All Building articles in 12 August 2016 – Page 4
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News
Bovis reassures subbies it will continue building
The housebuilder reported strong profit growth for the first half of the year
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Features
Let's love industrial estates
The changing nature of manufacturing and enterprise means we need to unlock many sites in our cities, integrating industrial estates with surrounding neighbourhoods
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Comment
BIM's answer to Brexit
If Brexit is going to make it harder to win European contracts, BIM Level 3 could be a vital selling point
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News
Construction recession deeper than first thought
Bad June data confirms construction recession over first half of 2016
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Features
A smart move
Today’s retirees enjoy incomes higher than their 20-something counterparts and many are sitting on large family homes. No wonder investors have their eye on the UK’s retirement market
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Comment
Online poll: McAlpine
Is Sir Robert McAlpine right to look beyond the traditional family-run business model? Results are in
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Comment
McAlpine: Like one of the family
The decision of the intensely private, family-run business to hand control to an outsider by appointing the first chief executive in its 147-year history was a momentous shift in strategy
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Features
The new grand tour of Europe
Where’s a EU-positive culture vulture to go this summer for a lingering look at all the architectural gems the Continent has to offer? Some industry experts suggest an itinerary …
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Comment
Hansom: Dishing the dirt
It’s not that we’ve got it in for the Rio Olympics but things didn’t get off to a glitch-free start. At least there’s good news from the world of cement, a harebrained transport idea could just fly, and Northerners come clean
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Features
Image of the week: Dancing on the edge
Performers at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games
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Features
Sir Robert McAlpine: The hollow crown?
Family firm Sir Robert McAlpine is once again without a boss. So, what happened, and can things be different for the next person to take the job?
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Features
Sketch of the week: Snooker club
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Patrick Ward, a director at Haysom Ward Miller Architects
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News
Sir Robert McAlpine family ‘ran firm like a CEO’
Part of an exclusive investigation into management of Sir Robert McAlpine
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News
General Electric plans ultra sustainable Boston HQ
Gensler-designed project to include solar panels that can be replaced as technology improves
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Features
This week in 2006
Four remaining bidders for the role of Olympic delivery partner for the London 2012 Olympics were given their last chance to bag the £5.2bn project
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News
Pokémon Go players at risk on building sites
Building investigation finds 50-plus instances of players trespassing onto construction sites
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Features
Baylis Old School: Brute strength
While many brutalist schools are being knocked down, one in south London is making a virtue of its architectural heritage and converting into housing. Photographs by Edmund Sumner
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News
Augmented reality could revolutionise client pitches
Technology behind Pokémon Go could transform the way the industry works
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Comment
Case in focus: Adjudication Enforcement
In the first in an occasional series focusing on individual cases, we report on a classic case of contractual uncertainty