More Focus – Page 67
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FeaturesTracker: January 2019
Activity and new orders are losing momentum overall although the non-residential sector is holding up well
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FeaturesCost model: Life sciences buildings
Research methods in the life sciences are developing at an unprecedented rate, so how can our buildings keep up with these developments?
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FeaturesDoes construction need a national regulator?
Taming the industry’s out-of-control practices could benefit all levels of the supply chain – but who can make that happen?
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FeaturesProjects: Xiqu Centre Opera House, Hong Kong
The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera in Hong Kong soars above its constrained site with two theatres suspended above public space, by using some ingenious construction solutions
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FeaturesCrossrail delay: what's gone wrong – and why
Already a year behind schedule and with no end in sight, Crossrail is burning £30m a week in cash as it struggles to reach completion – but as yet, no one can say when that might be. Why is the trans-London line causing such pain?
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FeaturesMarket forecast Q4 2018: Losing confidence
Tender prices in the year to Q4 kept climbing in the wake of rising building costs, as construction output rebounded in Q3 – but new orders dropped
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FeaturesProjects: London's new £288m Centre for Music
London is set to gain a new world-class symphony hall – but will the planned £288m Centre for Music face the battles and delays that dog so many major cultural projects?
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FeaturesInterserve: will its latest rescue plan save the struggling contractor?
With its largest shareholder planning to revolt against its latest rescue plan, what hope is there that Interserve will survive?
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FeaturesAre stressed contractors returning to suicide bidding to procure work?
The Brexit deadline is just seven weeks away – and still, nothing is any clearer. As tension rises, schemes are frozen and insolvencies increase, stressed contractors may turn to the bad old practice of bidding low just to keep things moving.
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FeaturesWorking abroad in construction: what should you know before you make the move?
Professionals who have relocated for work give practical tips for anyone contemplating doing the same
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FeaturesWorking abroad in construction: part two
Read more profiles of construction professionals who have made the move away from the UK
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FeaturesWorking abroad in construction: the employer's perspective
Building also spoke with David Carey at Turner Townsend, who supports the firm’s staff making overseas transfers, to find out about the employer’s role. What support should the employers give, and which areas are better left for the individual to sort?
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FeaturesIs the future of HS2 at risk?
This is a crucial year for HS2. As it waits for the government to give the signal to proceed in earnest, there are fears that rising costs could derail the project
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FeaturesHow Liverpool One is bucking the trend in the retail sector
With the British high street in the doldrums, Ike Ijeh revisits Liverpool One which, 10 years after it first opened, is attracting 30 million visitors each year
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FeaturesLead times: October - December 2018
The past quarter has again shown little movement, however, growing uncertainty over Brexit means this steadiness could soon change
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FeaturesCosting steelwork January 2019: Market update
This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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FeaturesTracker: December 2018
Total activity continued to strengthen, with R M showing a big recovery after last month’s fall. Orders rose in all sectors if more slowly in civils, while housing led the rise in tender enquiries
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FeaturesHow is the CLT industry responding to the combustibles ban?
Proponents of cross-laminated timber were up in arms when the government announced its plans to ban combustible materials from the external walls of high-rise buildings
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FeaturesCLT: One minute briefing
What is CLT? Why use it? How is CLT different to standard timber frames?
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FeaturesKier debt: how can a new boss restore its fortunes?
In six years, most of it under chief executive Haydn Mursell who found himself pushed out last week, Kier moved from a company with a £95m cash surplus, to one that owed £410m. So what went wrong? And who can haul it back up?