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FeaturesLead times: Jan - Mar 2016
After a period of increase due to heavier workloads, lead times seem to be levelling off. But fit-out and finishing trades are still in hot demand
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CommentLow pay? It’s criminal
It is an offence for employers not to pay the National Living Wage. Construction firms will have to examine contractual arrangements
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NewsPractice is here to stay, say Zaha Hadid’s lieutenants
‘She left us at the busiest time ever,’ say Schumacher and Majidi
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NewsFC Barcelona's new Nou Camp plans
Spanish football giant releases images of Nikken Sekkei-designed stadium extension
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NewsHinkley aid could be 'illegal', lawyers claim
Greenpeace-commissioned lawyers allege government support for Hinkley likely to be blocked
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NewsProtect homes from flooding, industry tells Lords
Architects and engineers argue new developments put pressure on overloaded drainage systems and infrastructure
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NewsOsborne considers 'use it or lose it' land crackdown
George Osborne mulls Labour idea to boost housing delivery
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NewsBrexit fears prompt further Experian downgrades
Construction ouput forecasts for next two years
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CommentOnline poll: Crane safety
Are tower cranes in the UK safer now than they were a decade ago, at the time of the Battersea crane collapse? Vote here
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NewsLakehouse founder Rawlings 'not coming back as CEO'
Key shareholder says Steve Rawlings will not be parachuted into the top job after Stuart Black’s resignation
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NewsBonfield Review due next month
Energy savings scheme report carried out by BRE chief expected to focus on consumers
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FeaturesBattersea crane tragedy: After the fall
Ten years after the Battersea crane tragedy, Joey Gardiner talks to the mother of one of the two men killed in the accident and asks if tower cranes are any safer now than they were a decade ago
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CommentHansom: Sports and leisure
It’s kick around time in Qatar, UK housing targets look increasingly unlikely to be met (though one BBC audience member disagrees), and hotels are coming to Earth’s orbit. Plus, a car placed onto a roof for no explicable reason
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CommentA tragedy we cannot afford to forget
The level of complexity involved in the safe operation and maintenance of cranes is underlined by the length of time taken to reach a verdict over the Battersea tragedy
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Mixed-use scheme, Barking
This week’s sketch is by Patrick Spears, architect at bptw partnership
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FeaturesImage of the week: Rising again
A reconstruction of the 2,000-year-old Triumphal Arch of Palmyra in Syria is installed in Trafalgar Square
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CommentGet up-to-speed with BIM
The ECA is providing guidance for firms trying to engage with building information modelling
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CommentLand Registry: Land grab
Two important consultations on how property is registered in this country are currently under way. Can we risk the Land Registry being run by private sector firms?