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Fosters’ Bloomberg building makes Stirling prize shortlist
Final six also includes Oxford uni teaching block by Niall McLaughlin and Jamie Fobert’s Tate St Ives extension
Peers call on industry to get its act together over off-site manufacturing
House of Lords Science & Technology committee report calls for ‘strong leadership’ from the Construction Leadership Council
MPs tell prime minister to move more quickly on Parliament revamp
Theresa May hears concerns that slow progress on legislation needed for works is taking too long
Arcadis names new boss for Asia Pacific
Greg Steele has been the firm’s Australia Pacific chief exec for eight years
Highways England to consult again on £1.6bn Stonehenge road job
Turner & Townsend are providing a host of services on the scheme
University of Sheffield taps architects for future work
HLM among big name architects to win spots on university’s framework
Lead times: April-June 2018
More packages experienced an increase in lead times than in the previous quarter, while a growing number of companies are struggling to find skilled labour as workloads increase
Eastern promise
Jim Dunton looks at whether Japan’s successful ‘car factory’ approach could help British housebuilders meet the government’s 300,000-units-a-year target in the future
Cutting-edge BIM
Automation, 3D modelling and generative design processes are no longer a pipe dream – they are transforming how flagship developments are constructed. Jamie Harris looks at two pioneering projects using technology to create results that couldn’t have been achieved without BIM
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South-east Asia - getting warmer
With booming economies and rapid population growth, South-east Asia is on the UK government’s radar – but are British construction companies too late to the party?
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Look east to export
We need to sell our brands abroad in new ways if UK businesses are to take advantage of emerging opportunities in fast-growing South-east Asia
Good Employer Guide 2018
For the first time, we are celebrating the Good Employer Guide at the Building Awards. All entries will be submitted via our awards entry system. Successful entries will be highlighted in the published Good Employer Guide as usual, and the best will be put forward for judging for the award.
Top Consultants 2018 survey
Take part in Building's Top Consultants of 2018 survey
Every year Building compiles its prestigious league table of the industry’s largest consultants - take part in this year’s survey here
The importance of emotional intelligence in construction
In the hard-nosed construction environment, terms like emotional intelligence can be easily misunderstood or misinterpreted. It’s not a soft skill. It’s about helping teams perform at their collective best
National Infrastructure Assessment: More devolution required
Whilst the NIC is making great progress and giving a clear voice, it does ultimately operate within the constraints set by the Treasury, writes Ramboll’s Mathew Riley
National Infrastructure Assessment: the roadmap to meet our infrastructure needs is welcome: now for delivery
The industry has been calling for decisive action to accelerate infrastructure delivery for years. What’s needed next is certainty around project delivery
Projects: For a new generation
On a vast regeneration site in London’s Wembley Park, developer Quintain is building what it hopes will be the UK’s largest build-to-rent scheme
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Breaking the traditional housing model: James Lidgate talks to Building
L&G has ambitious plans to set up a diversified housing business delivering 15,000 homes a year – a large share of them modular
Image of the week: A flying visit
Thousands of onlookers lined the Mall and the royals watched from a Buckingham Palace balcony as “up to 100” aircraft took part in the centenary celebrations of the Royal Air Force
Sketch of the week: Affordable housing project, Ladywell, south-east London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by project architect Sarah Ernst at Architype
From the archive: 2005
This week, we interviewed James Lidgate, chief executive of Legal & General Homes, who is on a mission to produce 15,000 homes a year with the help of modular design. However, long before the 2017 government white paper called for offsite strategies, and the current rallying cry for modular, there ...