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CommentWork opportunities at home and away
Even if things are looking up here, don’t rule out looking abroad for work
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FeaturesHow real is the construction recovery?
It looks like a recovery, so why isn’t the industry jumping up and down with joy? Building reports on the reality behind the statistics
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CommentHansom: And the livin' is easy
The tranquility of summer days is disturbed by a trouser scandal that has rocked the world of architecture, and the Chinese authorities clamping down on self-build - but happily, there’s a boring story to end on
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CommentHalfway housing
The government has made some welcome decisions over housing but has created a mood of uncertainty over space standards
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FeaturesInterview: Dave Smith, Blacklist Support Group
The blacklisted engineer on his fightback against the industry - and why he also has the unions in his sights
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CommentBuilding equipment from 1950
What was considered cutting edge in the construction industry six decades ago?
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NewsCostain profit falls 80%
Contractor’s pre-tax profit falls to £3.1m over the first half of the year, with firm taking a £3.7m hit on failed bid for May Gurney
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NewsCarillion brings downsizing to an end
Contractor reports half-year profit up 13% and says it has now “largely completed” the downsizing of its UK construction business
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CommentConstruction pipeline: Unprecedented clarity
How the latest data released by the government will help the industry
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NewsWatchdog slams design faults at £200m prison
Report criticises design faults at new £200m HMP Oakwood ‘super prison’
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NewsHousing space standards plan sparks row
Housebuilders say government’s proposal to introduce minimum standards will affect the number of homes built
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FeaturesSomerstown Central Community Hub
A council estate cut in two by a dual carriageway has been reconnected by a community hub spanning the divide
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NewsFirms vie for £37m Birmingham uni library
Exclusive: Sir Robert McAlpline and Carillion are among firms battling it out for Associated Architects-designed library
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FeaturesInternational costs 2013
China, Japan and Australia are the big movers in EC Harris’ annual survey of global construction costs produced with Langdon and Seah. Simon Rawlinson and Magda Skalska-Burgess analyse the trends
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NewsAmey and Lagan win £415m Scottish roads job
Contractors to deliver upgrade to M8, M73 and M74 over the next four years
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News£390m contract haul keeps Balfour Beatty top of league
No movement in top two slots of the contractors league table but new entries dominate Top 10
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CommentMuseum of Liverpool case: What went wrong?
Despite being urged to settle, the architect involved in the Museum of Liverpool case chose not to. Thus follows a cautionary tale about how not to approach a trial
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NewsGovernment shows 'no conviction' in tackling late payment
Chair of cross-party inquiry blasts government for lack of urgency in dealing with the problem
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone seals refinancing deal
Retirement homes developer says it can now press ahead with plans to invest £1.5bn in new developments