All Building articles in 20 April 2018
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Comment
Taking the long view
Infrastructure is all about long-term value – or should be. But to make that a reality we must learn to work together. Will you sign up to Project 13 and help transform the sector?
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News
Barratt stumps up £2m to replace cladding on Croydon tower
Housebuilder to cover the cost of removing Grenfell-style cladding
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Features
Procurement update: revolution
Two decades on from the Egan report and with a construction sector deal on the way, will 2018 be the year for construction’s procurement revolution?
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Features
Sketch of the week: Birmingham neighbourhood proposal
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Marcus Claridge, director of Claridge Architects
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Features
Online poll: Public perceptions
This week’s poll: Has Persimmon’s multimillion-pound bonus scheme damaged public perceptions of housebuilders more generally?
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Comment
Hansom: Straight to the point
This week: sky-high asking prices at Centre Point, an enigmatic Libeskind video, and rail strikes make Parisians go green
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Comment
Thought for tomorrow: Robots
Arcadis director Will Waller sets out the role he sees for robots in the industry
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Archive Titles
Costing Steelwork 5: April 2018 - mixed-use
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News
Payment practice rules reveal how long firms take to pay
First tranche of data to meet new reporting requirements shows Kier averages 59 days, Lendlease 38 days
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Features
Building survey - gender pay gap
Earlier this month, Building conducted a snapshot survey to gauge the views of its readers on gender pay gap reporting within their organisations, as well as across the sector. Here, we share some of the survey’s findings, including some of the differences between male and female respondents.
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Features
Are late payment practices in construction too much for suppliers to bear?
Carillion’s collapse has exposed the harsh realities of construction’s late payment practices for suppliers. But now at last there are signs that the government and industry bodies are determined to crack down – the only question is: how far will they go?
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Barratt chief says Persimmon bonuses have hurt industry’s name
Reputation of housebuilders tarnished by generous bonus scheme that is ‘not the norm’, admits David Thomas
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Comment
Contractor bashing does nobody any good
While subcontractors have been treated badly and payment terms need to be improved, the public humiliation of contractors is a step too far, says Tom Broughton
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Comment
MEES: Is your property lettable?
On 1 April, the prohibition on granting a new tenancy of a property with an EPC rating of below E came into force. What properties are exempt, and what are the implications for getting up to speed?
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Comment
Retirement developers: too much stick and not enough carrot?
The Prime Minister issued a challenge to developers to “do their duty for Britain”, having benefited so much from the Government’s Help to Buy scheme. But what about those of us who haven’t benefited from this at all?
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Comment
Case in focus: stay of execution
Were allegations of fraud sufficient to prevent enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision?
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News
Keltbray eyes £6bn Canadian rail work with joint venture
Firm teams up with Aecon for overhead line work
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Features
Gender pay gap: outnumbered
The UK’s gender pay gap results are out and guess which sector performed worst? You got it – construction. Jamie Harris and Chloë McCulloch look at what the figures really mean, what people in the industry think about the results and how the gap can be closed