All Building articles in 2 February 2018
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Comment
Does BIM pay its way?
Until many projects are completed and studied, it’s hard to answer questions on payback for BIM in projects
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News
Assemble Media Group acquires Building, BD and Venuefinder
Management buy-out sees investment in 175 years of business media history
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Comment
Leader: Your weekly pick-me-up
Despite the series of negative stories, the glass may finally be looking half full again for the sector
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Comment
Gender pay gap reporting – think of your long-term plan
Firms worried about reporting a sizable gender pay gap should focus on ensuring their strategy to tackle the problem is clear
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Comment
Hansom: Say cheese
I was disappointed to see full berths on a ‘ship’ I wanted to board but consoled myself by celebrating an unusual anniversary and partaking of more cheese than was healthy
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Features
Sketch of the week: Faith Schools Joint Campus, Glasgow
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by John Russell at BDP’s Glasgow studio
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Features
Tracker: December 2017
Little growth was in evidence as most indices stayed steady or contracted, while all sectors experienced less work in hand
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News
UK woes help send Skanska profit tumbling
Firm says Brexit means upcoming year will be a struggle
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Features
Online poll: Westminster works
This week’s poll: Should MPs move out of the Palace of Westminster to allow essential works to carried out?
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Comment
Legal: Claiming for remedial work
If remedial works are needed, what steps should be taken to recover the costs?
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Features
Changing track
Clients, architects and contractors all view construction projects very differently. But does that perspective change when you cross over to a different part of the industry?
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Comment
The Carillion demise sets out case for collaboration
The Carillion collapse must surely mark a turning point for the high risk, low margin UK construction sector and its increasingly tarnished reputation for poor quality and high cost
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Features
Projects: Raiders of the lost car park
Multi-storey car parks may not traditionally have been seen as desirable real estate, but a lucky few are being repurposed as everything from luxury hotels to micro-flats
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Comment
Case in focus: Performance bonds
Was the guarantor liable under a bond where the contractor became insolvent following termination of the contract?
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Features
Looking back to 2005
This week’s archive piece looks back at brutalist parking blocks, “monstrosities”, and a Michael Caine-inspired script starring a besuited architect
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News
MPs vote to leave Parliament during £3.5bn revamp
Peers expected to follow suit with work set to start in 2025
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Features
Market review: Falling forecasts
Declines in productivity and real wages, along with the uncertainty around Brexit, are driving down growth forecasts. But only one economic sector actually shrank in Q3 2017 - construction
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Comment
Carillion: the end of public-private partnerships?
The failure of the UK’s second largest construction company has led to considerable scrutiny of the way that public services are contracted out to private sector businesses - could this signal the beginning of the end?
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Comment
Brownfield Land Registers – positive in principle, lacking in substance
Homes England launched with fanfare this month, announcing a series of core objectives, both new and invigorated policies intended to get housebuilders on site and start reducing the country’s housing shortfall. The newly introduced Brownfield Land Registers are one such policy. However, if something sounds too good to be ...