All Building articles in 16 March 2018 – Page 2
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News
Campaigners want inquiry into footballers' Manchester tower
Communities secretary mulls whether to call in Manchester United stars’ 40-storey St Michael’s development
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Kier's construction margins hit as overseas closures bite
Final cost of shutting Caribbean and Hong Kong businesses hits interim profit
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Zaha Hadid lands its biggest Indian project yet
British architect beats four global practices to design Mumbai international airport
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Weather continues to dog Aberdeen road, Balfour boss admits
Leo Quinn says he would never had signed deal had he been in charge at time
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Features
Spherical objects!
Spheres have always been seen as a rather fantastical form for a building. Yet the sphere is in a geometric sense the most efficient form there is – and new technical innovations are making it easier to exploit this potential in practice.
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Comment
Legal: Does keeping it simple keep it safe?
Matthew Jones explains how design and build contracts should be structured to best manage risk
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Comment
Where construction goes from here
The time has come for customer service excellent to become far more widespread among established organisations – the survival of the construction industry depends upon it
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Comment
Legal: Complications with termination
Hamish Lal unpacks Sir Robert McAlpine’s recent court defeat on payment over a terminated contract for work at Centre Point Tower
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Comment
Carillion - so, who knew?
It appears councils were tipped off about Carillion’s problems last summer. The message to suppliers was very different, says Dave Rogers
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News
Plans for Wolverhampton's £150m interchange overhaul revealed
The scheme includes 93,000sq m of office space
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Glasgow police HQ redevelopment given the green light
Project includes over 400 build-to-rent homes
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Forterra set to boost brick production
Rising activity levels in UK housebuilding sector prompt capacity re-think
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Recovering UK construction business helps Balfour Beatty profit jump
Country’s biggest builder eyeing improved margins later this year as turnaround gathers pace
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Bouygues team lands Paris redevelopment
Architect SOM also working on scheme in east of French capital
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Councils began readying themselves for Carillion collapse last summer
MPs told local authorities began to line up replacements following firm’s £845m writedown last July
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Lendlease and Morgan Sindall vying for £4bn Peabody scheme
Preferred bidder on Thamesmead job to be named this summer
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Comment
Legal: More than words can say
When Amey agreed to mend Birmingham’s potholes for 25 years, it should have understood it was forming a relationship – and not started picking holes in the contract wording to cut its workload