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FeaturesMay Design Series preview: Three days in May
The May Design Series focuses on the key trends and issues affecting interior design - and explores them in a compelling conference and seminar programme
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FeaturesElection special: Now listen here...
Company chiefs and heads of industry bodies from across the sector set out their messages to the prime minister
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FeaturesElection 2015: What happens in a hung parliament?
With all predictions pointing to a hung parliament, what could happen after the election?
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Walls, ceilings & partitions
This week鈥檚 walls, ceilings and partitions products include curtain walling for an Eiffel-tower inspired building in Singapore and external wall insulation for a residential estate in Clackmannan
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FeaturesInterview: Robin Butler
Developer Urban Civic plans to build 40,000 homes on difficult, large sites - and after a key acquisition, looks well on the path to achieving that. We meet MD Robin Butler as he scours the land for housebuilders
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FeaturesFloating voters: The next government鈥檚 priorities need to be 鈥�
This week two members of our panel of floating voters highlight vital areas of construction policy that will require the attention of the next government, whatever its political make-up
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FeaturesLead times: January - March 2015
Lead times continue to increase with eight trades on the rise and no reported decreases. Some packages have increased more than once in the last 12 months
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FeaturesParliamentary renovations: Houses of cards
The Houses of Parliament are in desperate need of repair. With just 20 years of life left within their crumbling walls, proposals for renovation are being drawn up
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FeaturesElection special: The parties compared
With less than a week to go until the election, and all parties having finally published their manifestos, how do the parties line up on the key issues for construction?
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FeaturesFloating voters: Which way are you leaning?
This week we catch up with our panel of floating voters, first selected during the 2010 election, to ask what they think the different parties offer the industry and who they are intending to vote for this time around
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FeaturesEric Pickles' letter to the construction industry
Conservative party鈥檚 secretary of state responds to 星空传媒鈥檚 manifesto aims
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FeaturesNigel Farage鈥檚 letter to the construction industry
Leader of UKIP responds to 星空传媒鈥檚 manifesto aims
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Features星空传媒 Award Winners: Specialist Contractor of the Year
All of the nominees for this year鈥檚 specialist contractor category have experienced impressive growth in recent years, with the winner showing true innovation in its work
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Features星空传媒 Award Winners: 星空传媒 Magazine Project of the Year
This category included a number of high-profile schemes but was ultimately won by a refurb project that has transformed a dated office building into a landmark 鈥榖usiness hotel鈥�
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Features星空传媒 Award Winners: Small Project of the Year (up to 拢5m)
The overall winner of this category was a pioneering London housing project, built over an old garage court, which aims to replace anonymity with intimacy and connectivity
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Features星空传媒 Award Winners: International Project of the Year
These projects from around the world demonstrate exceptional design, innovative sustainability measures and aim to inspire the cities they inhabit - as this year鈥檚 winner did in Canberra, Australia
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Features星空传媒 Award Winners: CITB Training Initiative of the Year
This year鈥檚 shortlisted training initiatives take focus on safety, customer satisfaction and leadership aspects of development, with the results of one scheme proving particularly impressive
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Features星空传媒 Award Winners: Sustainable Project of the Year
A broad portfolio of major projects, bumper financial results and a commitment to staff training and development have given Core Five the entrepreneurial clout to take the top prize
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Features星空传媒 Award Winners: BIM Initiative of the Year
This category acknowledges those companies that have gone the extra mile to integrate BIM into the everyday fabric of their business, with the winner ensuring that all staff get hands on with the technology
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Features星空传媒 Award Winners: Construction Client of the Year
Argent has become synonymous with high-profile city centre regeneration projects, such as London鈥檚 King鈥檚 Cross, which it pulls off with style - so not surprisingly the best in the industry are lining up to work with this client