation

17 May 13

The spire in installed on top of New York’s Freedom Tower, making it the tallest building in the Western hemisphere

In focus: Lend Lease

17 May 13

In the first of five quick fire guides to big changes at major contractors, we look at latest shake-up at Lend Lease

Free Building White Papers available now

17 May 13

We’re offering four White Papers for free for the next week. Download them now

Vote for the greatest UK construction achievement in 170 years

17 May 13

Here are six contenders, vote for the one that deserves the accolade - or nominate a project of your choice

PF2: Vote of no confidence

17 May 2013

Is the government about to ditch PF2 before it’s even been tested?

Every little store helps

17 May 13

Tesco’s £804m writedown signals a big change for the formerly flourishing supermarket sector. Can the emerging convenience store boom make up for the loss of the out-of-town giant? Adam Branson investigates

Interview: Killian Hurley, Mount Anvil

15 May 13

Mount Anvil’s chairman reveals how the housebuilder beat the recession

Sign of the times

17 May 13

Emcor’s decision to pull out of UK construction is a worrying development

BIM: Cultural shift

14 May 13

A survey by RICS shows that nearly half of the sector is still not using BIM. We must work to overcome the barrriers to engagement, says Alan Muse

A moving experience

17 May 2013

Why wasn’t construction at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Global Grand Challenges Summit?

BCO Conference, Day Two: Fortune favours the brave

17 May 13

Alinea Consulting’s Iain Parker gives his impression of the British Council for Office’s annual conference in Madrid

Dulux Trade Awards 2012

Contractor painters that go the extra mile have been rewarded by Dulux Trade