All Building articles in 1 February 2019
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NewsU+I says trading hit by stalled west London job
Developer says mixed-use scheme unlikely to start until after March
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NewsOxford Street scheme makes the grade
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ scheme will redevelop a run of buildings into retail and office space
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FeaturesImage of the week: Kingmaker
Beasts are stalking Surrey this week as finishing touches are put to more than 40 life-size animals and plants at RHS Garden Wisley.
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Class distinctions
Sellar swaps south-east London for upmarket Fitzrovia and a contact rejects a pricey pastime (well, not entirely …)
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Inn Bloom installation, Mexico City
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Graham Burn, co-founder of Studio MUTT
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CommentWe global citizens must look all over the world to find the best techniques
If we can work better, work smarter, by employing practices used elsewhere in the world, why wouldn’t we?
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FeaturesCosting steelwork January 2019: Market update
This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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FeaturesTracker: December 2018
Total activity continued to strengthen, with R M showing a big recovery after last month’s fall. Orders rose in all sectors if more slowly in civils, while housing led the rise in tender enquiries
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NewsHousing associations given £500m boost to fund affordable homes
Housing secretary has announced Homes England’s new strategic partners
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CommentLost profits? Then prove it
A damages claim for delay can include head office overheads and lost profit if certain conditions are met
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NewsHackitt frustrated by government's slow response to report
Whitehall took seven months to address former HSE chair’s review of building regulations
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CommentCan retail parks be turned into proper mixed-use communities?
What do we want the retail experience of the future to be, and how do we want city centres of the future to look?
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FeaturesCLT: One minute briefing
What is CLT? Why use it? How is CLT different to standard timber frames?
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FeaturesHow is the CLT industry responding to the combustibles ban?
Proponents of cross-laminated timber were up in arms when the government announced its plans to ban combustible materials from the external walls of high-rise buildings
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CommentTesting times: the ban on CLT is a case of negative perceptions
The most damaging aspect of this ban is the impact it could have on innovation more generally with potentially negative implications for adoption of modern methods of construction
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NewsBam takes stake in Irish modular homes business
Modern Homes Ireland can produce more than 500 homes a year
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CommentThe complications of dual role clauses for adjudicators
Akin Akinbode and Tracey Summerell consider whether adjudicators should wear two hats
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2006 - A Vic-torious restaging
The Young Vic, known for its gritty, experimental approach, was built as a temporary space in 1970 and was never meant to last more than five years, so was beginning to fall apart by the 1990s
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NewsBrexit a 'challenge', says Herzog & de Meuron director
Swiss practice has London office in Clerkenwell