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With 1.5 million Brits unemployed, does construction need EU workers? 6 October 2017

With 1.5 million Brits unemployed, does construction need EU workers?
Homs is broken, but should not be erased 8 September 2017

Homs is broken, but should not be erased
China to launch fully autonomous car by 2020 16 August 2017

China to launch fully autonomous car by 2020
End of Qatar deadline triggers seismic shift in Gulf relations 5 July 2017

End of Qatar deadline triggers seismic shift in Gulf relations
Will China build tomorrow’s Britain? 28 June 2017

Will China build tomorrow’s Britain?
Dramatic shift in relations as Japan praises China’s Belt and Road 26 June 2017

Dramatic shift in relations as Japan praises China’s Belt and Road
Rebuilding Syria: 3 lessons for the resurrection of Homs 18 April 2017

Rebuilding Syria: 3 lessons for the resurrection of Homs
Basic engineering could save Somaliland’s water, expert urges 29 March 2017

Basic engineering could save Somaliland’s water, expert urges
By backing Taiwan, Nicaragua surely just lost its canal 12 January 2017

By backing Taiwan, Nicaragua surely just lost its canal
Should engineers rule the world? 6 October 2016

Should engineers rule the world?
Are the Olympics … evil? 13 September 2016

Are the Olympics … evil?
Heard the one about the man who delivered a piano to the Himalayas? 19 August 2016

Heard the one about the man who delivered a piano to the Himalayas?
Despair, bankers and glimmers of hope in submarine art gallery off the Canaries 1 August 2016

Despair, bankers and glimmers of hope in submarine art gallery off the Canaries
Why Mexicans may welcome the Great Wall of Trump after all 20 July 2016

Why Mexicans may welcome the Great Wall of Trump after all
How UK’s top 3 mega projects may be Brexit “collateral damage” 1 July 2016

How UK’s top 3 mega projects may be Brexit “collateral damage”
Mozambique’s debt crisis: at a glance 18 May 2016

Mozambique’s debt crisis: at a glance
Property in the digital age: have we any idea what’s coming? 15 March 2016

Property in the digital age: have we any idea what’s coming?
Will China still fund Sierra Leone’s fancy new international airport? 25 January 2016

Will China still fund Sierra Leone’s fancy new international airport?
China’s new Asia infrastructure bank opens for business, but what will it do? 6 January 2016

China’s new Asia infrastructure bank opens for business, but what will it do?
The century’s most troublesome construction projects 5 October 2015

The century’s most troublesome construction projects
Is Baha Mar developer, Sarkis Izmirlian, "mad"? 11 August 2015

Is Baha Mar developer, Sarkis Izmirlian, "mad"?
Has Obama’s ‘Power Africa’ initiative shorted out? 24 July 2015

Has Obama’s ‘Power Africa’ initiative shorted out?
Subversive charity: the man who pioneered the $30 house 31 March 2015

Subversive charity: the man who pioneered the $30 house
Very cool: ‘Freezeway’ in Canada’s Edmonton would let people skate to work 25 February 2015

Very cool: ‘Freezeway’ in Canada’s Edmonton would let people skate to work
What’s really going on with the Nicaragua Canal? 5 January 2015

What’s really going on with the Nicaragua Canal?
How Russia’s economic pain will send World Cup costs spiralling 22 December 2014

How Russia’s economic pain will send World Cup costs spiralling
Is the notion of the “ultra project” really dead? 19 November 2014

Is the notion of the “ultra project” really dead?
What would the UK do with $169bn from China? 5 November 2014

What would the UK do with $169bn from China?
Major carbon cuts possible if US and China just learned from each other 22 October 2014

Major carbon cuts possible if US and China just learned from each other
UK construction industry searches its soul over “lost generation” 6 October 2014

UK construction industry searches its soul over “lost generation”