All Building articles in 16 May 2014 – Page 3
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Putting paid to late payment
Whether further legislation can improve construction’s payment culture is debatable. It’s more about knowing your responsibilities and properly understanding the risks
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Tackling the skills gap
To attract new talent the industry has to improve its record on big issues such as long hours, employing people from diverse backgrounds and dealing with workplace stress
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Why is talking about mental health taboo in construction?
As Building launches its Building A Better Balance initiative, shining the spotlight on the hidden concerns of construction workers, we focus on a serious health and safety issues facing the industry: depression, anxiety and stress-related illness
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CPD 11 2014: Specifying rooflights
The latest in our series of CPD modules examines the key issues when selecting a rooflight, including the different types of glass and operating systems, as well as relevant standards and testing procedures
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Sketch of the week: the Shard (in Melbourne)
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch comes from engineering consultant AKT II
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BBC picks architects for new framework
Exclusive: Four practices appointed to two-year nationwide design framework for the BBC
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Keep up the innovations
The industry needs to improve its innovation and collaboration to produce the products and services that will be demanded by housebuilders and home owners in future. But we shouldn’t just rely on regulation to drive change
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Kier denies backing government payment charter
Firm claims it has not agreed to sign up to government payment initiative, despite business department claiming that it had
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Goring departs from Capita a year after losing top job
Senior executive exits after winning £400m MoD bid and will help Ben Ainslie’s British America’s Cup bid
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Developer warns luxury homes market is 'overheated'
Luxury residential developer Amazon Properties says central London market has ‘overheated’
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Why the location of Papworth Hospital is so vital
The decision to delay the move of Papworth Hospital to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus has implications for the delivery of world class clinical research
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Green Deal incentives leave a carbon gap
The government’s incentive scheme is coming up short on the carbon emission reductions it was supposed to deliver
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Whitmore Park Primary School, Coventry: Examination time
All eyes are on the newly opened Whitmore Park Primary School in Coventry, the first completion under the government’s Priority School Building Programme. So how exactly was it built in just 47 weeks, for £4.8m?
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Country focus: France
The pace of recovery, both in construction and in the wider economy, remains stubbornly slow across the Channel. Charlotte Ho-Souto of Arcadis EC Harris and Barbra Carlisle of EC Harris examine the dynamics driving the French building sector
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Does B.O. really stink?
Biodiversity offsetting may be controversial, but we can all do our bit to improve the environment and natural habitats
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Problem projects push CH2M Hill into the red
Firm reports loss over first quarter of the year after cost overruns on projects in US and Europe
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BIM and the city: The next frontier
We are starting to master using BIM on buildings - now let’s think bigger
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