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Aecom swings the axe with 500 jobs set to go

2020-08-05T06:00:00+01:00By Dave Rogers

Move comes days after former chief executive David Barwell was replaced

Multiplex wins High Court injunction to stop daredevil trespassers breaking into Bankside Yards site

2020-08-05T05:00:00+01:00By Dave Rogers

Contractor says riverside scheme, which includes 49-storey tower, has already been scouted by groups looking to scale ‘trophy’ buildings

Covid sends Morgan Sindall to worst set of results since 2015

2020-08-05T07:10:00+01:00By Dave Rogers

Firm says 2020 results will be down by as much as 40% on last year’s figures

Profit down a third at L&G’s housing business

2020-08-05T08:53:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner

Half-year results from insurance giant show the impact of pandemic on residential business

Firms on notice for £500m Antarctica construction framework

2020-08-05T05:00:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Bam, Turner & Townsend and Ramboll among firms currently working on continent

Contract awards pick up in July

2020-08-05T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

But tender opportunities stay in doldrums

Willmott Dixon nabs South Yorkshire homes work

2020-08-05T05:00:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Rotherham scheme has £31.5m price tag

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5 minutes with … Peter Flint at Aecom
2020-08-04T06:00:00+01:00
Lead times: January–June 2020
2020-07-31T05:00:00+01:00By Brian Moone
Cost model: CLT frame buildings
2020-07-30T05:00:00+01:00By Alex Hyams, Steve Watts, James Sweet and Dr Kate Swinburne

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Opinion

Designing hospitals fit for the next pandemic

2020-08-05T05:00:00+01:00By Kirstin Ziemer

Survey

Take part in Building’s social value survey

2020-08-03T05:00:00+01:00By Building news desk

Legal

Good in parts: clarity on severance

2020-08-05T05:00:00+01:00By Tony Bingham

Focus

Coronavirus: The companies making covid-19 job cuts

2020-08-05T06:00:00+01:00

Inquiry coverage

Grenfell Inquiry: Rydon’s second full week in the spotlight

Safety reform

Dame Judith Hackitt on the draft Building Safety Bill

2020-07-21T05:00:00+01:00By Judith Hackitt

Some wait to be regulated before they change, well now radical reform is coming to this industry and it better prepare

coronavirus

Supporting the road to recovery

Buildings

Projects: Outernet London, St Giles Circus

2020-07-27T06:00:00+01:00By Helena Russell

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Coronavirus: Industry update

Coronavirus update for construction: 4 August

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Coronavirus: The major construction firms shutting their sites

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Rory Stewart on Sadiq Khan’s housing failures, beautiful buildings and planting trees in London

The coronavirus crisis: What does it all mean?
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Rory Stewart on Sadiq Khan’s housing failures, beautiful buildings and planting trees in London

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Costing Steelwork 14: Market update

2020-07-31T05:48:00+01:00Sponsored by Steel For Life

Costing Steelwork is a series from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork. This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork

Interviews

5 minutes with … Peter Flint at Aecom

2020-08-04T06:00:00+01:00

Peter Flint on how modular buildings have changed out of all recognition

Quick reads

Sketch of the week: The Poppy Factory

2020-05-08T05:00:00+01:00

This week’s #buildingdoodle is by architect practice Henley Halebrown

Sketch of the week: City devoid of people

2020-05-01T16:13:00+01:00

This week’s #buildingdoodle is by San Francisco architect John Marx

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