All Building articles in 23 June 2017
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News
Local firm starts work on £350m Birmingham Commonwealth Games village
DSM Demolition starts tearing down former university site
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Atkins shareholders approve merger with Canadian giant
More than 83% of Atkins shareholders voted in favour of the buyout by SNC-Lavalin
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Kier’s £412m project wins lift it to top of contractor leagues
Firm racks up 551 projects over the year, pushing Balfour into second place
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Comment
International Women in Engineering Day: Why engineering
The construction sector can combat pre-conceived ideas of a male-dominated industry to increase the breadth of opportunities there are for women in engineering
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Features
How six women saved the 'heart' of a £120m project
On International Women in Engineering Day, a female project team from LSE’s Centre Buildings Redevelopment tell their story
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Comment
An Easter blip?
The latest ONS figures suggest construction activity is slowing, or are they just a blip?
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Police to consider manslaughter charges over Grenfell fire
Detective Superintendent Fiona McCormack said potential criminal offences being looked at
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Battersea Power Station scheme facing "significant challenges" over cost, councillor claims
Wandsworth council has approved a request by the firm behind the £9bn redevelopment of the power station to review its affordable housing putting 250 affordable homes at risk
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Features
Sketch of the week: Leicester Square ticket office
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Tim Murray, director of Moxon Architects
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Image of the week: Hope and mourning
Floral tributes and missing person posters are left after the Grenfell Tower fire
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Grenfell Tower investigation ‘could take two years’
Leading fire investigator warns event was more ‘complicated’ than 2009 Lakanal House blaze in south London
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NAO report queries Hinkley deal
Reactor technology is ‘unproven’, government spending watchdog warns
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Comment
Brexit: And so it begins
A year after the UK decided to leave the EU, the Brexit negotiations have finally started
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Industry clamours again for review to building fire regulations
Renewed demand for review comes after Grenfell Tower fire tragedy
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RLB wants UK work to take 25% slice of its global activity
Consultant also aiming for one-fifth increase in group revenue in four years, says director
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Features
This week in 1962
Some 55 years ago, Building’s leader was on a subject that has had tragic cause to be on the receiving end of much scrutiny this week – fire regulations
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Comment
Listening mode
For construction to have a chance of getting the best out of Brexit, it needs to convince the government to listen to it
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Brexit and construction law: Changing times
One year on from the EU referendum, nobody knows how a post-Brexit world will look
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How Brexit got personal
The focus of Brexit so far has been the possible impact on construction’s growing skills shortage. But how is the UK’s vote to leave affecting the EU nationals themselves and what can employers do to ensure that they stay?
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Hansom: ‘tis the season to be arty
We marvel at the UK’s ‘tallest mural’, swoop in on an office drone race, and enjoy some exposure on Wickes and sun-screening charity campaigns. Plus Shawcross’ latest work hits St Pancras