All Features articles – Page 123
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Sketch of the week: Arena Central masterplan, Birmingham
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Ken Shuttleworth, founder of Make Architects
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Online poll: Underbidding for work
This week’s poll: Will Carillion’s fate stop other contractors underbidding for work?
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Analysis: RIP PFI?
Reports of the death of PFI may have been exaggerated, but there’s no question it’s been ailing for a long while. Is Carillion’s collapse the last nail in its coffin? And if so, what’s going to replace it?
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70 St Mary Axe - ahead of the curve
The distinctive sloping roof of 70 St Mary Axe has earned it the nickname ‘The Can of Ham’. But to fulfil the demands of the build programme, Mace has had to adopt ultra-efficient methods that think outside the box
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Analysis: Fine margins
Carillion’s collapse is easy to dismiss as a one-off case of mismanagement. But what it also reveals is how hard it is to keep a healthy balance sheet in an industry with wafer-thin margins. Is it time to blame the system
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Sketch of the week: Riverside Stand at Fulham Football Club, London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by architecture and design firm Populous
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Consultants' salary survey 2018: It's not all about the money
The opposing forces of opportunity and uncertainty are keeping construction salaries in balance. And while employers are no longer offering skilled professionals mega pay rises, they are refining non-financial benefits.
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Analysis: the rise of the mid-rise
Dame Judith Hackitt’s review into fire safety – prompted by the Grenfell disaster – will have consequences for every aspect of how we build homes. Many of the potential changes will favour the medium-sized building
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Market forecast: Maintaining margins
Technically the construction industry is in a recession, but many firms continue to report stable activity levels for now
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Projects: Built by gaslight
An eagerly awaited luxury housing development at King’s Cross has an unusual exterior – three Victorian gasholders frame the structures
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Online poll: Financing the NHS
This week’s poll: Is there still a place for private finance in the NHS?
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Sketch of the week: Watford Museum
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch of Watford Museum is by John Puttick of John Puttick Associates
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Health check
The government’s new PPP, Project Phoenix, was hailed as the NHS’ big hope, bringing much-needed cash to the ailing healthcare estate. Nearly a year on, have any hospitals been fixed up yet? And what are the other prospects for desperately needed additional funding?
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Lead times: October-December 2017
Our previous look at lead times back in September forecast little alteration, but as it turned out there were no changes at all over the subsequent three months
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‘This was a house of cards that could fall down at any moment’
Invited by MPs this week to explain how the construction and FM giant collapsed so precipitously, the firm’s former bosses revealed something of the mess they got themselves into