All Building articles in 20 December 2019
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NewsHS2 expects 95% of jobs to go to UK firms
Close to 400,000 contracts will be handed out on £100bn project
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FeaturesImage of the week: Trip to the sweet shops
A bustling gingerbread Oxford Circus features alongside Battersea Sugar Power Station and Sugarset House at this central London exhibition
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CommentLet’s take a long, hard look at ourselves
To solve today’s complex problems we need to engage the brainpower, passion and talent of a truly diverse workforce
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CommentOffsite agenda is key to the growth of regional economies
After a tumultuous year, it’s important that this attention to the industry strategy and its offsite agenda is sustained by the new government
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Features2019 in construction: Building’s review of the year - part two
Who were the winners and what horror story continued throughout 2019?
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FeaturesBuilding’s Projects of the Year 2019
A pioneering new breed of council housing, a waste plant that doubles as a ski slope and a super-smart student centre users can learn from
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 1999 – And a risk-averse new year
Before Facebook, iPhones and President Trump, all our focus was pinned on the millennium
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NewsNewham green lights first phase of Lendlease’s Silvertown Quays scheme
Firm took over development from Chelsfield last year
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Jingle bells rock
Gossip on TfL’s executive pay, the Indian firm reversing the gender pay gap and Kengo Kuma’s £270 trainers
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NewsSNC-Lavalin arm pleads guilty to Libya fraud
Subsidiary of Canadian firm which owns Atkins fined more than £160m
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NewsArchitects downcast about global prospects next year, says survey
Confidence has sunk to five-year low, according to WA100
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Comment5 minutes with… Richard Claxton, chair, Pellings
Richard Claxton tells us about a mug from Sydney Harbour Bridge, tradespeople and openness
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Features2019 in construction: Building’s review of the year - part one
We look back at the highs, lows and other key events of the past 12 months
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Features2019 in construction: Building’s quotes of the year
Debbie White, Daniel Levy and Ray O’Rourke feature in our collection of the year’s best quotes
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NewsQueen’s speech December 2019: Key points for construction
Massive spending planned for infrastructure, plus new immigration system spelled out
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FeaturesWho finished on top of the festive tree? Highlights from this year’s Building Quiz
Competition was fierce at Building’s Christmas quiz this year as the 16 contenders, fuelled by plenty of pizza and buckets of beer, fought to find out which team was the brainiest of them all. Jamie Harris reports…
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FeaturesBuilding podcast: Behind the hype – smart technologies
WSP’s Matthew Marson on smart buildings and how clever manipulation of data can transform your building without spending a fortune
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NewsScrutiny has made setting deadlines more difficult, Crossrail chairman admits
Tony Meggs says scheme is between ‘rock and hard place’ over completion timetable