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14 June 2013

What can BIM offer facilities managment and will it have a transformative impact on building operation?

New Trafford

Architect 5plus breathes new life into Trafford Town Hall

Electric heating for the right reasons

14 Jun 13

This week our trip back into construction history leads us to a seventies advert for heating homes with electricity - it seems technology could be coming full circle …

Cost model: Primary schools

Now that we might be building primary schools again, what are the costs?

Willmott Dixon completes £62m Brum campus building

18 Jun 13

Willmott Dixon has completed its work on Associated Architects-designed Parkside Building for Birmingham City University

Interview with Marc Vlessing, Pocket

19 Jun 13

How developer Pocket plans to make London living affordable

Where's the money?

14 June 2013

Ahead of the spending review later this month, Building looks at the prospects for investment in construction

Industry and MPs gather at summer reception

14 Jun 13

Attendees at Building’s terrace reception at the Houses of Parliament heard speeches from Nick Raynsford and Peter Hansford

Vince Cable delivers message to construction industry

13 Jun 13

The government recognises how vital construction is and is taking measures to boost it, says Vince Cable

It's a regulations jungle out there

13 Jun 13

Can green certification schemes around the world ever be consolidated to avoid all the confusion?

BIM's next thing

14 June 2013

Facilities managers are likely to get on board with BIM sooner rather than later

Want to be in the Good Employer Guide 2013?

10 Jun 13

Would you like your company to be independently recognised as one of the industry’s best places to work?

International Salary Survey 2013

6 Jun 13

Many UK professionals are looking abroad to sell their skills. Building consults Hays’ International Salary Survey 2013 to pick out promising destinations

The industry has had its say ...

5 Jun 13

Five hundred people responded to our questionnaire in the run-up to the Government Construction Summit next month. Here’s a flavour of what they said …

Video: Is there a future for nuclear?

21 May 13

Former government chief scientific advisor Professor King explains what we need to do if we want to keep the lights on

CPD 10: Specifying steel lintels

The latest in our series of CPD modules focuses on the types of steel lintel that can be used over doors and windows and the most important considerations for specifiers. This module is sponsored by Catnic

Foster + Partners' Queen Alia airport

Foster + Partners’ new airport in Jordan uses a mix of in-situ and precast concrete techniques to create a mesmerising pattern of shallow domes, curving beams and tapering columns