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Multibillion dollar “mega-disputes” send value of claims soaring 17 July 2015

Multibillion dollar “mega-disputes” send value of claims soaring
Global body launched to harmonise building costs 14 July 2015

Global body launched to harmonise building costs
Open-source software to help smart building market reach $36bn by 2020 16 June 2015

Open-source software to help smart building market reach $36bn by 2020
Zhang Yue compares himself to Napoleon, insists Sky City will happen 11 June 2015

Zhang Yue compares himself to Napoleon, insists Sky City will happen
Why Sweden beats the world hands down on prefab housing 28 May 2015

Why Sweden beats the world hands down on prefab housing
China opens 1,000 projects worth $318bn to foreign private finance 26 May 2015

China opens 1,000 projects worth $318bn to foreign private finance
Colorado’s cannabis construction boom 20 May 2015

Colorado’s cannabis construction boom
UK to get rare, European-style build-to-rent housing scheme 11 May 2015

UK to get rare, European-style build-to-rent housing scheme
Scientists probe the astonishing engineering of glass sponges 1 May 2015

Scientists probe the astonishing engineering of glass sponges
Canada funds plan to care for India’s 6m construction-site kids 29 April 2015

Canada funds plan to care for India’s 6m construction-site kids
Why Mongolia is considering a German plan for new “eco-capital” 21 April 2015

Why Mongolia is considering a German plan for new “eco-capital”
“Great Wall of Japan” - the $6.8bn plan to combat tsunamis 25 March 2015

“Great Wall of Japan” - the $6.8bn plan to combat tsunamis
Giant solar-powered robocops signal changing times in Kinshasa 11 March 2015

Giant solar-powered robocops signal changing times in Kinshasa
Train young Brits or hire foreigners? Do both, study concludes 3 March 2015

Train young Brits or hire foreigners? Do both, study concludes
How the $30 debris-dwelling is helping America’s homeless 24 February 2015

How the $30 debris-dwelling is helping America’s homeless
Why 2014 was the Chinese Year of the Skyscraper 18 February 2015

Why 2014 was the Chinese Year of the Skyscraper
Europe has best cities – if you’ve got the money: new “sustainable city” index 10 February 2015

Europe has best cities – if you’ve got the money: new “sustainable city” index
China’s biggest developers extend global reach as sales soar 4 February 2015

China’s biggest developers extend global reach as sales soar
City leaders are weakest link in good infrastructure delivery, study finds 28 January 2015

City leaders are weakest link in good infrastructure delivery, study finds
Singapore to help India build brand new capital city from scratch 21 January 2015

Singapore to help India build brand new capital city from scratch
China to build Russian World Cup stadia (and other predictions for 2015) 5 January 2015

China to build Russian World Cup stadia (and other predictions for 2015)
Swedish city to move itself ‘like a millipede’ 3km east 17 December 2014

Swedish city to move itself ‘like a millipede’ 3km east
Welders in US make over $100 an hour in fracking fuelled building boom 10 December 2014

Welders in US make over $100 an hour in fracking fuelled building boom
How about self-driving office pods that do the commuting for you? 29 November 2014

How about self-driving office pods that do the commuting for you?

Slave labour is not just Qatar’s problem 25 November 2014

Slave labour is not just Qatar’s problem
China drafts in Atkins and UK to help with ‘Maritime Silk Road’ plan 13 November 2014

China drafts in Atkins and UK to help with ‘Maritime Silk Road’ plan
How the German village of Feldheim went completely off grid 5 November 2014

How the German village of Feldheim went completely off grid
Let the water in: Boston plans Venetian solution to rising sea levels 29 October 2014

Let the water in: Boston plans Venetian solution to rising sea levels
British planners advise Chinese mayors on building healthy cities 20 October 2014

British planners advise Chinese mayors on building healthy cities
India launches sanitation revolution 8 October 2014

India launches sanitation revolution