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FeaturesRepairing the urban fabric: How a historic city block was reinstated in Marylebone village
Marylebone Square is a mixed-use development that has breathed new life into a long-vacant site in the centre of London. Ben Flatman traces its evolution
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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� Shreya Aneja, architectural designer at White Arkitekter
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this 聽series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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FeaturesUpdated National Planning Policy Framework explained
The government鈥檚 proposed changes to national planning policy saw just a few tweaks from the draft set out in the summer. Daniel Gayne looks at what has stayed and what has been changed
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: The full table
Full sortable data from 星空传媒鈥檚 ranking of the top 150 contractors and housebuilders in the UK
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Crunching the data
Beneath the headline rankings of the top 150 contracting and housebuilding firms in the sector, there are more complex stories to tell based on turnover, profit and margins. Here we unpack the figures in more detail
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Improving prospects or more of the same? Contractors keep eyes peeled for signs of optimism
Contractors hope to see more work get off the ground, but familiar problems provide a nervous backdrop
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Searching for silver linings in gloomy year for housebuilders
A year of uncertainty and malaise in the housing sector has seen income and profit plunge across this year鈥檚 Top 50 rankings.聽Daniel Gayne looks for silver linings in a gloomy year
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Top 20 Contractors
星空传媒鈥檚聽ranking of the Top 20 contractors by turnover
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Top 50 Housebuilders
星空传媒鈥檚聽ranking of the Top 20 contractors by turnover
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2024: Top 20 FM/Services firms
星空传媒鈥檚聽ranking of the Top 20 facilities management and services firms聽by turnover
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FeaturesAngela Rayner: a secretary of state on a mission, but has she won over the industry?
In a hurry to get on with things, Labour鈥檚 minister in charge of聽housing, communities and local government聽looks like she might dodge the fallout from the Budget that is blunting industry optimism
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FeaturesThe resurrection of Notre Dame: inside the restored cathedral in pictures
Explore the intricate restoration of the cathedral in Paris, where centuries-old craftsmanship meets contemporary design
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FeaturesIs an oversupply of architects driving down fees?
A recent downturn in construction has left architecture practices competing for dwindling work. But do longer-term structural issues underlie this situation?
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FeaturesDownfall of ISG: how and why it collapsed
Report by administrator EY says firm was set to post after tax losses of 拢133m while would-be buyer eventually offered 拢1 for business
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FeaturesMy route into construction 鈥� Amy Laycock, construction manager at BW: Workplace Experts
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles 鈥� but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this 聽series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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FeaturesCost model: What solutions are there for low embodied carbon office fit-outs?
Office fit-outs score poorly on whole-life emissions, because short tenancies lead to repeated refitting.聽Aecom鈥檚 Lauren Lemcke, Danielle Rowley and Dave Cheshire report on new solutions
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FeaturesOpen Doors: inspiring school students with a site tour around Wood Wharf
Last week, students and construction professionals gathered on the top floor of a glassy office building in Canary Wharf to discuss routes into the industry and take a close-up look at a major construction site
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FeaturesHow a Victorian hospital became a forward-focused university department
When the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh moved to a new site on the edge of the city, the old hospital was left to rot because of its uncompromising layout. Two decades later it has been reinvented as the Edinburgh Futures Institute, an educational initative which seeks to help solve the ...
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FeaturesBest foot forward: the former Army brigadier plotting Sir Robert McAlpine鈥檚 return to defence work
Mike Hickson spent 30 years in the military. He hopes his experience will help the contractor get a bridgehead in the sector, he tells Dave Rogers
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FeaturesThe industry should be grateful John Prescott stepped up on health and safety. Because somebody had to
The former deputy prime minister, whose death was announced this morning, forced construction to realise that things couldn鈥檛 go on as they were