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Crossrail costs balloon as new boss admits he has no idea when it will finish

2018-12-10T14:11:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

Railway will need another £2bn to complete as chief exec says ‘there is still a huge amount to do’

Interserve says rescue talks will see banks take greater control of business

2018-12-10T07:49:00+00:00By Will Ing

Firm to finalise debt for equity swap plan early next year

Interserve share price shredded

2018-12-10T10:15:00+00:00By Will Ing

Stock halved in minutes and down 90% from January high

Timeline: How Interserve got itself into this mess

2018-12-10T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

Contractor’s disastrous foray into energy-from-waste has brought crippling losses

Construction output slips in October

2018-12-10T12:07:00+00:00By Hamish Champ

Private housing the only sector seeing growth, after strong September

EDF looks to cut costs by taking Hinkley contractors to Sizewell new build

2018-12-10T06:00:00+00:00By Will Ing

Firm says it can cut 20% off price carrying out work on next nuclear new build scheme

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Interview: Dar's Andrew Loudon talks to Building

2018-12-07T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers

Dar may still be an unfamiliar name to many, but the Beirut-based owner of Currie & Brown, Elementa and Perkins+Will has ambitions to grow its operations rapidly in the UK, Brexit notwithstanding

Comment

Building Live: refresh yourselves

2018-12-07T06:00:00+00:00By Chloë McCulloch

Building Live showed what contrasting opinions people have on construction issues and proved how much they care about the industry they work in

Focus

Hackitt review and regaining trust: ‘The industry has created a monster’
2018-12-06T06:00:00+00:00By Jonathan Owen
With the government’s formal response to the Hackitt review of building regulations and fire safety expected soon, a panel of industry experts at Building Live discussed their own responses – and how trust in the sector can be won back
Cities love to build arts venues to trigger urban regeneration - but it doesn't always work out
2018-12-05T06:00:00+00:00By Ike Ijeh
It’s called the Bilbao effect: a city engages an architect to build an arts venue in the expectation that urban regeneration will follow. Alas, it doesn’t always turn out this way
BD Live’s first ever live design competition: A new quarter for Canada Water
2018-12-05T06:00:00+00:00By Elizabeth Hopkirk
Architects competed at Building Live with plans for the London development’s retail space

Long reads

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium White Hart Lane 19.10 (7)

Spurs stadium: The story so far

Contractors' Salary Survey 2018: Ready for the off

Why is high finance so interested in affordable housing?

BIM survey 2018: The rise and rise of BIM

Is this the end of the road for Help to Buy?

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Combustible materials ban: what would it mean?

Top 150 Consultants 2018 - league table

Spurs stadium: The story so far
Contractors' Salary Survey 2018: Ready for the off
Why is high finance so interested in affordable housing?
BIM survey 2018: The rise and rise of BIM
Is this the end of the road for Help to Buy?
Combustible materials ban: what would it mean?
Top 150 Consultants 2018 - league table

Buildings

Cities love to build arts venues to trigger urban regeneration - but it doesn't always work out

2018-12-05T06:00:00+00:00By Ike Ijeh

It’s called the Bilbao effect: a city engages an architect to build an arts venue in the expectation that urban regeneration will follow. Alas, it doesn’t always turn out this way

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Opinion

Construction industry gossip: Make good choices

2018-12-07T06:00:00+00:00By Hansom

A Yorkshireman questions why procurement can’t be like buying a loaf of bread and the builders of the tallest tower want their workers to have the healthiest diet

Thought for tomorrow: Rise of the architects

2018-12-07T06:00:00+00:00By Dexter Moren

We ask readers to share their visions of the industry in 25 years’ time. Here, Dexter Moren foresees technology offering greater power and control to designers

Legal: From Russia without love

2018-12-06T06:00:00+00:00By Hamish Lal

International construction arbitration practitioners often stress the positives of arbitration: using the so-called “five Es” of efficiency, expedition, expertise, evenhandedness and enforceability.