All Building articles in 19 October 2018
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Women work in construction - get over it
We ask readers to share their visions of the construction industry in 25 years’ time
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CommentTrailblazers: Modular homes
Joseph Daniels, founder of luxury modular homes developer Project Etopia, praises the first modular homes built in the UK
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CommentDigitalisation is changing everything - but we need to give people the opportunity to explore its capabilities
It will make the whole construction industry more efficient – but it will also make it a more interesting sector for new recruits to join. And with that potential for creativity, it will start to attract different kinds of talent
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FeaturesCosting steelwork October 2018: Market update
This quarter provides a market update as well as updating the five cost models previously featured and giving details of general cost drivers for framing materials
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NewsBobby dazzler: Former Marylebone police station's transformation complete
The Portman Estate has completed its largest project to date, turning the former Marylebone police station in central London into a mixed-use scheme running across 78,500ft 2
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FeaturesRenzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings
Renzo Piano: see the function, invention and vision behind some of the greatest buildings of our time in the Royal Academy of Arts’ new exhibition
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CommentWhy do young women need senior women?
We know how vital ongoing support is for ensuring the next generation sticks with the industry. So, how do we keep these young, talented women interested?
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NewsHealth department removed Carillion hospital jobs from watchdog's remit
An NAO report reveals the Midland Metropolitan and Royal Liverpool Hospitals were removed from the Major Projects Authority's portfolio in 2015
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NewsJoin us for the first ever Building Quiz
The quiz will kick off following Building BD Live on 28 November
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NewsHedging bets: Woods Bagot beats Hadid in Auckland tower contest
Woods Bagot has beaten Zaha Hadid Architects to scoop the $200m design competition for a new skyscraper in New Zealand
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FeaturesSketch of the week: The Power House in Woking
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch, by Maurizio Pieroni, is of a 247-apartment scheme above a low-carbon power station
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CommentHansom: What’s a man to do?
This week’s construction gossip: Not only are women refusing to put up with any more nonsense, but now a man can’t even trust his smartphone not to cause offence
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FeaturesPaul Hackett: Leading the charge for housing change
As chair of London housing association group G15, Paul Hackett has plenty he wants to change about housebuilding in the social sector.
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FeaturesImage of the week: Bordering on lunacy
Could this abandoned customs building at Carrickarnon on the old border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland be back in use again, come Brexit?
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NewsGovernment needs to triple social housing pot to £6bn, says London firms' chair
Optivo boss Paul Hackett says pledged £2bn is not enough
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2015
Theresa May’s apparent warming towards social housing is in sharp contract to the sector’s relationship with the government three years ago
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CommentLegal: How to offset the risks of offsite
In the seventh part of our series on new technology, Maeve Gantley explains how offsite manufacturing brings specific risks that need to be covered by the contract
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NewsFlan McNamara firm lands second Santander deal worth £75m
Developer already working on £150m UK tech hub for Spanish giant
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CommentAre we creating enough in-depth learning spaces?
Helen Groves says that while universities have great areas where students can work together and interact, they lack spaces to allow quiet immersion in study
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CommentLegal: a matter of principle
Lindy Patterson on how even if the employer is partly responsible for a delay in completion, the contractor may be liable for liquidated damages