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FeaturesBarts Square: a bold piece of history in the making
Barts Square is a mixed-use development in the City of London that features modern and traditional styles wholly in keeping with surroundings that date back a thousand years. It is almost as if it has always been there
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FeaturesRunning on empty: whatever happened to the Nightingales?
The Nightingale hospitals, built in record time, were a proud moment for construction. But with patient numbers overwhelming the NHS, Elizabeth Hopkirk asks why they never fulfilled their original promise
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FeaturesRethinking Design: what’s the word on the street with retail?
With the impact of the pandemic expected to last for years, retailers and shoppers will be adjusting to changes long after covid has been contained. Sector experts talk about what we can expect
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FeaturesProjects of 2020: Blood, sweat and tears
2020 had its fair share of controversial projects but it also offered up some gems. We look back over quite a year…
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FeaturesReview of 2020: Winners, losers and obituaries
We pick out who had the best of years and who had the worst of years in 2020. Plus, some sad goodbyes to industry greats who left us forever
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FeaturesReview of 2020: Top people, in more ways than one
Despite the pandemic, the year some some top people switch roles. And across the industry at all levels, construction did its bit to help out in the crisis
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FeaturesReview of 2020: A changing political landscape
Brexit was quickly eclipsed by the meteor of covid, which hit construction hard – until the government decided to build its way out of trouble. Meanwhile, building safety remained at the fore as the Grenfell Inquiry continued
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FeaturesThe Old Admiralty Building: back in Her Majesty’s service
Elizabeth Hopkirk tells the story behind the £60m refurbishment of Whitehall’s Old Admiralty Building
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FeaturesReview of 2020: Planning shake-ups and infrastructure delays
The government faced resistance to its attempts to tackle the housing shortage through planning changes, while its headline infrastructure schemes, HS2 and Crossrail, were also held up
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FeaturesReview of 2020: The covid year
It has been a year dominated by a single theme, but 2020 had its plus points …
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FeaturesGrenfell Inquiry explainer: How rival insulation firms covered up fire-safety data
As the inquiry is halted until 11 January, because of a covid-19 positive and Christmas holidays, we revisit the evidence that has emerged so far in the second module of the hearing, which has put the spotlight on product manufacturers
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FeaturesResidential market survey: Housebuilders' hopes and fears for 2021
The housing sector is blessed with a mini-boom - if you believe the hype - but new data reveals not all residential firms are bullish about their resilience to covid or their prospects next year
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FeaturesCountdown to zero: how can the UK meet its 2050 carbon targets?
To have any chance of getting to net zero carbon by 2050, huge efforts will have to be made in reducing emissions from the built environment. Thomas Lane reports on the industry’s response to the challenge
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FeaturesInfrastructure for active travel
The pandemic has led to accelerated investment in the infrastructure required for active travel to engineer daily exercise back into our lives
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FeaturesRethinking Design: offices evolve beyond the 9 to 5
Covid-19 may have emptied our cities during 2020 and changed the way some staff do their jobs for ever, but reports of the death of the office are premature. Continuing our series on rethinking design in the wake of the pandemic, how office design is adapting to create spaces people ...
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FeaturesMarket forecast: A slow recovery
Construction output and sentiment have regained much ground after their collapse amid the initial lockdown, but ongoing uncertainty means recovery is wobbly
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FeaturesHow the Grange University Hospital opened four months early
Using design for manufacture and assembly, Laing O’Rourke has delivered a major new hospital in Wales under budget and four months early – no wonder the government is looking to use it as a model for its hospital building programme. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesRethinking Design: How the pandemic transformed healthcare
In the second in our series on rethinking building design in the wake of the pandemic, Jordan Marshall reports on a booming healthcare sector and the government’s ambitious health infrastructure plans
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2020: CEO of the Year
Read about the winner and shortlisted entries for this year’s CEO of the Year category
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2020: Digital Construction Award
Read about the winner and shortlisted entries for this year’s Digital Construction Award