All Building articles in 13 November 2015 – Page 3
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NewsGleeds poaches two directors
Two senior hires will take up roles in the firm’s Asia Pacific and health divisions
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FeaturesSchool building: Top form
Sheppard Robson and Willmott Dixon have teamed up to create a new model of school that aims to be economic, quick to build and flexible enough to be used for multiple alternative uses. Key to all this is the structurally independent, over-sailing glulam roof
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NewsDisputes rife between clients and main contractors
Survey shows almost half of respondents have been in at least one dispute over past 12 months
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FeaturesThis week in 2009
Dragon’s Den’s Theo Paphitis offers some advice to the construction industry
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CommentOnline poll: UK construction economy
Do you think the UK will have Europe’s biggest construction economy by 2025? Vote below
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FeaturesUniversities: Short-term fix
Raising tuition fees gave university estates a shot in the arm, in terms of investment. But with student numbers predicted to fall and competition fierce, how can institutions maintain that momentum?
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CommentWho’s counting?
Despite decades of changes to planning law, the number of homes we’re building has barely increased. Does the Housing and Planning Bill hold out the hope that this time things will be different?
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NewsFlagship £2bn school building programme put back to 2016
Second phase of Priority School Building Programme, due to run from 2015, may be delayed by up to nine months
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FeaturesWhere will the UK be in 2030?
In the week of the publication of Global Construction 2030, Building was given exclusive access to the report’s findings, and the answers are not necessarily what you’d expect
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CommentStanding room only
Agile working isn’t a phase; it’s here to stay. As desk-to-worker ratios become tighter, it’s essential that building designers respond to the shift in office requirements
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NewsBerkeley eyes prison sites after sell-off plan
Housebuilder’s chairman tells Building that firm would be interested in developing ‘well-located’ London sites
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: Facades
How embodied and whole-life carbon can be reduced through simple design and specification decisions at little additional cost
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Roofing
This week’s roofing products include roofing membranes chosen for an extension of the Park Plaza Riverbank hotel in London, and a replacement waterproofing system at California House in Birmingham
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CommentAbsent friends
When a contractor goes into liquidation, can an employer avoid paying them a previously certified sum? A recent case provides guidance
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CommentFooting the bill
The new housing bill would cut permanently the regulation on converting office or light-industrial sites into housing, circumnavigating both local authorities and affordable housing obligations. So who would be the winners and losers?
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