All Building articles in 1 June 2018
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The tools you need to meet the UK BIM Level 2 mandate
Vectorworks busts five myths related to BIM Level 2 — by showing you how Vectorworks power user bprarchitects successfully completed a project working entirely in 3D
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News
Abakus nabs QS role on women-only private members club in Mayfair
Work for AllBright due to finish next year
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Features
Sketch of the week: Leicester City FC training ground
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Lee Nightingale, director at KSS Design Group
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Features
Online poll: Shockwaves
This week’s poll: If another economic downturn hit now, would the industry be better placed to withstand it than it was a decade back?
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Comment
Don't panic
While the macroeconomic picture and wobbly domestic outlook do cause concern and create uncertainty, things are nowhere near as bad as they were a decade ago
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Comment
The economics of recession: bouncing back?
Noble Francis on how the industry reacts to an economic downturn
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Features
Ten years on: Could it happen again?
Ten years on from the crash of 2008, how has the industry changed – and if another downturn strikes, will we be better placed to respond effectively?
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Features
A safer future
As the Hackitt report publishes its findings on building regulations and fire safety, a panel put together by the Business Sprinkler Alliance discusses what needs to change to prevent another Grenfell disaster
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Comment
Hansom: Crazy for you
A Ferris wheel causes a little too much excitement, and a new book reveals the psychopathic secrets of chief executives’ success
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News
Industry more crash-proof, say experts
Predictions suggest fall-out from recession won’t be as bad as a decade ago
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Comment
Thought for tomorrow: Project monitor 'Cinderellas' need the recognition they deserve
We ask readers to share their visions of the construction industry in 25 years’ time
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Features
Image of the week: Throwaway art
The Stephen Lawrence Centre in Deptford, originally opened in 2008 in memory of the teenager killed in 1993, has reopened after a refurbishment by BW
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Features
From the archive: 2008
This week we decided to see if our review of the year 2008 could really be doom and gloom from beginning to end. It was
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News
London architect eyes more regional firms after Cheshire buy
Darling Associates snaps up hotel specialist
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Comment
The homes hidden in plain sight
When it comes to affordable housing, ‘more is more’. London has a housing crisis and with a population set to hit 10 million in the next decade, it is only going to get worse
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Features
Tracker: April 2018
Activity increased across all sectors compared with March, and most of all in civil engineering. Tender prices are also still on the rise, but new orders are growing more slowly
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Comment
Legal: Time to take the pledge
Why not sign up for the use of early intervention and conflict avoidance methods to nip costly disputes in the bud?
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News
Councils warned not to rush into tearing up housing deals with private firms
As £2bn Haringey homes row rumbles on, local authorities told they lack skills to build for themselves
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Features
Analysis: Public land - keep out
As the likely scrapping of Haringey’s 6,500-home joint venture with Lendlease dramatically signals public-private partnerships’ fall from grace, Joey Gardiner looks at why the scheme caused so much controversy and other ways for councils to fund housing renewa