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Crossrail ‘ignored warnings’ scheme would bust deadline

2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00By Joey Gardiner, Dave Rogers

Senior source says bosses knew December 2018 opening date was not realistic well before delay was confirmed

Erith team wins £40m basement job at Cube

2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

Piling work on Renzo Piano scheme to start in April

Gleeds names new boss in management rejig

2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

Company veteran Graham Harle becomes global chief executive

Interserve rebel investor turns the screw and ramps up stake in business

2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00By Hamish Champ

Coltrane Asset Management piles on pressure ahead of EGM

Architect lands York Castle Museum redevelopment

2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00

Alison Brooks Architects will lead team including Purcell and Richard Griffiths for ‘multimillion pound’ project

Laing O'Rourke narrows losses but Canadian hospital blowout tops £200m

2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

Firm eyes more negotiated work to help it hit 5% margins target

Mace and Balfour HS2 station appointments look to be in the clear

2019-02-19T10:44:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

Beaten rivals have not yet made any challenges to the Euston and Old Oak Common station appointments

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Crossrail delay: what's gone wrong – and why

2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00By Joey Gardiner

Building podcast: Interserve's woes, London's new symphony hall, and what is your role worth?

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Crossrail – still waiting on the platform

2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00By Chloë McCulloch

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Consultants' salary survey 2019: what is your role worth?
2019-02-15T06:00:00+00:00By Joey Gardiner
Skills shortages mean salaries in the sector are rising more rapidly than inflation, and more people are looking to move jobs
Consultants' salary survey 2019: full tables
2019-02-15T06:00:00+00:00
See full survey results for salaries by region, profession and grade
Market forecast Q4 2018: Losing confidence
2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00By Michael Hubbard
Tender prices in the year to Q4 kept climbing in the wake of rising building costs, as construction output rebounded in Q3 – but new orders dropped

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Where are the women in the construction workforce?

2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00By Simon Rawlinson

Will the short-term focus of the industry on solving its migrant skills crisis mean that a much bigger opportunity to address gender equality is ignored?

Consultants’ salary survey – good news, bad news

2019-02-15T06:00:00+00:00By Chloë McCulloch

Pay is up for construction consultants across the sector, but employers and employees alike are cautious in weak economic conditions

Construction industry gossip: Sites for sore eyes

2019-02-15T06:00:00+00:00By Hansom

This week, graffiti-watch from hipster Shoreditch, Redrow’s Steve Morgan is forever blowing bubbles, and ferry-loving Chris Grayling sinks yet further in public esteem

Reducing risk through AI

2019-02-14T06:00:00+00:00By Simon Tolson, Dr Stacy Sinclair

In the first of two articles on the applications of AI in construction law, Simon Tolson and Stacy Sinclair discuss risk management

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Futurebuild 2019: Uniting industry to tackle the big issues

2019-02-18T17:09:00+00:00Sponsored by Futurebuild

Interview: Turner & Townsend's Patricia Moore talks to Building

2019-01-18T06:00:00+00:00By Joey Gardiner

Patricia Moore only meant to leave her native Scotland for a couple of years down south, but 24 years later she’s still in London – and has risen to become Turner & Townsend’s UK managing director. She tells Joey Gardiner the secrets of her own and her employer’s success. Photography ...

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