Thursday17 May 2012

BREAKING NEWS

Construction workforce shrinks by 14,000

16 May 12

More jobs go in first quarter of 2012

Stephen Hodder RIBA

Stephen Hodder to be next RIBA president

16 May 12

Chairman of Hodder + Partners takes role unopposed

Planning and drawing

Boris seeks consultants for London design panel

16 May 12

Consultants sought for design and urbanism procurement panel

Bovis Homes housing

Bovis Homes predicts profit growth

16 May 12

Housebuilder issues bullish trading statement

Paul Morrell

Government launches chief construction adviser search

16 May 12

Business department publicly begins hunt for replacement for Paul Morrell

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Land Securities says some high streets ‘may never recover’

16 May 12

Developer’s profit halves but firm remains confident on London

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London cable cars may miss Olympic opening

16 May 12

Contractor Mace begins full testing on £50m project

Adrian Ringrose

Interserve pipeline pushes up to £1bn for 2013

16 May 12

Contractor has won £600m of contracts so far this year

Housing Estate

British housing slammed as "cramped and poorly planned"

16 May 12

RIBA and Ipsos MORI report into public attitudes highlights dissatisfaction with space

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Case studies

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Offshore wind farms: Winds of change

04 May 2012

Tidal turbine technology is changing fast and offshore wind turbines are getting bigger, so the government-backed firm Narec is investing £80m into its testing facilities to simulate the harsh conditions at sea. Thomas Lane explains

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Pic of the day

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Clear line ahead for Northampton station scheme

16 May 12

Government pledges half of redevelopment’s £20m cost

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The tracker: Staying put

11 May 2012

Construction activity stayed static last month, with increases in the non-residential and civil engineering sector indices failing to lift them from negative territory, according to Experian Economics

Building TV

David Tonkin

David Tonkin on the Government Construction Summit Video

26 Apr 12

Atkins UK chief executive talks of ‘exciting’ shift in ministers’ approach

Legal

Tony Bingham

Best endeavours clauses: When your 'best' is put to the test

11 May 2012

Best endeavours clauses sound fair enough until the contractor finds that sticking to them could leave it out of pocket

Stuart Pemble

In defence of imperfect Design and Build

8 May 12

Points made in a recent attack on design and build could have been applied to any procurement route - and failed to recognise the many good things that D&B brings to the table

Arup Associates' designs for Broadgate Circle

Broadgate owners apply for certificate of immunity from listing

8 May 12

British Land and Blackstone risk new heritage battle while unveiling new public realm plans for City complex

Jerome Dunne 2012

EPCM: Win-win procurement

04 May 2012

Engineering procurement and construction management is widely used abroad. Is it time for UK companies to look at how they can benefit from this model?

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Appointments

Wood Lane Imperial College

AFR appoints two bosses to turn around UK business

27 April 2012

Architect promotes studio directors to joint UK managing directors to turn around domestic practice

Graham Wreb CSCS

CSCS hires former Balfour boss as chief

17 Apr 12

Former Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering managing director Graham Wren takes over at industry skills card scheme

Philip Bowman

Miller Group appoints new chairman

23 Apr 12

Firm picks former Scottish Power chief executive Philip Bowman

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Winterbourne Academy

BAM details £51m in schools work

15 May 12

New projects include Bristol and Bucks academies plus primary school

Giltspur Street, Clerkenwell

Willmott Dixon bags London City & Guilds contract

1 May 12

Firm comes top of the class for Clerkenwell development

Kelpies Canal - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty wins £143m of civils work

2 May 12

Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering wins mutiple civils contracts in first three months of 2012

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8build bags second museum with Mary Rose project

1 May 12

Fit-out of Tudor warship museum follows Titanic anniversary attraction win

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Case of the week

Crystallisation of disputes: Working Environments vs Greencoat Construction

2 May 12

In this case a Judge examined whether it was possible to severe an adjudicator’s decision to exclude issues that fell outside of a crystallised dispute

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Construction Skills

Under Construction: The Apprentice Experience

12 Apr 12

At a time of rising university fees and high youth unemployment the benefits of apprenticeships are obvious to both new entrants and experienced workers who are keen to get on.

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What's next for consultants?

16 May 12

Find out what five consultancy chief execs think the future holds for quantity surveyors and engineers

Analysis

Infrastructure

Resuscitating construction: Alternative medicine

11 May 2012

Last week Building looked at the government’s failure to resuscitate construction. This week, Joey Gardiner looks at where treatment is most urgently needed for construction to make a swift recovery

BIM

BIM

Aecom and NBS join forces to launch new BIM service

15 May 12

New firm NBS Schumann Smith will add cost and carbon data to BIM models offered to architects

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Interviews

Construction Products Association

Interview with Dr Diana Montgomery, CPA: Welcome to our world

11 May 2012

Dr Diana Montgomery has only been working in construction for four weeks and already she’s preparing to take on the government and the industry’s vested interests. In her first interview, the new chief executive of the CPA sets out her stall to Emily Wright

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Ecobuild 2012

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Helping the Bamboo Village grow Video

16 Apr 12

Visitors to this year’s Ecobuild team up with Ken Shuttleworth

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Leader

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You were warned

11 May 2012

The double-dip is upon us so what can government, and companies themselves, do to help in this hour of need?

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Hansom: Capital gains

11 May 2012

The pricey apartments at the Shard have many USPs, but are transport links really the clincher? Meanwhile Sweett is sour over lifts and work of a kind begins at Blackfriars One, but don’t get too excited

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Digital life

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My digital life … with Andrew Pyke

11 May 2012

You’re more likely to get an email rather than a phone call from this sporty design director and that’s not his only bad digital habit

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