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FeaturesIs the collapse of Carillion at fault for a recent market slowdown?
Signs are that Carillion’s implosion has triggered a sudden downturn in contract awards. Is the shock liquidation at fault or are wider problems to blame?
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CommentThought for tomorrow: UK transport infrastructure
David Whysall of Turner Townsend imagines a more efficient future for travel
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CommentHansom: Paxman-style tactics
For once I get the chance to use the phrase ‘health and safety gone mad’ justly, gender pay gap figures bring up unsaid questions and Interserve’s chief exec races against time
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NewsWork starts on new Nottingham uni science centre
GF Tomlinson begins expansion of Centre for Biomolecular Sciences
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CommentDue diligence: spotting suppliers on the edge
You may not be directly affected by Carillion’s demise – but perhaps your subcontractors are. Chris Kirby-Turner advises on how to mitigate the risks to your own project
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CommentLegal: Making BIM better
Simon Lewis explains how a new report provides much-needed clarification on the legal issues of BIM
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NewsConstruction boss moved £1m to avoid paying debts
Paul Winskill banned from running companies for eight years
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence: Q4 2017
Construction output in Q4 of 2017 was 1% above that of a year ago, with growth driven by new housing – and private housing proving particularly strong
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FeaturesOnline poll: Gender pay gap
This week’s poll: Is the gender pay gap a wake-up call for companies to recruit more women into construction?
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NewsVaughan apprentices thrown lifeline after firm goes under
M E firm said it had been felled by Carillion’s liquidation
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Bretton Country Park Visitor Centre
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by project architect Ross Perkin of Feilden Fowles
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FeaturesGender pay gap: reader survey
We want to hear from you: women working in construction are worse off than their male colleagues, but is this reflected at your workplace?
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FeaturesSustainability: The London Plan
Clara Bagenal George of Elementa Consulting and Adam Mactavish of Currie Brown review the energy policies in the draft new London Plan and assess their implications for new development
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CommentGender pay gap: The data is bad, so what will you do about it?
Women working for construction firms take home lower average earnings than men - that’s a fact, but one that shouldn’t be tolerated
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NewsGreen light for £35m mixed-use Farringdon scheme
Scheme will include a hotel, offices and retail space
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NewsWomen paid up to a third less than men at big-name firms
Companies with over 250 staff now required to publish differences between what they pay men and women
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NewsAtkins to develop drainage management framework
Details of ‘first of its kind’ scheme will be published this summer