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• £500m Everton FC Stadium Contract finally awarded
• £2.7bn project drives Infrastructure to success
• This Months Top 3 Residential Projects
• 2021 – The Annual Review
• 2030 new build target – driven by refurbishments
• London Dominated 24.5% of all Residential Contract Awards
• Back to business for the Hotel, Leisure and Sports Sector
• Contract awards in Education – The highest since 2017
• Understanding the different types of construction projects
• 0.9% increase for the residential sector in 2019
• January sees contract awards increase by 18.5%
• Construction contract awards hold steady in 2019
• Balfour Beatty tops the Contractor League Table for December
• Growth trend continues as contract award values increase by 9.1% in November
• Sir Robert McAlpine tops the Contractor League Table for November
• UK Construction Activity – October 2019

• The industry’s journey in digital transformation
• ESG & The Real Meaning Of Value
• The Importance of Sustainable Construction
• Strategic Budget Planning: Our 3 top tips
• Economics In Construction – Our February Content Calendar Roundup
• Introducing Barbour ABI’s 2022 Content Calendar
• An interview with Chief Economist Tom Hall
• An Interview with Brian Green
• We Learn From Those That Come Before Us
• How to optimise your brand’s marketing activity
• Where Next For Low Carbon Concrete?
• Offsite and Modular Building: An Evolutionary Tale
• Creating Pathways to Enable Net Zero Emissions
• How the Low Carbon ‘Circular Twin’ Might Disrupt Traditional Projects
• Innovations Within The Health and Safety Sector
• Construction Materials Shortages – What you need to know
• Products and Materials: The Future of Input Costs
• Why UK Construction Must Prepare For Slower Population Growth
• Construction Marketing Post-Brexit
• Women in Construction – Our June Content Calendar Roundup
• Women in Construction – Olivia Atkinson, Client Services Manager at Insynth Marketing
• Women in Construction – Gender diversity within the construction industry
• Green technology: designing for low carbon
• Training & Recruitment – Our April 2021 Content Calendar theme
• Training and recruitment: A life-changing tale
• Onsite Innovation – Our March 2021 Content Calendar theme
• Onsite Innovation in Construction
• Why We Need To Talk About Mental Health
• Resilience in Tough Times
• A Look at Mental Health and Wellbeing in Construction
• My Journey Through Mental Health
• How Does the BBA drive Innovation Within Construction
• The Revenue Engine of Office 2.0
• Proptech and the ’Office 2.0’
• Introducing the Barbour ABI Editorial Calendar

• Will the increase in remote working impact commercial construction?
• Lockdown restrictions to the housing market – How has it affected construction?
• Preparing for lockdown in the construction industry – What to consider
• 6 Ways COVID-19 Has Impacted the Construction Industry

• An Interview with Iain McIlwee, CEO of the FIS
• An Interview with Andy Murphy, Commercial Director at Hanson UK
• An Interview with Peter Chesters, Content Marketing Manager at Barbour Product Search
• An Interview with Francesca Roberts, Chief Executive at CRASH
• Why Product Traceability Matters
• An Interview with Dr David Hancock, Director of Construction at the IPA
• An Interview with Steve Shelley, Chief Analyst at Barbour ABI
• 4 Questions on the Heat Networks Planning Database
• The Future of Automation in Construction Marketing
• An Interview with Laura Pardoe, Product Manager at AMA Research
• Autism Awareness Week
• What is ‘Recreative Construction’?
• What will happen to the construction sector post-budget?
• Construction Products Industry Roundtable 2021
• Our Newest Construction Market Report
• The Benefits of the New Barbour ABI Platform – Hanson UK
• The Benefits of the New Barbour ABI Platform – Speedy Hire
• How Building Relationships is the Key To Making Our Procurement Information Market Leading
• Finding and Nurturing your Barbour ABI Leads
• Automating Your Leads Process with Project Prospecta
• Introducing Damon Schünmann, Strategic Consultant at Barbour ABI
• The Importance of Visual Data at Barbour ABI
• The Research Process at Barbour ABI

