All Building articles in 13 August 2021
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FeaturesFuture forecast: October – December 2021
The latest quarterly sentiment survey by Building Boardroom finds retail enjoying a big confidence boost but housing has gone off the boil. Meanwhile, engineers and cost consultants’ workload expectations are markedly up, but project managers and contractors’ optimism is decreasing
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CommentHappiness by design
Architects know how to boost wellbeing through good design – but the onus is on developers to encourage that, says Félicie Krikler
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FeaturesA lab of two halves … Warwick’s bold bid to keep those nasty bugs at bay
Designed by Hawkins\Brown, Warwick university’s new £54.3m interdisciplinary biomedical research facility features contrasting facades of dark bronze and white concrete that reflect the two different aspects of what is happening inside
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Features5 minutes with … Siobhan O’Brien of HB Reavis
The senior design manager talks about architectural stunners, a love of brunch and her secret car-racing skills
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FeaturesWolfson College, Oxford: first-class graduates in energy efficiency
Wolfson College in Oxford has set out to cut 75% of emissions on its main estate by March next year and plans to be net zero by 2030
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FeaturesCan anyone save the RIBA?
With a new president takes over next month, many are asking what is next for the organisation
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CommentLegal abroad: Doing business in Bahrain
Gerard Moore and Bruno Savoie look at a country where infrastructure is strongly funded and arbitration well established
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FeaturesClient contract award and planning data - July 2021
Glenigan’s sector by sector monthly round up of top spending clients and planning wins
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FeaturesAnnual planning approvals by value to July 2021
Annual planning approvals were worth £109bn in the year to July according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table
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FeaturesPlanning approvals by value - July 2021
July saw a jump in the value of planning approvals from June’s £6.95bn to £8.69bn according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table
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FeaturesTop client contract awards - July 2021
Contract awards increased from June’s £5.53bn to £6.12bn in July according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table of top spending clients
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FeaturesNicholas Boys Smith: ‘A bit of controversy forces you to have the conversation’
Nicholas Boys Smith talks to Joey Gardiner about the government’s intentions and how they square with his beauty agenda
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FeaturesIt’s takeover time in the UK consultancy market
The appetite of US giants for venerable UK brands shows no sign of abating. So who is next?
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NewsTransport department launches toolkit for better-value rail projects
Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road also worked on new platform
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: May the (air) force be with you
With US giants gobbling up UK firms, can only those with special powers resist?
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CommentT&T and CBRE: A good deal to think about
What will T T’s sale of a 60% stake to CBRE mean for the firm – and the wider industry?
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NewsMasterplanner sought for new Birmingham museum
Briefing event for interested firms being held next week
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NewsWilliam Hare profit plummets by 55%
Pandemic takes its toll but steelwork contractor boasts strong order book
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NewsWestminster’s deputy leader quits over Marble Arch Mound costs
£6m tourist attraction became known as ‘slippery slope to nowhere’
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NewsLeicester City FC reveals stadium development plans
Scheme designed by KSS will take seating capacity up to 40,000