Construction Features
Special feature: Roads & Bridges
A special feature about Roads & Bridges from The Construction Index
Special feature: Concrete
Tarmac overcomes logistical challenge to deliver on Ordsall Chord
Special feature: Scaffolding & Access
System scaffold gives Big Ben the once-over and special goods hoist gives Canary Wharf a lift
Special feature: Safety
Technology is no panacea, but here are three ways in which it can make construction safer
Special feature: Attachments
Investment in specialist attachments has taken a waste company into demolition. Meanwhile a piling firm has launched a dedicated attachments division
Special feature: Plant Hire
New plant hire firms find their footing, LED light towers have a bright future and why “diesel is still king”.
Special feature: Building Information Modelling
BIM has been the ‘next big thing’ for several years now. But has it really delivered any benefits yet?
Special feature: Recruitment & Training
CITB decides it's time to rethink its role in the industry. And are we succeeding in attracting more women to construction?
Special features: Earthmoving
Shifting the earth on England’s biggest road project and standing by for the first HS2 muckshifting packages
Special Feature: The decline and fall of Carillion
Phil Bishop pieces together the story of the biggest corporate failure in UK construction history.
Special feature: Cladding
Clever cladding – from Lafarge Holcim’s photo-voltaic concrete to re-roofing Leicester University’s famous engineering building
Selected features:: Archived stories
Why ‘mega-projects’ fail; see-through wood; building the Met Office’s new super-computer; Crossrail’s fit-out phase – and more
Selected features: Plant
JCB lifts the lid on top-secret project; why entrepreneurs should keep it in the family; scientists develop seismic bridge solution – and more
Special Feature: TCi Magazine
A collection of recent features including: Consolidation centres; tackling asbestos; Welsh roads and more
Special Feature: Plant Special
CPA studies ‘unintentional operation’, hirers latch on to attachments and how the hire industry recovered from recession
Special Feature: Roads
All change at Catthorpe, one of England’s biggest bottlenecks. Highways England pilots new maintenance contract. And paving with solar panels
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Special Feature: Plant
Some of the cleverest developments in lifting technology and an interview with Hewden’s last-ever CEO
Special Feature: Rail
Why did the government call a halt to Network Rail’s upgrade programme?
Special Feature: Piling & Ground Engineering
Who are the top 10 piling contractors in the UK? What’s new in piling equipment? And has London’s basement bubble burst?
Special Feature: Interiors & Fit-out
Phase-change materials for cool schools, smarter contractors needed for smart systems. And Brighton Uni gets a funky refurb
Special Feature: Demolition & Recycling
How demolition contractors are reinventing themselves as experts in waste management – plus other stories
Special Feature: Bricks & Blocks
Masonry is the backbone of the building industry – and for good reason. Brick makers are investing heavily to boost production
Special Feature: PPE on parade
A round-up of recent developments in personal protective equipment and working apparel
Special Feature: Access & scaffolding
How a Danish manufacturer came to the aid of Canterbury Cathedral’s conservators. Plus an analysis of the top 20 scaffolding contractors
Special Feature: Intermat 2015
What was new in the world of construction plant in 2015?
Special Feature: Concrete
Kijstra precast’s brief foray into the UK; manufacturers mine fly-ash deposits; and Laing O’Rourke pours a big slab
Special Feature: Plant and Technology
The latest in drones, tower cranes and the likely demand for plant on HS2
Special Feature: Flood Protection
Amphibious houses, porous concrete and one ingenious businesswoman’s solution to surface-water flooding
Special Feature: Plant Hire
What does the BBC's Crane Gang tell us about the crane hire industry? Recovery sparks a spending spree. Fairfax Plant Hire goes for growth.
Special Feature: Health & Safety
HSE’s “fees for intervention” – they’re unpopular but they’re here to stay
Special Feature: Structural steelwork sector
Billington boss Steve Fareham looks back over his career, but Severfield CEO Ian Lawson has a vision for the future
Special Feature: Cladding & Insulation
German cladding firm Sto wants to work with contractors