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Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards 2017: International Project of the Year
The Oslo Airport Extension increased its capacity from 19 million to 30 million passengers a year
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards 2017: Major Contractor of the Year (over £300m)
Graham Construction’s pre-tax profit grew by 49% while it worked on major projects
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards 2017: Housing Project of the Year
Carrowbreck Meadow proves Passivhaus can still be achieved with a rustic architecture within a rural setting
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards 2017: Product Innovation of the Year
Leica Geosystems has made scanning ’easy and accessible’ to people at every level
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What to specify: Roofing
A lightweight cladding system that uses natural clay tiles, walkable large-span glass roofing and a slate tiled system for conservatory roofs are among this week’s featured products
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards 2017: Engineering Consultant of the Year
WSP’s pre-tax profit increased by 227% and it is a leader on the environmental agenda
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards 2017: Architectural Practice of the Year
JTP increased turnover in the face of Brexit and came third in Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s Good Employer Guide 2016
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards 2017: Construction Consultant / Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over)
Ridge and Partners has worked on a range of impressive projects including a £330m Proton Beam Therapy developmentÂ
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards 2017: Construction Consultant / Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff)
Alinea’s income has grown by 28% to £10.5m in the last year
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards 2017: in pictures
This year’s Ðǿմ«Ã½ Awards 2017 welcomed a full house to the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Here’s a snapshot of the evening
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Budget 2017 preview: Something's gotta give
As the chancellor gears up for the Autumn Budget, he is under pressure to ease austerity, potentially taking the focus away from big-ticket construction projects. David Blackman reports on what the industry wants from the Budget versus what it is likely to see
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BIM survey 2017: Model answers
Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s annual BIM survey shows a growing gap between those embracing its potential and those still holding back. After a spike in interest coincided with last year’s BIM Level 2 mandate, take-up has slipped. But, Debika Ray reports, experts remain convinced that digitisation will continue apace
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Construction 4.0: where are we now?
From drones that do site inspections, to exoskeletons that save construction workers from back injury, to algorithms that crunch building codes to churn out thousands of design variants, artificial intelligence is ushering in a fourth revolution in construction.
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Cost model: Office fit-out
Office occupiers and their employees are demanding space that supports new, more efficient ways of working, with a range of environments within a building tailored to different activities. What are the implications for workplace design and fit-out? Martin Kellett and Nicola Gillen of Aecom explain
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Interserve counting the cost of energy-from-waste exit: where did it go wrong?
Interserve has admitted that the cost of quitting the energy-from-waste sector would cost it close to £200m. How on earth did it get into this mess?
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A clean, green fighting machine?
The government has revived its interest in green construction, which had been taken firmly off the agenda. But is this strategy a lot of hot air?
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Tracker: September 2017
The total activity index stayed steady at its highest level since the referendum, with civil engineering growing especially fast
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Projects: Bloomberg HQ, London
Foster + Partners’ HQ for Bloomberg breaks with tradition for City of London buildings by respecting the architectural context of its surroundings
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Projects: Grenfell - how to build a school in nine weeks
At the base of Grenfell Tower sits a state-of-the-art secondary school – now lying empty. The Education and Skills Funding Agency had a single summer to find 960 pupils a temporary new home