• Social Advocacy Boosts your Brand Impact – 9 Rock Solid Marketing Facts
• 5 Ways to Combat Third Party Cookie-loss
• How to get the most out of your construction leads
• Digging For Gold Without Tools
• What is a construction lead?
• How To Boost The Impact of Your Email Marketing
• How To Improve Email Open Rates
• How To Generate More Leads Through SEO
• How To Construct Great Blog Content

• Reasonable Adjustments
• What is Sensory Overload? How do I cope?
• The Perks and the Difficulties of Being Autistic
• Masking and Autistic Burnout
• Autism Acceptance Week 2022
• A big thank you to all of CRASH’s Christmas card donors!
• CRASH Christmas Card Appeal 2021
• Budget Reactions with Tom Hall
• The Power of People in UK Construction
• What Green Energy Means In Construction Terms
• The 8 biggest challenges faced in the construction industry today
• Should We Be Preparing For A UK Construction Supercycle?
• The Fast Train to Opportunity
• An insight into the UK’s care home sector – How has demand changed?
• Construction Forecasting in a Pandemic
• 2021 Construction Market Forecast & Predictions
• How does the Google Core Web Vitals update relate to the construction industry?
• 5 Key Lessons (and what to take from them)
• International Women’s Day 2021: Women In Construction
• More Budget 2021 Reactions from Industry Insiders
• Budget 2021 reactions from industry insiders
• Building back better in the 2021 budget
• Introducing ‘Recreative Construction’ from Brian Green
• New Partnership Announcement
• Digital Construction: Operating ‘The Intelligent Site’
• Digital Construction: Creating ‘The Intelligent Site’
• Government Announce National Infrastructure Strategy
• Get Fit For Brexit: The Buoyant Markets
• Get Fit For Brexit: Offsite Construction and the ‘Platforms’ Approach
• Get Fit For Brexit: Unleash Efficiencies Through Blockchain
• Get Fit For Brexit: Better Data Management
• Get Fit For Brexit: Construction Opportunities in UK Ports
• 7 Reasons to Work at Barbour ABI
• Planning Changes and Positive News for Barbour ABI Customers
• Preparing for Brexit: Maintaining a strong construction sector post-Brexit
• The future of town centres and high streets
• UK construction contract awards valued at £4.9 billion for August 2019
• UK construction contract awards are up by 11% on July 2018
• ISG top the contractors league table for July
• Construction activity moves out of the capital
• Construction activity in Scotland – June 2019
• Northern Powerhouse Construction Activity – Five Years On
• The Top 3 Contractors in UK Construction
• Kier tops the contractors league table for May
• Meet our new Chief Economist – Tom Hall
• UK construction activity declines in April by 2.1%
• We smashed our target and raised over £10,000 for Cheshire Young Carers
• ISG top the contractors league table for April
• UK construction sees marginal decline in activity for March 2019
• What trends are impacting home improvement activity in Great Britain?
• Residential sector looking positive with an upturn in contracts awarded
• Infrastructure grows in January
• UK construction contracts awarded down 13.1% during 2018
• Budget gives a much needed boost to the housing sector
• House prices cool for summer
• Housing is a numbers game we are not winning
• Commercial storms brew
• Hammond’s spending plans should boost output
• The value of sterling
• Economics: Business as usual
• Brexit is an economist’s worst nightmare
• Brexit strategy

• Industry change-makers line up at UK Construction Week to challenge old ideas
• Greener, Healthier Building Products Take Centre Stage at UK Construction Week’s Innovation Zone
• UK Construction Week London to Focus on Culture Change in Construction
• The Importance of Value Engineering
• CIC launches a Carbon Zero climate action plan for Professional Institutions
• 4 Questions with Tom Moloney
• The CEO’s Role in Marketing 
• How do we build trust within construction?
• From Brand-Centric to Customer-Centric: Shifting the Focus of Construction Sales and Marketing
• 10 Ways Project Prospecta Can Increase Lead Generation For Barbour ABI Subscribers
• Project Prospecta – a new lead generation service for Barbour ABI subscribers
• Marketing Disruptors in a ‘Disrupted’ World

• Launching our latest report – Deep Insights

• 10 Reasons to Attend UK Construction Week London