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FeaturesOnline poll: Innovate, innovate, innovate
This week’s poll: Do we need more innovation in construction?
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NewsKeller takes £57m hit on loss-making operations
Groundworks firm will shed 7% of its workforce following strategic review
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NewsV&A eyes contractor for £25m building at former Olympic media centre
The Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed facility will be located at Here East in Stratford
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NewsAlly Pally architect's profit stays flat
Feilden Clegg Bradley says Brexit continues to dog profession
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FeaturesTesting times: are specialist contractors the answer to construction's innovation woes?
In an industry starved of innovation, specialists are often the pioneers in research and development – and now the government has pledged £170m to help them. But those at the technical forefront still face obstacles.
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NewsSpurs wants Brent to OK plans to up capacity at Wembley
Documents sent to council reveal it wants restrictions on spectator numbers lifted if it’s forced to stay at temporary home for rest of season
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NewsWhitehall asks Interserve to draw up ‘living will’ in case it goes bust
Firm one of key suppliers told to provide back-up plan to avoid repeat of Carillion-style mess earlier this year
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NewsCountryside posts bumper set of numbers
Housebuilder to open £6m offsite manufacturing facility next year
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NewsParagon opens Bristol office
Consultant which merged with Bond Davidson earlier this year says it will begin recruitment drive early next year
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NewsIn pictures: London architect's Dubai arts centre opens
Three-storey building is first of its kind in Gulf
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NewsArcadis and Morgan Sindall JV inks £100m deal with NHS trust
Deal in South-west will last 25 years
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NewsNIC should be given statutory power, says former housing minister
The Raynsford Review, which has been published today, makes 24 recommendations to overhaul the planning system
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NewsMultiplex poaches Laing O'Rourke boss
Andy Butler becomes technical director at 22 Bishopsgate builder
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FeaturesProjects: University of Birmingham's Collaborative Teaching Lab
A new teaching laboratory at Birmingham university takes a pioneering approach to design, applying a collaborative working ethos never before tried in a university setting
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CommentBusiness in well-regulated markets trumps politics. That’s a good thing
As our politicians prepare to cut the UK from its neighbours, the world of commerce continues to march the opposite way – towards ever greater international co-operation
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CommentThe real deal on skills: why we must stop UK construction falling behind
The UK construction sector is in many respects less flexible, less efficient and less innovative than in those countries where sustainable training and employment practices have continued to be supported, says the ECA’s Andrew Eldred
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NewsGalliford Try signs Camden care facility deal
Construction work on the PRP-designed site in Chalk Farm is expected to start in January next year