All Building articles in 14 June 2019
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CommentThe moment of truth: we need to be honest with ourselves about construction's recruitment problem
Construction’s recruitment crisis is often attributed to an image problem, but perhaps it’s the reality we need to change
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Comment5 minutes with… Tim Bowder-Ridger, senior partner, Conran and Partners
Tim Bowder-Ridger tells Building about horses, Seiko watches and his love for Norman Foster
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Show me the money
Kier’s outgoing finance director displays uncanny vision in his purchasing restraint and Sisk’s chief exec offers a fair excuse for at least one late payment
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CommentIf offsite construction is to work for us, we need to get the logistics right
Without this, we will never entirely realise the full potential for maximum productivity
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Marina club, north of England
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Ewen Miller, managing director of Calderpeel Architects
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FeaturesGrenfell two years on: what really has changed?
As the consultation on how to implement the Hackitt review’s reforms is launched, Joey Gardiner looks at the response to Grenfell so far
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CommentGrenfell - the slow road to change
Two years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, there is still anger at the lack of progress from the industry and goverment to change
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NewsNo-deal Brexit set to hike cladding costs, Aecom warns
Insurance likely to rise if UK crashes out of EU in October
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CommentCase in focus: RGB P&C Ltd vs Victory House General Partner Ltd
Ted Lowery considers a case in which the adjudicator carried out his own delay analysis
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CommentWhen a black hole stays black: the limits of the transferred loss rule
The transferred loss rule can fill the black hole of damages claims where parties have no direct contract, but it has its limits
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NewsFresh faces drafted in to sort out problem Crossrail sites
Railway racing to meet revised opening timetable
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NewsBrexit bounce unlikely as uncertainty drags on, Arcadis warns
Consultant adds that skills shortages are pushing up wages
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FeaturesBritish Steel latest: how construction might be affected
Why the UK construction sector is concerned about the impact of British Steel’s collapse on the industry
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Comment2070 vision: why we need a long-term view on regional infrastructure
Regional inequalities have long been exacerbated by poor decision making on infrastructure projects. Now it’s time for that to change
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 1999 - Steely resolve
In 1999 steelworkers had the chance to fight for their rights on the highest of high-profile projects
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NewsIn pictures: LDN claims York church competition
Practice rises above four fellow shortlisted teams to bag St Michael le Belfrey job
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FeaturesImage of the week: Shaping up
Dulwich Picture Gallery has unveiled the “second edition” of its summer pavilion