All Building articles in 1 December 2017
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FeaturesOnline poll: Cutting the cost of construction
This week’s poll: The government has ask the sector to cut the cost of construction by a third in 2025. Is that realistic?
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NewsEU workers feel like a bargaining tool, warns FMB boss
Berry says industry needs to crank up pressure on government over issue
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NewsMace bags £100m University of Sussex job
Contractor is to start next year on a new life sciences facility for the university
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NewsLondon developer rings in management changes
Great Portland Estates’ James Pellatt promoted and his role as head of projects now taken by Helen Hare
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NewsTenant take-up slow at Square Mile tower
With a completion date of late 2019, Lipton Rogers’ 22 Bishopsgate tower has no formal pre-lets inked in – but first deal is expected early in the new year
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NewsNIC proposes new town near Milton Keynes
Recommendation suggests placement between Bicester and Bletchley
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NewsUnder-pressure contractors 'taking shortcuts' to win work
Contractors cutting already wafer-thin margins to win work
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NewsLib Dem peer sounds alarm over Brexit labour shortage
Lord Stunell’s comments come after construction’s Brexit Manifesto called for two year transition deal
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FeaturesIt's not all about London...
Regeneration of regional city centres outside London is seeing construction companies such as Szerelmey GB engaging with local Clients and Developers to deliver projects within a highly collaborative framework. Szerelmey GB delivers award-winning external, internal and hard landscaping projects in natural stone, brick and faience across the country.
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CommentHansom: Thinking it over
This week, Crest Nicholson ponders the future of a mulberry tree and the cost of a Mipim stand makes you want to sit down
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CommentGet the shredder out
The CITB needs more than a bit of a shake-up to make it function for the companies it serves
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Fair Havens Hospice
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Richard Bassett at LSI Architects
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CommentCompulsory purchase update
There are recent and upcoming changes to the compulsory purchase process – here are some key pitfalls of which claimants should beware
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FeaturesRocky road: Cemex's Michel André talks to Building
Cemex’s new UK boss, Frenchman Michel André, talks about his vision for the company and for the construction industry as a whole
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FeaturesThis week in 1997
The Angel of the North spreads its wings with a little help from construction
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NewsIndustry says CITB move out of Norfolk makes sense
But local MP Henry Bellingham says decision is “damaging and reckless”
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NewsAussie consultant working on London towers picked up by Singaporian raider
Robert Bird’s work includes 100 Bishopsgate and Elephant Castle regeneration
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NewsAppeal being pondered after High Court throws out Paddington Cube legal action
Save’s legal challenge thrown out after civil servants ‘accidentally change government policy’