Features
Electric heating for the right reasons
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 …
Vince Cable delivers message to construction industry
The government recognises how vital construction is and is taking measures to boost it, says Vince Cable
Eco policy: No sense of direction
Building’s latest White Paper suggests that public and private sector clients are as frustrated as the rest of the industry with government eco policy
Where's the money?
Ahead of the spending review later this month, Building looks at the prospects for investment in construction
It's a regulations jungle out there
Can green certification schemes around the world ever be consolidated to avoid all the confusion?
International Salary Survey 2013
Many UK professionals are looking abroad to sell their skills. Building consults Hays’ International Salary Survey 2013 to pick out promising destinations
Captains of industry
This year construction is higher up the political agenda than ever, with calls for fresh investment. The government has responded and is shortly expected to unveil its Industrial Strategy for Construction
What London's new office clients want
Future tenants of the City’s major office buildings are increasingly likely to hail from the Far East - and their requirements may come as a bit of a surprise
How advertising has changed ...
Two adverts from the 1970s of a type you definitely wouldn’t see in Building’s pages today
Latest roofing products
No matter the pitch or degree, there are innovative roofing products on the market, from replacements tiles for a listed church to rooflights you can walk all over
Slouching tiger: Construction in China
With regional government debt spiralling into trillions of pounds, there are growing fears that China’s rise might not be quite so irresistible after all
Every little store helps
Tesco’s £804m writedown signals a big change for the formerly flourishing supermarket sector. Can the emerging convenience store boom make up for the loss of the out-of-town giant? Adam Branson investigates
Photo quiz from 1970
This ‘Spot the Building’ competition from 1970 inspired us to create a new one for 2013
The opening of New Zealand House
The Builder’s appraisal of a London tower block vs our own architectural correspondent’s critique 50 years on …
The 2013 consultant salary survey
This year’s Building/Hays Construction consultants’ salary survey shows there are at last a few signs of an economic thaw
The industry has had its say ...
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 …
Blacklisting: Human impact
Many of the people allegedly involved in the blacklisting scandal still work in construction. Should we be worried?
Danger: recovery in sight
There may be hints of a modest recovery for construction, but is it prepared for the risks that brings?
Life after Davis Langdon
Building profiles the many new start-ups launched by former Davis Langdon partners
Priority Schools Building Programme: 10 key questions answered
The current state of play with the government’s controversial programme
Rowecord: A dying breed
Rowecord Engineering has gone under, taking at least 430 jobs with it. But what is the cost to the wider industry, when it loses the expertise offered by specialist firms?
