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Gleeds the latest firm to rip into government's handling of Brexit

2018-10-18T06:00:00+01:00By Dave Rogers and Will Ing2 comments

’You’ve cost us money,’ consultant’s chairman tells business secretary

Osborne flags up EU labour worries as it posts bumper profits

2018-10-18T06:00:00+01:00By Dave Rogers

Contractor turns in record figure but sounds Brexit alarm

Workloads grow but so do worries about economy, say RICS

2018-10-18T06:00:00+01:00By Will Ing

Surveyees report deteriorating credit conditions

Keltbray and City University team up on foundations research

2018-10-18T06:00:00+01:00By Hamish Champ

Pair expect fruits of their labours to enter the market within two years

Aecom joins government heat network consortium

2018-10-18T06:00:00+01:00By Will Ing

Firm to help implement £320m government investment in district heating

Building directors spearhead salary spike at housebuilders

2018-10-17T06:00:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner, Dave Rogers

Demand forces up salaries in homes sector, with firms suffering a ‘merry-go-round’ of staff poaching

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Focus

Housebuilders' Salary Survey 2018: While the sun shines

2018-10-18T06:00:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner

How much are roles paid at housebuilders in 2018?

Comment

Housebuilders' salaries are healthy - but is the market as rosy as it looks?

2018-10-18T06:00:00+01:00By Chloë McCulloch

Despite soaring salaries in the housebuilding sector, there’s an air of nervousness that the government will burst the bubble by scrapping its Help to Buy scheme

Focus

What impact will driverless cars have on our future buildings?
2018-10-17T06:00:00+01:00By Ike Ijeh
How will electric-powered private-hire driverless cars change the way in which we design buildings and utilise land?
Will driverless cars change our urban environment as we know it?
2018-10-16T06:00:00+01:00By Ike Ijeh
Do electric-powered private-hire driverless cars represent the biggest opportunity to redesign our urban environment since the invention of the motor car itself?
Lead times: July-September 2018
2018-10-15T12:19:00+01:00By Brian Moone
With workload and enquiries remaining level, lead times stayed steady for all except two packages – both were driven higher by pressure on design and manufacturing resources

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News in pictures

Leeds mixed-use scheme gets green light

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Damien Hirst London HQ begins in earnest

Image of the week: The fallen

Sketch of the week: Crown Inn, Stockport

Giant sculpture planned for Newcastle big wheel scheme

HS2 Curzon Street station - Grimshaws (4)

In pictures: what HS2's Birmingham and Solihull stations will look like

Leeds mixed-use scheme gets green light
Damien Hirst London HQ begins in earnest
Image of the week: The fallen
Sketch of the week: Crown Inn, Stockport
Giant sculpture planned for Newcastle big wheel scheme
In pictures: what HS2's Birmingham and Solihull stations will look like

Housing Today's 2019 launch: Tell us what you want

Building Without Borders

Building without borders: support our campaign

2018-08-24T09:33:00+01:00

Please register your support for our campaign– and make your voice heard

Long reads

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Combustible materials ban: what would it mean?

Top 150 Consultants 2018 - league table

Modular construction: Along the right lines?

Deal or no deal : construction’s post-Brexit future hangs in the balance

Combustible materials ban: what would it mean?
Top 150 Consultants 2018 - league table
Modular construction: Along the right lines?
Deal or no deal : construction’s post-Brexit future hangs in the balance

Communities

Legal: a matter of principle

2018-10-18T06:00:00+01:00By Lindy Patterson

Lindy Patterson on how even if the employer is partly responsible for a delay in completion, the contractor may be liable for liquidated damages

Preparing for the new dawn

2018-10-17T10:24:00+01:00By Ann Bentley

As we head towards Brexit, the Construction Leadership Council continues to build foundations to ensure stability and robustness in the industry

Reading into the student accommodation sector: strong steps forward

2018-10-15T06:00:00+01:00By Daniel Halstead

Brexit looms large on the horizon across all sectors, but the fundamentals of the student sector would appear to remain solid

Securing our future – how to fix the pension system

2018-10-12T06:00:00+01:00By Colin Harding

The UK pension systems is broken – expensive and benefiting only the largest companies and public sector employees. Colin Harding suggests how to change that

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Buildings

The Gantry: London's new 'home for making'

2018-10-10T06:00:00+01:00By Ike Ijeh

What might have become a dull business park on the site of London’s 2012 Olympics in Stratford is now a hub for artists and makers

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Latest CPD

Peace of mind below ground

2018-10-08T09:10:00+01:00Sponsored by GCP Applied Technologies

Interviews

"There's really social fabric at stake here" - Autodesk's Anagnost on modular, BIM, and the future of construction

2018-09-24T11:35:00+01:00By Jamie Harris1 comments

Andrew Anagnost, CEO at Autodesk, on the rise of automated decision making and how we need to give the next generation the opportunity to do things differently

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