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Dotted between the established guard of New York’s skyscrapers, impossibly thin and super-tall pencil towers have recently redrawn the Manhattan skyline. Elsewhere in the Big Apple, a $25bn commercial and residential district of gleaming glass towers, some more than 300 m tall, is taking shape at Hudson Yards. What do…

Our list of 10 projects to watch this year include football stadiums (again), large commercial schemes and two of the largest infrastructure schemes in the country – all challenging in their different ways and worth keeping a close eye on as 2019 unfolds.

Huge warehouse projects have helped certain contractors post big margins. So what are the secrets to this sub-sector and how much potential does it offer?

Urban & Civic’s founder sits down with CN to talk millennials, industry business models and the truth about the housing crisis. 

U+I is overseeing £300m of development in Brighton – yet the big tier ones are not its main targets. Delivery director Mark Richardson reveals why the client is trying a different model.

British Land is pumping close to £4bn into transforming Canada Water, with around 5m sq ft of new developments on the cards. The project’s mastermind Roger Madelin takes CN around a site that is catching the eye of industry heavyweights.

New skillsets are going to be required as a huge pipeline of work comes to fruition.

The rise of cloud computing and mobile data consumption has led to an increased need for data storage. But while the market is set to grow, potentially providing big opportunities for specialist contractors, the barriers to entry are high.

Major players are flocking to the private rented sector. Construction News looks at who’s doing what and examines where this increasingly lucrative market is heading.

With days to go until the Construction News Summit, check out the full A-Z run-down of the top clients in attendance and what they’ll be debating.