All Building articles in 13 February 2026 – Page 3
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NewsMPs’ report says SFO should look into government retrofit debacle that left thousands of homes needing repairs
Public Accounts Committee chair says ‘sheer level’ of fiasco means investigation has to begin
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CommentMore optimism means more architects: Why the big practices are getting bigger
The latest survey of top architecture firms for Building’s sister title Building Design shows recruitment at the top 10 practices is increasing faster than elsewhere as they take advantage of growing markets in North Africa and the Middle East. Thomas Lane crunches the data
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CommentSetting up a business partnership? Don’t dispense with the formalities
Barney Leaf explains how deadlock agreements can help all parties when business partners break up
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NewsCostain says it will exceed margin target
Trading update says ‘several significant contracts’ won in last six months have boosted bottom line
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NewsTurnover up in first half for Van Elle despite building safety delays
Contractor says piling jobs have helped boost revenue 16% but Building Safety Act approvals continue to impact residential work
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NewsNational Gallery seeking MEP engineer for £375m extension
Gallery posts £3.3m job as part of biggest expansion in its 200-year history
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CommentUK data centres: How to close the delivery gap
Our ability to meet the almost insatiable demand for more data centres in the UK is being tested to the limits. Ed Phillips, partner at Wedlake Bell, assesses the challenges in front of us
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News£500m King’s Cross scheme set to be approved this week
Mixed-use plans include more than 400 homes and a 31-storey tower
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NewsGreen light for City office block refurb
Scheme to replace facade and add two storeys to 1980s block in Fleet Street conservation area
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NewsMott MacDonald awarded technical advisor role on Sizewell C scheme
Project was given final go-ahead last year
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NewsCostain to build new junction that will link M5 with McAlpine’s giant battery plant in Somerset
Road connecting motorway with Agratas job to take five years to build
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NewsGPE’s project delivery head set to leave
Martin Quinn has spent nearly 20 years at London developer
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NewsBovis eyes £50m resi deal at wider Bloomsbury tower scheme
Firm, which won office job last summer, now looking at housing part of central London redevelopment
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NewsCLC’s materials group admits market looks ‘bleak’ at moment
Length of PCSAs, regulatory delays, investor worries and falling consumer confidence all cited as reasons for downbeat update
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NewsStanhope team appointed to masterplan redevelopment of Paddington hospital site
NHS Trust wants to build new facility and expand life sciences cluster on surrounding land
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NewsGreen light for plan to expand Vivienne Westwood’s Battersea headquarters
Scheme inspired by fashion brand’s trademark tartan designs
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CommentWe can solve the UK’s housing crisis by protecting smaller builders
The backbone of postwar Britain’s vast housebuilding drive, small builders now face extinction as regulatory barriers and policy layering make it ever harder for them to compete, build and survive. Hugo Owen has some solutions
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NewsPlans submitted for US billionaire’s London science institute HQ due to be built by McAlpine
Ellison Institute of Technology, named after Larry Ellison, planning Fosters-designed head office in St James’s Square
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NewsT&T warns rising tender prices set to hit projects’ viability
Consultant says rise could stall jobs as Mace keeps tender price forecast unchanged