All Building articles in 18 May 2018
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Legal: Have you got it covered?
Subcontractors should beware of disqualifying themselves from being covered by the contractor’s project insurance
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Case in Focus: Settling in the water
Had the parties to a shipbuilding contract achieved a binding settlement?
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Sketch of the week: Coombe Wood school, Croydon
This #buildingdoodle sketch is by Lee Bennett, partner in Sheppard Robson and head of schools
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Market forecast: On the slide?
Brexit looms ever larger, with no answers as yet, while output continues a gradual decline and firms struggle to turn rising input cost pressures into higher market selling prices
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From the archive: 1894
This week we look back at a scathing review of an iconic London landmark
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Online poll: Disruptor influx
This week’s poll: Would other sectors benefit from an influx of small new firms in the style of the QS disruptors?
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Interserve: Waste not, want not
Interserve’s energy-from-waste crisis has prompted fears of another Carillion-style collapse, as the company takes drastic action to rebalance the books
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Image of the week: A small wedding
Model maker Lucy Gullon puts the finishing touches to a Lego scene depicting this weekend’s wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
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Elizabeth Tower: The test of time
The Elizabeth Tower is known the world over for housing the bongs of the Big Ben bell, and standing as a symbol of London, the UK and even democracy. But this venerable structure is in dire need of repair – something a five-year, £61m refurbishment programme is taking care of ...
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Rethinking housing delivery means rethinking procurement models
With any disruption to existing delivery models, there are knock-on effects for both processes and organisational norms. Offsite is no different, says Michelle Hannah
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The not so new kids on the block
Smaller consultancies’ larger mid-sized competitors have a choice to make: continue going global or get down on the ground on service and price to win
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Going it alone
Britain’s QS sector has changed dramatically, with the foreign takeover of big-name firms prompting entrepreneurial types to start up on their own. Have these challenger firms become the new establishment?
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Hansom: All directions
Jeremy Corbyn ventures southwards while HS2 mixes up England and Scotland and a New York seller is resorting to launching customers into space to flog flats
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Finishes and Interiors Sector seals £2.1m CITB deal
Scheme looks to address key challenges faced in the finishes and interior sector, including skills shortages
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Private building control banned from high rise inspections, says Hackitt
Final report recommends new approval body for buildings over 10 storeys but no ban on flammable materials
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Hackitt heads off critics ahead of publication of final report
The report is due to be released later this morning
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Scaffolding bill on McAlpine’s Big Ben refurb tops £3.5m
More than 20,000 components used to help clad Elizabeth Tower
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Carillion chief torched by MPs in touch with boss of London PR firm
Richard Howson has spoken to reputation management business, boss confirms